“We have recently seen a tremendous increase in need for food access in our community and with our food recipient agency partners…”
Category: Education/Health
Colorado Lawmakers to Consider Program to Ease Summer Childhood Hunger
The idea is simple: Reduce childhood hunger in low-income families when school meal programs are on break or harder to access over the summer…
Charter School Students Mediate Conflicts, Build Community
“It’s fun helping kids; and nice to know how to communicate and help others,” said eighth-grader Amelie, who is in her third year as a Restorative Practice Student Board member…
OPINION: Colleges Inflating Tuition as a ‘Marketing Strategy’?
The published tuition of colleges has become increasingly detached from the actual cost…
The Reasons Why It’s So Difficult to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Care
The U.S. spends huge amounts of money on health care that does little or nothing to help patients, and may even harm them…
Lodging Tax for Child Care? Pueblo Says No, Ridgway Says Yes
Local leaders in Ridgway hope to use some of the new lodging tax proceeds to operate a child care center within a planned affordable housing project…
Elks Club Scholarship Applications Due By Nov. 13
The 500 national winners will be announced in April 2024…
Updated Colorado ‘Universal Preschool’ Rules Suggest Smaller Class Sizes
Colorado officials want to cap preschool class sizes in the state’s new universal preschool program at 20 students next year…
VA Sees Major Uptick in Veterans’ Care Following Passage of Toxic Exposure Law
Under the new law, the VA has screened nearly 4.6 million veterans for lasting effects of toxic exposure during their deployments…
Storing Guns Away From Home Could Reduce Suicides
Gun rights advocates are coming around to the idea of voluntary safe storage…
How You Can Help, on Veterans Day
Why is this important? Pentagon data has shown a rise in military suicides in the past decade…
Proposed Colorado Budget Would Fully Fund Schools
Amendment 23 requires that K-12 funding increase every year by the rate of population growth plus inflation…
EDUCATION NEWS: Pagosa Peak Open School Celebrates ‘Project Based Learning’
Students in grades K-8 address content standards through a nontraditional teaching model…
OPINION: Praise for New Attempt at Relieving Student Debt Burdens
These proposed rules would empower the Education Department to cancel some or all of the debt for certain groups…
Fourth Graders Explore Southern Ute Culture
“Ute was not the original name of this tribe,” fourth-grader Juniper said. “They were first called Núuchi…
Elks Foundation Announces ‘Most Valuable Student’ Scholarship Contest
The application is completed online and must be submitted by the November 13 deadline…
Many Families Choose Homeschooling Following COVID Crisis
Colorado’s numbers fit into a national trend of years when home-school numbers rose, followed by a pandemic surge…
Reaching the GOAL of Positive School Culture
Dr. Constance Jones, Chief Executive Officer for GOAL Academy High School, leads a staff of nearly 600 and a student body of over 6,000…
Archuleta Health Fair and Expo This Saturday, Oct. 21, at Pagosa Springs High School
The only pre-registration required of participants is for the labs and the low-cost Farm to Table lunch…