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Dandelions and lawns

By Ethan Proud  | PREVIEW Columnist Dandelions, like other lawn weeds, can be a bother to those who desire a manicured lawn, which brings the most common reason for dandelion management to the …

Local Senior Center needs our help

The Pagosa Springs Senior Center needs a new home.  Archuleta Seniors Inc. (ASI) is trying to raise $100,000 by Aug. 1 in order to be considered for a second round of grant funding from Senate …

By Christina Knoell | PREVIEW Columnist After more than two years of being closed to the public due to COVID-19, the Pagosa Springs Senior Center will be opening the dining room. A soft opening is …

Photo courtesy Jim O’Donnell Hermit’s Peak Fire as seen from Holman Hill in Mora County, N.M., on April 30.  By Steve Pyne | PREVIEW Columnist We know now that the largest recorded fire in New …

By Robin Young  PREVIEW Columnist While much of the western half of the United States endures near-historic drought levels, one might anticipate this year’s mosquito season to be a walk in the …

2022/06/Kayakers-launching-and-retrieving-from-Antelope-Point-Public-Launch-Ramp-which-due-to-low-water-has-been-closed-to-motorized-vessels.-June-2021-credit-NPS.jpg Photo courtesy National Park …

By Ethan Proud | PREVIEW Columnist  Chinese clematis is a perennial species in the buttercup family that wreaks havoc on trees, fences and other upright structures.  Like its native …

Senior Center dining room reopening

By Christina Knoell | PREVIEW Columnist After two years of being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pagosa Springs Senior Center will be opening the dining room.  A soft opening is planned …

Trusting God and our storms

By Stan Counsell | PREVIEW Columnist If we were told to imagine a storm in life, what would come to mind? If we started a list, it could go for numerous pages. It isn’t often that we see a real …

Bridge returns to Senior Center

By Christina Knoell | PREVIEW Columnist Bridge takes places at the Archuleta County Senior Center Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 p.m.  Bridge is a four-player card game with partners …

A tale of two rural Western counties

By Dave Marston | PREVIEW Columnist Why would rural Delta County, Colo., say no to a solar farm that would enrich the county by $13 million over 15 years at roughly the same time neighboring Montrose …

Bison: back where they belong

By Ben Long  | PREVIEW Columnist Early in the COVID-19 epidemic, I visited the Bison Range on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. But the bison didn’t get the memo about …

Thank you, firefighting team

By Robin Young | PREVIEW Columnist Thank you, firefighters! And when I say firefighters, I mean the entire team that goes into making the fire fight happen. If you went by the fairgrounds last week, …

By Raymond Taylor As part of President Joe Biden’s Unity Agenda commitment to support the nation’s veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is adding nine rare respiratory cancers to the …

Senior Center seeking volunteers

By Cheryl Wilkinson | PREVIEW Columnist The Community Café in the Pagosa Springs Senior Center is requesting volunteers to help with the lunch desk. Please call (970) 264-2167 to volunteer or for …

There is no reason to be bored in Pagosa Country these days. The full version of this story is available in the print edition and e-edition of the Pagosa Springs SUN. Subscribe today by calling …

Mowing invasive species

By Ethan Proud | PREVIEW Columnist Of all of the methods to manage invasive species, mowing or weed whacking can be an excellent control on top of being time efficient. Mowing an acre of weeds is …

Photo courtesy Meg Beeler View of the proposed development site in Sonoma County, Calif. By Rebecca Lawton  | PREVIEW Columnist In my drought- and fire-plagued home valley, 40 miles north of San …

Senior Center seeking volunteers

By Cheryl Wilkinson | PREVIEW Columnist The Community Café in the Pagosa Springs Senior Center is requesting volunteers to help with the lunch desk. Please call (970) 264-2167 to volunteer or for …

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