Let’s see if we understand Don Jr’s jabs at the current President of the United States…
Colorado Investing $20 Million in State Park Improvements
This conservation-focused legislation will help direct funds to outdoor projects in Colorado that protect irreplaceable public lands and expand outdoor recreation opportunities…
Doctors Found Jet Fuel in This Veteran’s Lungs. He Can’t Get Full Benefits.
“There are black spots that are burns, particles all over; there’s metal. It was all scarred,” said Szema, a pulmonologist and professor who studies toxic exposures…
ESSAY: A Plan to Re-Open the Liberty Theatre, Part One
Last week, I had a pleasant Zoom conversation with two local business owners and community activists, Sherry Phillips and Evelyn Tennyson, about the historic Liberty Theatre…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Ten
Where childhood poverty is concerned — and childhood malnutrition — public schools have been instrumental, since the 1960s, in providing at least one daily meal for school-age children…
ESSAY: Responses to Sexual Violence, Part One
About two-thirds of female assault victims do not report to the police and many victims do not tell anyone. Sexual assault is a terrifying and humiliating experience…
HMPRESENTLY: Knowing What’s at Stake in Pagosa Springs
I remember small shops near residential neighborhoods, with vegetables for sale, and butcher shops and bakeries, and small restaurants….
Bicameral Legislation Would Plant 1.2 Billion Trees on National Forests
“Our forests create jobs, provide clean water, and combat climate change by sequestering millions of tons of carbon. Yet, millions of acres are being ravaged by climate-change induced wildfires, droughts, pests…”
‘Working For Racial Equality’ Launches Storytelling Project
Some of us began to meet weekly to process our experiences with racism and to explore ways to dismantle it and to build racial equity into the foundations and systems of America…
More Coloradans Now Eligible for COVID Vaccine
Eligibility now includes Coloradans age 50 and older, people with high-risk conditions, and workers in food and restaurant services, manufacturing, the US Postal Service…
OPINION: ‘Zoning Snowball’ Finally Heading Downhill?
An essential reform for the prosperity and resilience of American cities is on the agenda in more places than ever…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Nine
Our government planning documents, written over the past couple of decades, tend to define “character and atmosphere” in terms of overall architectural design…
Colorado Lakes, Reservoirs Still Free of Invasive Mussels
More boats requiring decontamination because of infestations of destructive mussels entered Colorado in 2020 compared to previous years…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Myths About Your Stimulus Check
A couple who makes $160,000 a year would be able to do something truly useful with $1,400. Like, say, a trip to Costa Rica…
Road Crews Begin Work on Wildlife Crossings on US 160
“This project will span for two miles in an area that has been identified as a critical migratory corridor for both mule deer and elk,” explained Julie Constan…
‘Colorado Humanities’ to Host Online Conversation About Rural Colorado, March 3
After the panelists present, the conversation opens to questions and comments from our live audience…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Eight
Between 2008 and 2018, our construction industry produced 838 new single-family homes outside of the Town limits…
Southwest Region Chooses Tony Bonacquista as ‘Wildlife Officer of the Year’
“Tony can be found working tirelessly day and night throughout the year to help protect Colorado’s wildlife resources…”
HMPRESENTLY: Legislators, Mucking Around?
‘Muck around’ is an idiom, defined in the Free Dictionary as “doing something without much purpose….”