“This is not just about simply checking a box on a ballot. Proposition 114 would have significant, long-lasting, detrimental impacts on both wildlife and Coloradans,” said Kyle Weaver, RMEF president and CEO…
Hopebridge Expands Pediatric Autism Therapy Centers in Colorado
By blending evidence-backed interventions like ABA therapy with other essential services in a center-based atmosphere, Hopebridge is able to provide a wide range of benefits to Colorado’s families living with autism…
OPINION: Wolves Are Indigenous to Colorado
In the wake of Manifest Destiny, take a moment to pause and see what is happening to the Earth. Take that moment now, before it is too late…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Eight
“The Colorado River doesn’t have a water scarcity problem; it has a planning and zoning problem…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: The President and Me, Avoiding Taxes
I guess The New York Times is not a big fan of our President, because they recently published some alleged news about his tax returns. People don’t rat on their friends. Especially right before an election…
OPINION: When Eagerness to Help Creates a Dysfunctional Town
I was at a city council meeting where a resident showed up to complain about a neighbor who wasn’t bringing their garbage can in quickly enough after pickup day….
‘Thousands’ of Students Not Enrolled in Public School, in Colorado
“Your kid will return to school someday, post pandemic. And you don’t want them to be a year or more behind,” said Polis…
OPINION: Proposition 116 is an Equal Tax Cut For All Taxpayers
The simple truth is, Proposition 116 is a mild but much needed tax cut for all taxpayers at a time when Coloradans could use the boost wherever they can get it…
LETTER: What Does Lauren Boebert Stand For?
Debating her opponent, Boebert stated that equal rights for women has already been achieved. If women want more power, she said, they should carry a gun…
VIDEO: Flying Fish
“We can get a large quantity of fish into high mountain lakes that are basically only accessible by foot or horseback…”
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Seven
Of the four essential — dare we say, sacred — resources necessary to life on earth, two have been converted, in modern times, into items of private property that can be traded, rented, bought and sold….
Colorado Addiction Treatment, on Wheels
“I never thought when I went to nursing school that I’d be doing this,” Christi Couron, a licensed practical nurse, said as she pumped 52 gallons of diesel fuel into the motor home…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My ‘Net-Zero’ Pledge
Yes, I know. The “Net-Zero” Pledge could very well be simply a passing fashion — the latest craze, the current sensation — and you might be laughing at my naiveté…
HMPRESENTLY: Unsettling Conversations
In the New York Post article, “Maëlle Gavet, a 15-year veteran of the tech industry, recalls an unsettling conversation she had at a Silicon Valley cocktail party in 2017…”
OPINION: The Case for Better Access to Midwives, in Colorado
It is no wonder that in the midst of a pandemic families are turning to a safe tradition that reaches back thousands of years…
Wolf Creek Season Tickets On Sale Now, Priced to Sell
Fans of Wolf Creek Ski Area have one week to buy season passes at discount prices. This week… From the Wolf Creek website: The Pre-Season READ MORE
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Six
Some argue will that, so long as the water is put to a ‘beneficial use’ there’s nothing wrong with a water district or a farmer or a rancher making a few bucks “leasing” water to a needy neighbor…
‘Great Schools’ Website Overhauls Its Rating System
GreatSchools was started in 1996, and real estate websites have made its 1-10 school ratings ubiquitous and influential in the decades since…
New ‘Community in Conversation’ Book Discussion Group Launching
“We hope to include anyone in Pagosa Springs who wants to have a deeper conversation about the challenges we all face in these turbulent times…”