“What we are proposing is the 35-acre parcel as kind of a ‘palette’ that we can kind of control, for workforce housing development in the future…”
Archuleta, La Plata Counties Moved to COVID Level ‘Medium’ by CDC
SJBPH’s recently amended local Public Health Advisory mirrors the CDC guidance based on the COVID-19 Community Level for La Plata and Archuleta counties…
OPINION: Report Looks at SNAP Violations in Colorado
The purpose of SNAP is simple: SNAP benefits enable Coloradans to purchase the healthy food they need to feed their families…
Pagosa Charter School Partners with Arts Initiative, Forge Martial Arts
Beginning this month, Pagosa Springs youth has increased options for after school programming, with a new space for The Pagosa Arts Initiative and The Forge…
EDITORIAL: Strange Bedfellows in the Next Era of Water, Part Six
About 40% of our water district’s treated water was apparently leaking out of our community’s 40-year-old water pipelines, never to be seen again…
PHOTO ESSAY: Pagosa Celebrates Mardi Gras at Tennyson Event Center
The Tennyson Building Event Center is sending out a big “thank you” to all the fun-loving Pagosa people who turned out for their first ever Mardi Gras party…
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part Two
How exactly the solutions proposed by the Town of Pagosa Springs qualify as “innovative”, we have no idea, because, as noted above, the public knows almost nothing about this proposed project…
Vista Lake Park & Community Garden Update
The talent and skills the CLLC group exudes week after week is nothing short of hopeful and exciting for what is being dreamed of and envisioned for the Vista neighborhood…
LIBRARY NEWS: Free Creede Theatre Show for Kids, Today, Thursday March 3
“Ms. Joy” is about a woman who has a very strict daily — until one day she receives a visit from an unexpected dog who turns her routine upside down…
OPINION: Recreation Groups Urge Federal Infrastructure Spending on Conservation
This infusion of federal funding will help us to strategically build upon existing fish and wildlife conservation efforts and expand outdoor recreational opportunities…”
EDITORIAL: Town Council Discusses Significant Property Purchase East of Downtown, Part One
“By 1974, there was a demand for housing, mainly because of the sawmill… there had always been small sawmills here, that employed five or six guys… but when John Hudspeth came in, from Oregon, his sawmill employed 200 people…”
San Juan Basin Public Health Amends Local Public Health Advisory
With COVID-19 cases declining nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated guidance this past Friday outlining prevention steps…
EDITORIAL: Strange Bedfellows in the Next Era of Water, Part Five
But all is not lost. PAWSD still owns a 660-acre ranch which was recently appraised at $4.6 million…
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Launches New Smartphone App
‘My CPW’ makes purchasing CPW products even easier and allows customers to carry and show proof of purchase of many annual and daily products…
Colorado Bill Would Require Schools to Post Teaching Materials Online
“A lot of secondary teachers in English and social studies, we’re walking a bit more on eggshells in terms of how we present material and what material we present,” he said…
Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Votes Unanimously to Adopt New Rules
“I’m very proud of the Commission’s new rules that deliver on the promise of SB 19-181 to make the strongest protections and oversight of oil and gas development in the country…”
Colorado DMV Unveils New, More Colorful Drivers License
Preliminary work on the Iconic Credential began in February 2020, and in August 2020, the Iconic Colorado contest launched, with the goal of transforming Centennial State’s driver licenses…
EDITORIAL: Strange Bedfellows in the Next Era of Water, Part Four
This image comes from a 90-second video produced by the World Economic Forum, portraying eight predicted changes to the world economy certain experts expect to see by the year 2030…
OPINION: We Don’t Want to Admit the Real Worker Shortage Problem
Meanwhile, inflation and housing prices have continued to escalate faster than wages, meaning those already overworked workers are doing more, falling farther behind…