In addition to being ineffective, Fox said increased security measures of these kinds can do more harm than good. He called the suggestion to arm teachers “absurd”…
EDITORIAL: The Cleanup at 187 Bill’s Place, Part Three
Three County taxpayers offered comments on the proposed law, with two raising questions about how the law might negatively impact current residents…
EDITORIAL: The Cleanup at 187 Bill’s Place, Part Two
Occasionally, the Board of County Commissioners took actions that benefitted only a select few community residents, or perhaps even the Commissioners themselves…
EDITORIAL: The Cleanup at 187 Bill’s Place, Part One
Andy Davis was expecting a contractor to arrive at his gate on Monday morning at 8:30am, presumably accompanied by one or more Sheriff’s deputies…
ESSAY: Two Allocated Bottles of Beer
Candlelight. Placemats. A plate of ‘Ambrosia’ apple slices and Tillamook Pepper Jack cheese. Two slender souvenir beer glasses…
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part Five
Why does this rural and fairly isolated Census Block have very-high-speed Internet available? More than ten times faster than our Town Hall and our premier mineral springs resort?
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part Four
The FCC has apparently broken down the entire US into neighborhoods — Census Blocks — and catalogued each Block in terms of which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are available…
PHOTO ESSAY: ‘Ninja Warrior Challenge’ Raises $10,700 for Pagosa Charter School
“Everyone who completed the course and hit the buzzer at the end was awarded a ‘Ninja Warrior’ headband, and the students were motivational [to each other] because some of the kids didn’t want to finish the course…”
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part Three
In 2019, costs of projects for towers, the carrier neutral building space, broadband manager and grant writer and other items total $307,500…
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part Two
The map at the beginning of this editorial shows the average speed of Internet services in various countries around the globe…
EDITORIAL: Broadband, Across the Great Divide, Part One
Apparently, the CDC believes it can help the community get access to “25/3” for a small investment of $200,000. Quite an ambitious goal, I’d say…
EDITORIAL: Can’t We Just Agree on Something?
As we note, the Democratic Party also recommends a ‘Yes’ vote on Amendments Y and Z, just like the Republican Party….
EDITORIAL: Thinking about that $44 Million Tax Increase
The County budget for 2019 projects $2.63 million for next year — a 2.3 percent increase in the General Fund’s sales tax collection…
EDITORIAL: Town of Pagosa Springs, Changing Direction? Part Three
His general idea was to accommodate the Streets Department, the Parks Department and the Geothermal Heating Department in one single facility…
OPINION: Believe the Survivor? Why?
Covering up an indiscretion is one reason a woman would lie about sexual assault. There are a others…
EDITORIAL: Town of Pagosa Springs, Changing Direction? Part Two
Looking through the proposed budget, we see nearly $600,000 in new and upgraded features for our local parks and trails…
EDITORIAL: Town of Pagosa Springs, Changing Direction? Part One
But the engines that once seemed to be driving economic prosperity — tourism and recreation — turned out to have a major defect, once the Great Recession hit…
EDITORIAL: Another Exciting Community Project, Part Two
Their proposed LIHTC apartment project for Hot Springs Boulevard would provide perhaps 40 units of affordable rental housing — mainly for residents near or below the poverty line…
EDITORIAL: Another Exciting Community Project, Part One
All the County Commissioners need to do, to help make this happen, is provide the housing authority with a 99-year lease on 2.5 acres…