• On May 2, sixth-graders in Terri Lindstrom’s Pirate Time advisory class released 75 rainbow trout fingerlings into the San Juan River.
• A total of 101 Archuleta School District students graduated in two ceremonies on June 1, ending their high school careers. The students earned more than $800,000 in scholarships.
2024 was an interesting year in Pagosa Country. There was no want for good news, bad news, controversial issues, and no lack of interesting news to keep SUN readers focused on local events, situations and personalities. The SUN is taking a look back at some of those events, selected by SUN staff writers. This week, we look back at January, February and March.
2024 was an interesting year in Pagosa Country. There was no want for good news, bad news, controversial issues, and no lack of interesting news to keep SUN readers focused on local events, situations and personalities. The SUN is taking a look back at some of those events, selected by SUN staff writers. This week, we look back at January, February and March.
Archuleta County is planning to relocate its transfer station to a new site in Cloman Industrial Park, with the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) approving $37,000 to continue the design of the new transfer station.
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.
2024 was an interesting year in Pagosa Country. There was no want for good news, bad news, controversial issues, and no lack of interesting news to keep SUN readers focused on local events, situations and personalities. The SUN is taking a look back at some of those events, selected by SUN staff writers. This week, we look back at January, February and March.
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.
The Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) unanimously approved three resolutions at a regular meeting held on Tuesday Dec. 17, adopting the county’s 2025 budget, appropriating sums of money and setting county mill levies for 2025.
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.
A multiyear effort to tally mountain lion populations across the Western Slope is underway between Pagosa Springs and Bayfield as Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) crews begin work to locate and track adult lions throughout the region.
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.
On Dec. 20, 2024, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced that criminal charges will not be filed in connection with the publication of voting machine passwords on the Colorado Department of State website earlier this year.
The Archuleta County Democratic Club will meet for lunch at Coyote Moon at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 13.
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.
The home of Archuleta County’s future administration building has taken another change in direction, with the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) approving a letter of intent to purchase a property located at 2901 Cornerstone Drive on Dec. 17.
At a Dec. 20 special meeting, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) Board of Directors approved the district’s 2025 budget.
The Colorado Independent Ethics Committee voted unanimously on Nov. 19, deeming complaint 24-16 against Commissioner Veronica Medina as nonfrivolous.
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.