12/30/2020 It has been forever since we have looked forward to a New Year the way were looking forward to the upcoming one. Were exhausted, a little bit scared and, finally, hoping against hope that a COVID-19 vaccine will turn around our fortunes, individual and collective. There is no doubt that the biggest story of 2020 is and was the virus. It found its way into nearly every niche of our daily lives. But a few other things were worth reporting, too.
Last January, we wrote about the darkness the GOP was struggling to escape. The party of low taxes and small government had drifted from its moorings. Stalwart Republicans, columnist George Will, Morning Joe host, Joe Scarborough, party strategist Steve Schmidt bolted. In Colorado, former Senate President Pro Tempore Ellen Roberts, too. A big reason, Donald Trump. I think he was emblematic on how
Southern Colorado faces 2020 with grit and endurance
12/30/2020 One of the things Pueblo residents like about their town is its Goldilocks size; not too big, not too small. Even its rush hour is over in minutes. But even smaller towns, Pueblo included, couldnt escape what the rest of the country and world faced in 2020. COVID came to Pueblo and in a big way. It, this invisible, often deadly microbe was the citys biggest story of 2020. But it wasnt the only notable Pueblo story.
Last January, La Voz Bilingue wrote about a festering issue southern Colorados hub city has been dealing with. Pueblos eastside has been without a grocery store for more than four years. The Safeway that had served the eastside for more than fifty years shuttered in 2016. Puebloans c