TIF schemes have been used all over America to redirect municipal taxes into the pockets of wealthy developers…
Looking Across ‘County Line Road’ During the Pandemic
The following article by Rae Ellen Bichell first appeared on Kaiser Health News (KHN) on December 29, 2020. Whenever Larry Kelderman looks up from the READ MORE
OPINION: There are Better Ways to Respond to the Corona Crisis
Civil debate and open discussions need to happen, so that we can come up with solutions from broader understanding and a more informed place…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Isolation for Dummies
Clearly, isolation offers you a chance to expand your horizons in exciting ways you never would have considered…
HMPRESENTLY: That Car Dealer Smile
Looking at that picture, what do you think? If he was trying to sell you something… like a border wall?
Colorado Positioned to Allocate $67 Million for Pandemic Relief, Veterans, Housing
Earlier this month, the Colorado legislature passed and Governor Jared Polis signed SB20B-002, which allocated $54 million for pandemic housing assistance programs…
ROOTS AND WINGS: The Dreamy Music of Antonio Lopez
“Music is the common ground. The meeting point. A place to both share who we are, and to put aside who we are…”
SOLD OUT: Wolf Creek Ski Area Sees 29 Fresh Inches
LIFT TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 30 AT WOLF CREEK SKI AREA. Please do not come without Pre-Purchased Lift Tickets…
EDITORIAL: One Hell of a Year, Part Two
“Attract and retain a balance of tourism and non-tourism-dependent industries and businesses to increase economic resiliency and minimize the seasonality endemic in the local tourism economy….”
ON EDGE: Colorado’s Shadow Epidemic, Part Two
“None of us know when we’re going to experience a mental health crisis, and when we do, many of us don’t know how few and poor the resources are to weather it…”
Evidence of New COVID Strain Shows Up in Colorado
The variant is believed to be as much as 70% more contagious, but not have more severe in symptoms, than previous strains of the novel coronavirus…
LETTER: Teaching the Stigma Around Mental Health Struggles
May I supply a missing word: “in a state where teaching a stigma around mental health struggles runs high”…
LETTER: This is Not the End
With the hope afforded us by the COVID-19 vaccines that are becoming available, perhaps a quote ascribed to Winston S. Churchill is appropriate…
ON EDGE: Colorado’s Shadow Epidemic, Part One
Betty Torres, 38, of Denver, walks at Garfield Lake Park in Denver in November. Torres was diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID-19 back in March, and has mostly recovered, but lost her grandfather to the virus…
EDITORIAL: One Hell of a Year, Part One
What has happened in Pagosa Springs over the past 30 years is hardly comparable to what folks might be witnessing in Denver. What’s happening in Pagosa Springs is more comparable to what happened in Aspen, Vail, and Telluride…
Delays on Wolf Creek Pass This Morning
CDOT will perform winter maintenance operations on US 160 Wolf Creek Pass this morning, Tuesday December 29, beginning at 6am…
Five Questions Facing Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary
“I know just how challenging this year has been for students, for educators, and for parents,” Miguel Cardona said Wednesday in his first public comments…
EDITORIAL: Our Local COVID Situation, in 1,000 Words or Less
It is expected that the initial supply of COVID-19 vaccine(s) will be very limited for several months…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Best Non-Jokes of 2020
It seemed like life simply couldn’t get any funnier…