“I think the town is overcrowded. I’ve been on the ‘recovery task force’ and I don’t think we saw this coming. It doesn’t look like any other year during Fourth of July that I can remember…”
Primary Election Results, in Brief
In the statewide elections, five-term US Representative Scott Tipton was ousted in the Republican primary by restaurant owner Lauren Boebert…
OPINION: When Money Dies, Part Two
In Germany of 1923, you had the communists on one side and the national socialists on the other. Their numbers grew as the situation became more desperate…
OPINION: We Must Start Healing the Damage
Mass hysteria over social distancing, staying home to stay healthy, and wearing masks is not how humans have survived for countless generations…
HMPRESENTLY: Winking and Nodding
Winking and nodding seems to be getting more blatant. More pronounced…
Southwest Colorado Plays It Safe in Wildfire Season
Summertime out on your public lands can be loads of fun if you practice the right safety measures…
EDITORIAL: Town Council to Consider Mandatory Face Coverings Tonight, June 30
“So, I know this is contentious. It’s really become a politicized issue all over the country, but I would like for the Council to have a discussion…”
OPINION: When Money Dies, Part One
To pay this back, the German government literally just printed money. They started up the printing press and they printed, and printed, and printed money until everyone was paid back….
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Gun Control Measure
“Though we didn’t succeed in striking down the Magazine Ban, we did win on two very important points,” said Dudley Brown, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners…
OPINION: The Boys Who Cried ‘Blight’
When responding to a genuine public health threat, a local government proposing mandates and penalties needs credibility and a reputation for plain speaking and fair dealing…
LETTER: Saddened by Town Council Treatment of a Volunteer
Truly, we find it very disturbing that Mr. Hudson was personally and publicly attacked during a Council meeting in such a despicable and vile manner…
LETTER: Officials Who Ignore the Facts
I would welcome a Planning Commissioner, or a Town Council member, or the Mayor to actually change their mind occasionally, based on investigation of facts…
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Welcomes New State Park Near Trinidad
“CPW staff is committed to meeting the governor’s challenge to open this park by 2021 by accelerating the designing and construction of state parks from a multi-year process down to a single year…”
Archuleta County Fair Board Cancels 2020 Archuleta County Fair
“The restrictions on the number of participants, attendees, volunteers and other staff rendered an impractical situation that would not satisfy the needs of operating a fair for the Archuleta County community…”
EDITORIAL: The Fragile Health of a Rural Hospital District, During COVID…Part Three
“We have it mapped out; we know what we would do, the issues we would have with supply; what our staff would do; what if our staff gets sick and we have to quarantine…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: You Can’t Take It With You
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent investigative agency that reports to Congress, discovered the problem and issued some suggestions…
EDITORIAL: More School Testing Needed? Better Ways to Spend Limited Funds?
“There’s no need to spend our precious, very limited resources to go to private corporations for testing. We need to trust our educators to do what they do best…”
HMPRESENTLY: Huh? Removed Without Cause?
So I looked them up. I’ve heard the term, remove without cause, used, occasionally, over the years, but realized I wasn’t that familiar with the meaning of the term…
Introducing, Colorado Newsline
Editor Young says it’s important for the new site that its journalists “in their personal experience reflect Colorado’s diverse population” and its small initial staff is only a start…