9.7% of residents in Archuleta, La Plata, Dolores, Montezuma and San Juan counties lacked health insurance coverage in 2025 compared to 5.9% of residents statewide…
EDITORIAL: Listening at the School District’s Listening Session, Part Two
During 2024, the Archuleta School District staff hosted several community presentations, purportedly to ‘take the community’s temperature’…
Slick Roads Likely as Storm Passes Through Colorado
The worst impacts of the season’s first far-reaching winter storm has passed, but slushy roads could turn into ice…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Bad is Stronger Than Good
If you’re hiking in the woods, and you happen to come across an especially colorful butterfly…
Latest Storm Delivers at Wolf Creek Ski Area
Lift tickets are at Local Appreciation rates today, Thursday December 4…
Feds Promise ‘Radical Transparency’ But Withhold Rural Health Fund Applications
Lawrence Gostin, a professor of public health law at Georgetown University, said HHS is “acting in a way that utterly lacks transparency…”
LIBRARY: Catch up on Classics This Holiday Season
If you remember the classics from high school as intolerably boring, maybe you should take another look…
CHAMBER NEWS: Offer Your Nominations Now for ‘Community Awards’
Nomination forms are available on the Chamber’s website…
OPINION: This Colorado City Showing the Exit Route from MAGA Dystopia
On Monday, the new Council members were sworn in, and the body immediately began to “undo harm caused by the previous council…”
Justice Department Suing States to Obtain Sensitive Voter Data
“One of my most important responsibilities as the chief state election official is safeguarding the data privacy…”
EDITORIAL: Listening at the School District’s Listening Session, Part One
The SUN editor added a clarifying note, assuring readers that a “new high school” is not currently being discussed…
Governor’s Office Confirms Rejection of Trump Administration Request to Transfer Tina Peters
Peters, 70, is incarcerated at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Crying Wolf
Lately, certain scientists have been recording animal voices and running the sounds through computers, to try and decode animal communications…
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: How an Education Department Decision Could Spike Health Care Bills
We face a terrible nursing shortage nationwide already, even before these crippling caps on borrowing take effect…
A Season of Gratitude and Community Care
Your generosity has fueled a wide range of efforts: supporting the Archuleta Food Pantry Network, organizing quarterly community food drives, purchasing and distributing local foods…
Pagosa Springs Community Choir to Present Christmas Concerts Dec. 12-14
Our choir is larger than it has ever been and the sound of 80 voices singing in beautiful harmony will be a sound to hear and a remarkable sight…
OPINION: Why We Need a Borderlands Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Families from Pagosa Springs to the Pueblos and throughout the U.S. have already shown what love and resilience look like…
League of Women Voters Program Meeting Set for Dec. 8
This is an important opportunity to help shape the year ahead for the League…
National Honor Society Presents ‘Breakfast With Santa’ This Saturday
Guests can take photos with Santa, participate in holiday-themed crafts and enjoy a cheerful, family-friendly atmosphere…