CU Boulder will host the first field hearing of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, August 1, 2019. Clean energy transition will be the focus.
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Do-it-yourself dark skies
Last month’s Eagle introduced the International Dark Sky Community and Reserve designation...
Read MoreWhat is 7G ? (A Seventh Generation philosophy)
Well, it’s not me—it’s a mission. It’s not a logo or a business for self-gain, nor is it living in a fancy house with solar panels. It’s not living off grid and driving a veggie oil-powered truck either. To me it’s not living on the hill above town just wishing for peace . . . to me it’s breaking bread with family and friends and being in awe! To me it’s asking for partners in happiness and the humility to learn how to make a living out of life right now. It’s asking myself to practice how to commune with nature, and to learn with the unseen micro life—the life that lives in the air I breathe, the soil beneath me, and the water I drink. This to me seems to be 7G and a key to our collective health and heartcore well-being. I hope to relate and share with other creatures and humans, acting and evolving into love with faith . . . leaving fear behind like training wheels. It’s possible to choose a symbiotic relationship with oneself for the common good of all life, and with a little help from our friends we may yet get see our great-grandchildren laugh. Maybe it’s best to have a back-up plan and study zen balance, considering non-action is a path as well.
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San Luis Valley power provider Tri-State shifting toward more renewable energy
by Lisa Cyriacks Mid-July the Tri-State Generation & Transmission Board of Directors announced...
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Bears active in & around Crestone; break-ins reported
During July, it was reported that bears have entered four houses in the Crestone/Baca Grande area and Colorado Parks and Wildlife is warning residents to take precautions to keep the animals away from their homes.
Read MoreSaguache County to see severe budgetary cuts
by Sandia Belgrade, with Peter Peterson, County Assessor JoAnn Groff, Property Tax Administrator for the state of Colorado, has announced that this county and many others will see an 18% budgetary reduction in funding....
Read MoreMembership surging as Crestone/Baca Indivisible works to hold Congress & Trump administration accountable
The Crestone/Baca Indivisible group held its first organizational meeting at the home of Chalet II resident Sarah Hoenninger in mid-January with about 20 local residents gathering. According to organizer Susannah Ortego, the...
Read MoreSLV projects receive $1.4 million in GOCO grants
by Rosemary Dempsey, Dir. Communications, GOCO The Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Board awarded three grants totaling more than $1.4 million to projects across the San Luis Valley. San Luis Valley Inspire, a valley-wide...
Read MoreState issues $2.35 million in marijuana research grants
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has awarded $2.35 million in grant funding for seven research studies to address potential public health and safety impacts of marijuana use. Research areas will include...
Read MoreOne person, one vote . . . except when electing POTUS
Electoral College makes the final decision by Lisa Cyriacks The 2016 election was hugely partisan and highly unusual. The “real” presidential vote by the Electoral College on December 19, when presidential electors meet in the...
Read MoreHow Saguache County voted: marijuana excise tax approved, sales tax for law enforcement defeated
by Lisa Cyriacks The law enforcement sales tax proposition intended to build a new jail and create funds to hire additional deputies in Saguache County failed 1,225 to 1,554, while the marijuana excise tax passed 1,493 to 1,283....
Read MorePublic entities question County tax valuations
by Sandia Belgrade The last meeting of November had an outpouring of people representing various entities protesting the latest tax valuation. While most of those attending were questioning the process and accuracy, a few made...
Read MoreCounty faces election dilemma; Clerk asks for help
County faces election dilemma; Clerk asks for help by Sandia Belgrade When the Director of Elections in Colorado comes down from Denver to Saguache County weeks before the national election, it underscores the urgent cry for...
Read MoreColorado: Red, purple—now blue? Republicans in national races are being challenged by Democrats
by Lisa Cyriacks Colorado was a hotly contested swing state in the 2008 and 2012 elections. This election year, according to national news sources, the US Senate race, once expected to be among the most competitive...
Read MoreTwelve hours of Penitence rides into second year
by Jason Anderson Saguache County’s homegrown mountain bike race, the “Twelve hours of Penitence,” is alive and well and racing into its second year in Penitente Canyon on October 8. The race, which is run on a seventeen...
Read MoreColorado voters get to decide; General election ballot certification underway
by Lisa Cyriacks Six statewide ballot questions have already qualified for the 2016 ballot. And there could be as many as five more, including two controversial anti-fracking measures. Ballot issues are popular nationwide this...
Read MoreTwo county tax questions approved for Nov. ballot – Potentially as many as seventeen statewide initiatives
by Lisa Cyriacks Saguache County Commissioners approved two ballot questions for raising taxes. The first is based on a proposal submitted by a bi-partisan committee of citizens to raise sales taxes by one percent (1%) in...
Read MoreConcerned Crestone/Baca citizens meet with SLV Rural Electric management over smart meters
by John Rowe A group of concerned citizens from Crestone and the Baca met with a group put together by the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative (SLVREC) on June 30 at the POA Hall for two hours to discuss SLVREC’s plans...
Read MorePotential sales tax to benefit law enforcement; Saguache County residents present proposal
by Lisa Cyriacks A bi-partisan committee met with the County Commissioners to present a proposal for a sales tax initiative to better fund Saguache County law enforcement. If the Commissioners approve the initiative by...
Read MoreRust murder suspect charged with multiple crimes
by Mary Lowers Saguache County resident Charles Moises Gonzales, 46, currently incarcerated in the Colorado Department of Corrections facility in Cañon City on charges unrelated to the murder of Michael Damien Rust, was served...
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