“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…
EDITORIAL: How to Get Fired From a Volunteer Job, Part Twelve
“…Bill Hudson has had a large part in circulating a petition that would require a Town vote for any URA project that involves over $1 million in [Tax Increment Financing] money…”
EDITORIAL: The Fragile Health of a Rural Hospital District, During COVID…Part Two
“We provide excellent care, but we’re not used to keeping critical patients here, past the Emergency Room visit. We send the critically ill patients somewhere else…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Simply Naked Pita Chips
I didn’t even notice, until I got to the self-check-out, that the women draped across the package were all fully clothed, and in fact, professionally attired…
Sand Creek Fire Grows By Six Acres, New Management Team Arrives
Fire growth was minimal towards the retardant lines that were laid down last Sunday. Crews will continue with structure assessment in the Weminuche Valley…
New GOP Poll Shows Support for Clean Energy
The survey also revealed that 72 percent of respondents support the federal government taking steps to reduce emissions of gases like carbon dioxide and methane that contribute to climate change…
EDITORIAL: The Fragile Health of a Rural Hospital District, During COVID…Part One
According to the audit report, the district’s ‘Net position’ increased from $9.7 million in 2018 to $10.9 million in 2019. Net patient service revenue increased by almost $1.4 million year over year “due primarily to expansion of services and charge capture…”
EDITORIAL: How to Get Fired From a Volunteer Job, Part Eleven
I do not expect to be beheaded at the meeting. Shamed, perhaps? Painted as “unethical” and “continuously seeking to sway opinions”?
OPINION: Let’s Go On With The Show…Trial
Mr. Hudson’s real crime, though, is his opposition to the $80 million in corporate welfare Mr. Searle and his partner David Dronet are seeking for an expansion of The Springs Resort…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: The Price of Doing Business?
As I approached the entrance, two foul-mouthed gentlemen were expressing their displeasure at the audacity of being made to don surgical masks or bandannas and clean their hands…
LETTER: Let Us Live
Please stop the insanity and let us live! It was an obtuse discussion full of compassion for the younger aged during the present pandemic situation READ MORE
EDITORIAL: How to Get Fired From a Volunteer Job, Part Ten
I assume the five Council members who voted to appoint me already knew who I was. I assume they already knew, from my 16 years of editorials in the Daily Post, that I was not afraid to ask questions…
HUMOR: What’s Your Blight!
“Stinkwater is also just about the friendliest blight in the country. So many blighted places are full of grim, angry and violent people. We could market Stinkwater as ‘Blight with a Smile’…”