This puts voter suppression into the deep context of American racism. The wound is still wide open…
SJBPH’s Liane Jollon Receives AMA ‘Outstanding Government Service’ Award
“Liane’s leadership and scientific integrity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is a model for thousands of public health leaders throughout Colorado and the country…”
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Four
She discusses the curious situation where company or organization is heading for a massive failure, and everyone can see it coming, but management continues to act as if everything is hunky dory…
Colorado Reacts to the Stimulus Package
“Today’s final passage of the American Rescue Plan is a big win for the country’s small businesses as they try to recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Literally Don’t Know When to Shut Up… and Neither Do You
Ms. Nuwer proposes here that “science” has confirmed the fact that we don’t know when to shut up. My ex-wife Darlene would also be happy to confirm the fact, no doubt…
HMPRESENTLY: What’s What… With Who’s Who?
“I feel very optimistic about our ability to have great relationships to cities,” noted Mr. Chesky, who thinks his business may be trending toward “becoming less transient…”
St. Patrick’s to Celebrate St. Patrick on Sunday, March 14
After the service, the Episcopal Church Women will offer a fellowship time in the parking lot, serving Irish coffee, cocoa and traditional Irish goodies…
Vietnam-era Veterans to be Honored on March 29
We make no distinction between veterans who served in-country, in-theater or who were stationed elsewhere during the Vietnam War period…
Town of Pagosa Springs Invites Participation in LUDC Update
What do you want to see more of in Pagosa Springs? Or less of? More parking/less parking, more housing/less housing, more density/less density…?
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Three
Should we have “debt” included in our conceptual map? Easier said than done. We can’t easily create a map of consumer debt, or even business debt, in Archuleta County in 2021…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Is It Safe to Kiss, Yet?
Reading through the CDC’s March 8 guidance, I found 29 references to “risk” behaviors. But the word “kiss” doesn’t appear anywhere in the entire document…
OPINION: A Frame of Reference for Health Care Reform
When evaluating these and other proposals for healthcare reform, it is important to remember that there are not likely to be any “perfect” solutions…
Children’s Mental Health During a Pandemic: ‘We Forgot About Fun’
It was a rough year and Robles knows firsthand that grief and anxiety affected her four children, especially Guillermo and his 8-year-old brother Gael…
Help Preserve History by Joining the Chimney Rock Volunteer Team
Without our volunteers, CRIA would be unable to provide the interpretive program that keeps Chimney Rock’s history alive…
EDITORIAL: A Conceptual Map of Pagosa Springs, March 2021… Part Two
Apparently, during the summer of 2016, US real estate agents were listing close to 1.5 million homes available for purchase…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Relishing Our Rage
How many of us have been feeling like this, lately?
Bennet, Colorado Leaders Celebrate Senate Passage of Expanded Child Tax Credit
“Though framed in technocratic terms as an expansion of an existing tax credit, it is essentially a guaranteed income for families with children…”
ESSAY: Will COVID Vaccination Get You a Date?
As cold weather descended upon Washington, DC, last fall, I deleted my dating apps….
K-12 Standardized Testing Compromise Wins Initial Approval
“Both sides have given so much and truly met in the middle, and we need to recognize that,” Larson said of the compromise…