According to Mr. Riley’s September 7 real estate summary, it looks like Pagosa Springs real estate brokers, this year, might sell as many as 20 homes priced at more than $1 million…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Trip to Nowhere
On its flight to nowhere, which the airline calls the “dine and fly” program, Royal Brunei serves local cuisine to passengers while flying over the country…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Five
On Monday, the SJWCD Board met (via Zoom) with a prominent water consultant named Erin Wilson, of Lakewood, Colorado-based Wilson Water Group. Quite a few people attended the meeting…
HMPRESENTLY: You Just Don’t Know…Until You Know
In the article, American political speechwriter and author, David Litt, notes that “Restrictive voting laws make casting a ballot disproportionately difficult for lower-income, non-white and young Americans”…
Celebrate Colorado on National Public Lands Day, Tomorrow
National Public Lands Day is an annual opportunity to celebrate our state’s outdoor heritage, diverse landscapes, and bring people from all Colorado communities together to enjoy our public lands…
OPINION: Future of Local News Commission?
“Local news is foundational to our democracy, but a convergence of forces — from consolidation to social media to COVID-19 — has pushed news rooms across America to the brink…”
LETTER: Stakes Are Too High To Let Prop 115 Pass
As voters, we’ve already weighed in on this issue and have decided over and over again that the government shouldn’t play a role in these personal decisions…
OPINION: President Trump’s Record on Health Care
From the start of his presidential term, President Trump took aim at the Affordable Care Act, consistent with his campaign pledge leading up to the 2016 election…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Seven
If your lucky family has a an annual income of $58,400… (and you didn’t lose your job during the COVID crisis)… and you happen to have $10,000 saved up for a down payment…
OPINION: Statewide Colorado Health Poll Reveals Deepening Inequalities
These results highlight the fact that your health is inextricably linked to your race, ethnicity and income, to the safety of your neighborhood and your ability to afford a home…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Four
As I write this in September 2020, the ‘demand management’ mechanism is still a somewhat vague idea. Perhaps even a pipe dream…
VIDEO: The Mysterious Effects of COVID-19
The video features four women who are suffering from lingering health effects following a COVID-19 diagnosis — health effects that don’t align with commonly held beliefs about the disease…
OPINION: Voting Advice from a Colorado Activist
In a recent Denver Post news story, I called this government-pervading phenomenon, “growthism”, and stated that “growthism is eviscerating the soul of the natural and cultural landscape of our state”…
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Three
No one will tell us why a New York hedge fund, Water Asset Management, has bought up thousands of acres of irrigated agricultural land in the communities of Fruita, Loma and Mack, west of Grand Junction…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Six
I read somewhere, long ago, that the Hindu god Shiva had a ‘dual’ personality — that he embodies both the power to destroy and the power to create…
‘Worship in the Mountains’ Offers Spiritual Relief This Weekend
June Marquez and The Three of Us will kick off the event Friday at 6pm with old time gospel favorites….
CPW Lifts Voluntary Fishing Closures for Southwest Colorado
“We know it’s tough to curtail fishing activity, but we also know that anglers know the importance of helping to sustain Colorado’s trout populations…”
MANHATTAN SHORT 2020 Film Festival: You Be the Judge…
Film lovers in Durango will join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world from September 24 – October 31 when the 23rd Annual MANHATTAN SHORT READ MORE
LETTER: Cory Gardner, Trump’s Rubber Stamp
Cory Gardner may attempt to campaign as a moderate independent Republican; his voting record in lock-step confirmation of Trump’s cabinet members and judges places him clearly in Trump’s corner…