— Subscribe to this topic on PagosaSUN.comSupporting our students
Last Saturday, the Archuleta School District held a community engagement session to seek out ideas about how the professional and business community of Archuleta County could support student success. Support…
Championship coverage
Last week’s championship coverage was a team effort by the The Pagosa Springs SUN staff. When the Lady Pirates headed to Golden, Mike Pierce declared his intention to be there…
Homegrown champs
High school basketball season is over, and what a season it was. The Pagosa Springs community has much to be proud of. The Pagosa Springs Pirates boys’ and girls’ teams…
Keep the sun shining on local government
Wouldn’t it be great if everyone embraced the notion of open government? Over the past year, local boards have been called out in this editorial space for violation of the…
SUN wins top awards
For the fourth year in a row, The Pagosa Springs SUN has been awarded the highest honor that a weekly newspaper can receive in Colorado — General Excellence. The staff…
Volunteers: The heart of our community
For many people, plunging into the icy cold waters of the San Juan River in the dead of winter — even the mildest of winters — is unfathomable. Yet, during…
Clean up our act
A reader stopped by the office last week to share his concerns about trash overflowing a dumpster at a local business. The trash was spilling all over the parking lot…
Empty Bowls feeds our souls
Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. For six years, Pagosa Springs Elementary School has kicked off the local Empty Bowls effort with World Food Day on…
A work in progress
We’ve come a long way from last March, when directors of the Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation (CDC) made a presentation labeling several long-serving, dedicated citizens and public servants as…
PAWSD board overflows with dysfunction
Just when we thought things at the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) couldn’t get more dysfunctional — they did. Last spring, SUN staff filed a Colorado Open Records…
