Black Hills Energy announced Monday that Archuleta County residents can expect to see a 5 percent increase in their natural gas bills this month after the Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved a 2025 rate adjustment on Dec. 18, 2024.
Attention, high school seniors: If you need help funding your education, the Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs offers scholarships that could help make your educational dreams a reality.
The Pagosa Fire Protection District (PFPD) Board of Directors signaled Tuesday a willingness to waive potential service impact fees for new housing developments aimed at assisting low- to moderate-income households, as well as those designated as affordable for the area’s workforce.
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve Resolution 2025-4, certifying levies and revenue to the assessor and property tax administrator for 2025.
During an update on the Pagosa Springs Sanitation General Improvement District’s (PSSGID’s) efforts to rehabilitate the town’s struggling wastewater system, the PSSGID board was presented with the likelihood that it would need to ask the voters to raise the town’s sales tax in order to pay for necessary expensive repairs coming down the pike.
La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) Round Up Foundation proudly announces its 2024 year-end impact, reflecting the generosity and community spirit of its members.
Gov. Jared Polis reappointed Sherry Waner to a third term on the state’s Minority Business Office (MBO) Advisory Council on Jan. 3, offering the Pagosa Springs local a seat at the table focused on increasing economic opportunities for minority, veteran and women entrepreneurs across Colorado.
We have much to celebrate at the start of 2025. A little more snow would certainly be something to celebrate, but we’ll have to see how the weather fares in the next few weeks.
Sales tax collections in November 2024 increased by 3.1 percent compared to figures from one year prior, according to reports released Jan. 7 by Archuleta County Finance Director Chad Eaton.
A new contractor has been selected to perform snow removal work at Archuleta County’s Stevens Field airport, according to airport manager Chris Torres, who briefed the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) on the matter during a work session held on Dec. 17, 2024.
The median value of owner-occupied housing units in Archuleta County increased from $359,700 in 2014-2018 to $451,400 in 2019-2023, according to newly released American Community Survey (ACS) five-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Members of the Pagosa Springs Area Tourism Board examined sustainability in both environmental and existential terms during their year-end meeting on Dec. 17, 2024, discussing ways to reduce waste during events and questioning how deeply their director should wade into those events’ planning and organization.
President Joe Biden has declared that Jan. 9 will be a national day of mourning, coinciding with the state funeral for President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Dec. 29, 2024.
As we kick off an article for the start of 2025, we realize that Jan. 13 is just two weeks away.
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe were selected among a competitive field of applicants to each receive $500,000 in grant funding from FHLBank Topeka’s Native American Housing Initiatives (NAHI) Grants Program.
Colorado reported a lower than average year-over-year change in prices in 2024, according to a new report from the state’s Legislative Council Staff.
On Dec. 19, the Pagosa Springs Town Council approved an agreement with The Springs Resort to accommodate public parking during Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT’s) highway reconstruction project through downtown Pagosa Springs.
Archuleta County’s unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a percentage point in November to reach 4.6 percent, according to a report released by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) on Dec. 20.
We have not even completed 2024 and the Chamber already has its sights set on 2025 and the activities that kick off the new year.
La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) has announced the arrival of its new transformer to be used in its first new substation since 2008 — a critical infrastructure investment aimed at increasing reliability and strengthening the electric grid for the Pagosa Springs community.