According to the CDC, RSV is a common respiratory virus that causes mild, cold-like symptoms in most people…
LETTER: Are We Embarrassed by Lauren Boebert Yet?
According to Colorado Newsline (September 29, 2021), she has failed Coloradans in a number of ways: Her role in the January 6 Capitol attack; has not passed a single bill; voted against cancer patients and military families…
Breakfast With Santa at Pagosa High School, Tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 11
All proceeds go toward helping students attend the Future Business Leaders of America national leadership conference…
ON EDGE: Colorado’s Mental Health ‘Safety Net’ Failure… Part Three
Former state Human Services director Reggie Bicha notes there has long been “significant political pressure” from the trade group not to monitor centers that closely…
EDITORIAL: Is Pagosa Going to Pot? Part One
Archuleta County is facing some huge social problems as we head into 2022. Some of the problems are already at a crisis level. Is marijuana cultivation one of those?
PPOS Kindergarten Families Celebrate ‘Life Cycle Learning’
Parents quietly filtered into the room and waited for the festivities to begin. Minutes later the group broke into song…
LIBRARY NEWS: Dr. Ruth Lambert to Present ‘Pagosa Cemetery’ Research on Saturday
During the summer of 2021, the Town of Pagosa Springs partnered with volunteers from the Archuleta County Genealogical Society and a team of archaeologists…
BIG PIVOTS: Colorado is Now Talking About Closing Its Last Coal Plant
If accepted by the PUC, this likely will be the first time that social cost of carbon has been applied to operation of any fossil fuel plant in the United States…
SJBPH Urges Booster Shots
According to State of Colorado data, people who are fully vaccinated and receive a booster are 48 times less likely to be hospitalized than someone who is unvaccinated…
ON EDGE: Colorado’s Mental Health ‘Safety Net’ Failure… Part Two
“If the CMHCs are not willing to reinvest their reserves to expand access to care now, then when?” ask consultant Nancy VanDeMark….
EDITORIAL: Considering the Growth of Archuleta County… and Its Governments, Part Four
Following the work session, the three commissioners sat down for a lunch of pizza and salad with four other elected County officials…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Future Home in Antarctica
No, this is not a homeless encampment at the South Pole…
Did Colorado Pay Out $73 Million in Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits?
The department lacked evidence to demonstrate it had resolved nearly three-quarters of the requests it received related to fraud holds…
REAL ESTATE: The Riley Report
Land inventory is way down as well. There are 218 vacant land properties available today. There were 432 available a year ago and 603 the year before that…
Watershed Enhancement Zoom Meeting Tonight
We encourage you to pass this information along to all your friends, colleagues, and neighbors so we can get feedback from the community and as many project ideas as possible…
Shelters for Homeless Pets — and Their Humans — Open in Grand Junction
Roice-Hurst and HomewardBound installed 10 Pallet shelters in Grand Junction where pet owners can stay inside with their pets…
ON EDGE: Colorado’s Mental Health ‘Safety Net’ Failure… Part One
“What kind of safety-net system blows off the hardest cases?” van der Laak once wrote in a note to herself….
EDITORIAL: Considering the Growth of Archuleta County… and Its Governments, Part Three
The original budget predicted expenditures of $7.2 million, but the Great Recession had got off to an early start in Archuleta County, and the Town ended up spending only about $5.3 million in 2007…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Pearl Harbor Day
They discussed the well-known story about the radar, and Dad got silent. One of the others said, “Larry, you’re a Pearl Harbor survivor. What do you think?”