If we don’t need a reservoir at Dry Gulch within the next 40 years, could we use the 660-acre property in some other fashion to benefit the community?
GROWING PAINS: Looking Forward to Revised STR Policies in Archuleta County
I look forward to the Archuleta County Short-Term Rental Task Force (TF) publishing an updated annual ‘STR Policy & Procedure Report’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Lesson for Women’s History Month
Apparently, Justice Scalia had a lot more faith in legislatures than I do…
HABITAT SPOTLIGHT: Volunteer Duane Peter
Since then, he’s assisted in building six houses and “feels much more confident in solving problems when building things…”
Migrants in Colorado Find Ways to Work, Despite Obstacles
Asylum seekers from South America, stuck in legal limbo, offer services and handmade goods to earn money…
LPEA Announces Graham Smith Appointed Interim CEO
“We are proud that LPEA’s leadership team can rise to the challenge and support the Board of Directors in this time of change,” said Ted Compton, Board President of LPEA…
Pagosa Community Plans for 2024 ‘Big Spring Clean’ Event, May 3 and 4
The 2024 committee had minor changes for a better event this year with focus on landfill hours, roll-off ‘dump’ locations, and the exclusion of some items which were allowed in the past…
Community Development Corporation Selects BWD Construction to Build 10 Workforce Houses
“We are excited to build workforce housing with character, designed for efficiency, practicality, and aesthetics…”
EDITORIAL: New STR Policies for Archuleta County? Part Four
When I moved to Pagosa Springs in 1993, our County government did not have zoning districts…
Telehealth Abortions See Increase Since ‘Dobbs’ Ruling
Abortions in Colorado estimated to have last peaked in May 2023 at 2,390…
EDITORIAL: Water Districts That Just Can’t Get Along, Part One
The current agreement, signed in 1922 and ‘amended’ in minor ways over the past decade, has failed to keep the nation’s two largest water reservoirs anywhere near full….
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Newcomer’s Visit to ‘Senior Planet’
In 2004, a guy named Tom Kamber and a group of dedicated volunteers launched Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) with a mission to help seniors learn and use technology…
Archuleta County Public Health Clinic Offering Evening and Weekend Service
The clinic is open for walk-ins, or you can make an appointment by calling (970) 264-2409 and dialing zero…
High School Drama Club to Present ‘Mean Girls: the Musical’
“Mean Girls” is a great story that allows us to discuss difficult topics that can help this next generation heal the divide in our country…
ESSAY: Money, and the Great Transition
We are currently experiencing the final stage in a great 10,000-year human cultural transformation…
EDITORIAL: New STR Policies for Archuleta County? Part Three
“We’re in a better situation, housing-wise, than Chaffee County. We have 13,726 residential units, and 13,790 people, so we basically have a house for every person…”
Colorado Groups Launch ‘Noncommitted’ Effort to Protest Biden’s Gaza Policies
A coalition of left-wing and pro-Palestinian groups is urging Democratic and unaffiliated Colorado voters to cast their votes for a “noncommitted delegate”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Few Miscellaneous Facts About J. Robert Oppenheimer
“Like it or not, J. Robert Oppenheimer is the most important person who ever lived…”
Support Our Local Food Pantries at Our Food Drive This Sunday, March 2
What we are planning for 2024 is to once again to center the presentations around the community-based food system as a way to advance food equity…