A fire at Pagosa Springs High School’s vocational education building last week has been determined to be arson, according to the Pagosa Springs Police Department Assistant Chief Brooks Brown. …
New Enterprise Zone boundaries go into effect Jan. 1, 2026, and all of Archuleta County is included. Colorado’s Economic Development Commission approved the new boundary …
Pagosa Springs Medical Center (PSMC) anticipates increases in both patient volumes and costs in 2026, according to the approved budget for the facility. The organization is also expecting the …
Predictions for Colorado’s winter forecast have ranged from a “classic winter wonderland” with very cold and snowy conditions to a “mostly mild, with pockets of wild” …
The Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado has committed $15,000 to go toward a dollar-for-dollar match for new donations made to the Archuleta Community Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) to …
San Juan National Forest is planning to ignite slash piles as early as the week of Nov. 17, pending all required approvals and when there is sufficient snow or rain present to prevent fire spread. …
Wolf Creek Ski Area will be opening for the season on Saturday, Nov. 22. According to its website, “The Nova,beginner lift, will be operating from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with both …
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Gov. Jared Polis formally requested a major disaster declaration from President Donald Trump and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support ongoing recovery …
Work activity • 4th Street and Hot Springs Boulevard: The crosswalk on the northeast corner of 4th Street and Hot Springs Boulevard is open for pedestrian access. Sidewalk demo and …
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the death of a female gray wolf in southwestern Colorado. According to a statement from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), the agency received …
On Oct. 14, La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) filed a petition in condemnation against Archuleta County residents Jack and Rosemary Barrett and CenturyTel of Colorado, formerly known as Universal …
El Pomar Foundation’s Colorado Assistance Fund (CAF) was recently activated by El Pomar’s Board of Trustees to support nonprofit organizations all over Colorado providing food assistance …
At Oct. 20 and Oct. 24 meetings, the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) Board of Directors moved forward with the district’s efforts to contract an engineering firm to do planning work …
The San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) Board of Directors discussed options for relocating the district’s offices at its Oct. 20 meeting. As discussed at previous meetings, the …
Sometime overnight between Tuesday, Nov. 11, and the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 12, individuals entered the active construction zone along the 400 block of U.S. 160 and walked through newly …
Today, in an Executive Order , Gov. Jared Polis memorialized his verbal disaster emergency declaration from Oct. 12, made in response to the western Colorado flooding. The disaster …
The unofficial results of Tuesday’s election are in, with Town of Pagosa Springs voters voting in favor of a 1 percent sales tax rate increase for sewerage and wastewater reuse facilities …
Multiple people died and others were injured in a series of crashes that took place in the area earlier this week. A 23-year-old New York man was killed after the semi he was driving went off …
Editor’s note: This article includes references to war, the Holocaust and suicide. “I stood in front of a smoldering synagogue on my way back from school. I was five. It was the day …