Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation (PSCDC) Executive Director Emily Lashbrooke spoke at a work session held by the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) on Jan. 7, sharing the results of a community business forum and briefing the board on the possibility of creating a new county development authority.
On Jan. 7, the Pagosa Springs Town Council considered the criteria by which it will fund its initiative for early child care and education in 2025.
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) unanimously approved a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its contractor, AECOM, to complete phase two of the county’s Risk Mapping Assessment and Planning (MAP) project.
Our Community Eats (OCE), a local nonprofit food pantry, relocated into a new building located on Navajo Trail Drive in September 2024. With that, the organization expressed concerns to the Archuleta County Planning Commission that it would not be able to afford the required improvements as determined by the county’s land use development code.
• Heavy rains moved through the area as July began, with the heaviest amounts falling on July 1. According to Shawn Prochazka from Pagosa Weather, reports from the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) for July 1 noted that some areas in the county received more than 2 inches of rain within 24 hours for the first time since May 2014.
• A vehicle-versus-pedestrian collision on Aug. 1 left one in serious condition, according to a press release from the PSPD. According to a press release from the PSPD, at approximately 10:53 a.m. on Aug. 1, the Archuleta Combined Dispatch Center received a call of a vehicle-versus-pedestrian collision in the 200 block of Pagosa Street.
• Late August and early September brought the annual seasonal uptick of bear activity, with bears appearing in driveways, in trees, on a roof and in the laundry room of a local care facility.
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) unanimously approved Resolution 2025-1, establishing a location for the posting of official county notices, setting meeting dates and office hours for county offices.
The Archuleta Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) recently approved the second readings of two ordinances that implement a new model traffic code and regulate noxious weeds. The first reading …
On Jan. 7, the Pagosa Springs Town Council awarded a Life Saving Award to two Pagosa Springs police officers, Brandon Bishop and Colton Calavan. The official gesture recognized the lifesaving …
The San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) discussed an upcoming joint meeting with the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) at its Jan. 6 meeting.
Last November, the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) heard from Public Works Director Mike Torres and Road and Bridge Manager Eric McRae in regard to the county potentially vacating four bridges throughout the county.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Archuleta County will swear in three elected officials at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, at the Archuleta County Justice Facility at 109 Harman Park Drive.
• In early April, the San Juan National Forest announced it had acquired 160 acres of elk and mule deer habitat within an important migration corridor on the Pagosa Ranger District.