Cases of COVID-19 are climbing once again in Colorado, spurred in large part by outbreaks at the University of Colorado Boulder…
CDOT, CSP Highlighting Seatbelt Use During ‘Child Safety Week’
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 59% of car seats are not used correctly, putting millions of children at severe risk of injury or death…
OPINION: The End of ‘Climate Change’
Let’s face it. “Climate change” has outlived its usefulness; it’s time we hold funeral services for the phrase…
Answers to Your Voting Questions
County clerks automatically will begin mailing ballots to active registered voters on October 9. A voter is considered active if they’ve voted in the most recent general elections…
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Three
Americans do indeed value property rights — in some situations. And the STR industry has certainly helped to bring about higher home prices in Archuleta County, according to everything I’ve heard from local realtors…
HMPRESENTLY: Flummoxed!
Reading Jared Kushner’s words in the media, the other day — he said that “controversy elevates message” — I was wondering if that’s really so, considering what the president himself, and others around him, have been saying, lately…
Sweeping Federal Protections for Colorado Public Lands?
“We have been looking for every opportunity that we can to get this bill across the finish line,” the Lafayette Democrat added…
Dual Enrollment Expands Opportunities for Colorado Students
Participation in Colorado’s dual enrollment programs continue to grow and give students a head start on making a livable wage…
LETTER: More Thoughts About Capitalism
I would like to direct readers to another treatise on ‘capitalism 101’ — a very interesting article wherein financier Ray Dalio distills a complex subject into terms that are understandable…
GOAL High School Excited to Start the 2020-2021 School Year
“In these uncertain times, we cannot let the challenges we are facing with the COVID pandemic interfere with our students’ education…”
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part Two
“The strategy that I determined maybe to use, working with Tara Hardy from Silver Thread — she’s the Director there — was to do a new proposal for a pre-season opening, where we don’t have any of our indoor facilities open…”
GGP’s ‘Breakfast IN a Balloon’ Event Runs Today Through Sunday
The ‘Breakfast IN a Balloon’ event starts today, Thursday, September 17 and runs through Sunday, September 20. Tickets are still available….
EDITORIAL: Capitalism, on the Operating Table
I first heard about capitalism back in high school, but I’ve never been sure who, exactly, invented it. Whoever invented it, they obviously missed the boat…
LETTER: New COVID Tracking App Trap?
What happens next? Will a happenstance of traded anonymized tokens turn into a government mandated two week quarantine?…
COVID Exodus Fills Resort Towns With New Medical Pressures
“But what we’re seeing now are these second-home owners, people who are coming from other places to spend extended periods of time… and who come with a whole host of other medical issues…”
EDITORIAL: The Ruins of Prosperity, Part One
As County Attorney Todd Weaver explained, the original ground lease mentioned “approximately 40 rental units”, but the project has since been scaled back to 34 units…
RANGER STATION: Miles, the Iguana
I assumed it was an escapee from a visitor, so we had to keep it in case someone reported him missing. But we don’t really have an “iguana section” in our Lost and Found box…
NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Vaccine’s Potentially Serious Side Effect
The National Institutes of Health is investigating a coronavirus vaccine trial patient who suffered from spinal cord damage…
Will Coloradans Trust the New COVID Tracking App?
“In this situation, we’re rushing into this without thinking through the consequences… The state ought to say we’re not going to jump into this technology without some guardrails…”