Working in collaboration with Archuleta School District, Build Pagosa’s RWC will provide the space for courses like building trades, automotive, welding, health sciences and more…
Category: Education/Health
Pine Ridge RHC Offering Free Medicaid Pre-Screening Consultations
Pine Ridge Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center has launched an initiative aimed at guiding prospective long-term care residents through Medicaid’s complicated pre-screening process…
Colorado Survey Reveals Educator Satisfaction, Challenges
“One of the many challenges of our state’s educator shortage is that educators are losing prep time because they’re helping to cover classes…”
Colorado School Funding Rewrite Wins Initial Approval in House Vote
“This is a substantial investment in education in all the places that we know is most needed,” said Chuck Carpenter, Denver Public Schools chief of finance…
HOW I TEACH: Helping Students Become Environmental Changemakers
My first job was at Rivera High School in Brownsville, Texas, an area with high levels of poverty and teacher shortages…
2024 ‘Archuleta Food Summit’ Registration Now Open
From 8am to 1:30pm, we’ll have an informative opening session on the landscape of local food production and breakout sessions that will include interactive discussions…
PPOS Middle-Schoolers Join Community Conversations on Native American Boarding Schools
“The first Indian boarding school was close to Durango,” said one fifth-grader, referring to an Indian Boarding School constructed in Hesperus…
Archuleta County Community Resource Fair this Friday
Come out and meet friends in your community who offering services in education, support and health…
Dr. Chato Hazelbaker Named President of Pueblo Community College
“Pueblo Community College has a strong reputation, and I really enjoyed my time getting to know the community and the college…”
Medical Debt Affects Much of America; Colorado Immigrants Especially Hard Hit
“Many hospitals also have funding to help out with your debt. You just have to get to the right person, because it seems that nobody wants to let us know that those programs exist…”
Archuleta County Public Health ‘Grand Opening’ Open House Today
This event is free, open to the public and there is no need to RSVP. Families are encouraged to stop in and see all that ACPHD has to offer…
Many Students Will Receive Access to Nutritious Meals During the Summer
“We’re excited to be part of the Summer EBT program and happy we’re going to be able to help more than 300,000 Colorado kids…”
Track Opioid Settlement Payouts — To the Cent — In Your Community
Determining how much money has arrived is the first step in assessing whether the settlements will make a dent in the nation’s addiction crisis…
Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend
Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000 or more…
Archuleta Public Health Hosting ‘Grand Opening’ Celebration on April 3
“Public Health, it impacts everyone in the community,” said Executive Director Ashley Wilson…
Axis Health System Recognized by American Diabetes Association
““At Axis, we know that learning how to manage your health conditions can make a huge difference in combating diabetes…”
Proposed Colorado Budget Would ‘Fully Fund’ Education, Finally
This story by Jason Gonzales appeared on Chalkbeat Colorado on March 26, 2024. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Next year’s $40.6 billion Colorado READ MORE
ESSAY: Psilocybin Mushroom Journeys
A couple of days before Thanksgiving, right out of the blue, I was invited to have a journey using psilocybin mushrooms as the psychedelic agent…
Increase in Self-Managed Abortions Following Dobbs Decision
Self-managed abortions rose by more than 26,000 in the six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade…