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Tax preparation assistance available in Durango

January 21, 2022

By Cheryl Wilkinson | PREVIEW Columnist Due to COVID-19, the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program will not be coming to Pagosa...

Volunteers needed for Senior Center, Meals on Wheels

November 24, 2021

By Cheryl WilkinsonPREVIEW Columnist The Community Café in the Pagosa Springs Senior Center is requesting volunteers to help with the lunch desk. Please call (970)...

Practice kindness: Join the Holiday Joy Squad

November 24, 2021

By Eileen DohertyColorado Gerontological Society Kindness has many definitions. Kindness can be defined as the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate, whereas being kind...

Free financial literacy resources available

September 5, 2021

By Cheryl WilkinsonPREVIEW Columnist For those seeking to gain financial literacy — especially those trying to manage a low-income household — free, accessible resources are...

The importance of staying connected

August 11, 2021

By Cheryl WilkinsonPREVIEW Columnist There is a beautiful story related through an elder in the Mi’kmaq Indigenous community, Danny Paul, who said, “We’re kind of...

What’s up in August: online and telephone gatherings

August 5, 2021

By Cheryl WilkinsonPREVIEW Columnist For August, we’ve selected some programs that might pique your interest. There are dozens more to choose from. You can find...

What motivates us toward healthy behaviors

July 29, 2021

By Cheryl WilkinsonPREVIEW Columnist Personal motivators help us to set our own priorities around our health and to maintain those behaviors that improve our health...

Protecting your health on smoky days (and nights)

July 22, 2021

By Cheryl WilkinsonPREVIEW Columnist Protecting our family members, animals, homes and businesses is top of the list for everyone in wildfire-prone areas. This year, we...

Beating the heat: Don’t let it take you down

July 15, 2021

By Cheryl WilkinsonPREVIEW Columnist Our bodies are designed to work hard to maintain an even internal temperature. Heat stroke is serious business, so knowing how...

Senior Center seeking volunteers

July 8, 2021

By Cheryl WilkinsonPREVIEW Columnist The Community Café in the Pagosa Springs Senior Center is requesting volunteers to help with the lunch desk. Please call (970)...

Free KN95 and surgical masks available

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County planning commission: Gravel pit meeting postponed

January 25, 2022

• Outdoors & Recreation

WinterFest events set for Jan. 21-23

January 21, 2022

• Outdoors & Recreation

Red Ryder BB Gun Biathlon Nordic Ski Race set for Sunday

January 21, 2022

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Garage ‘heavily damaged,’ vintage instruments saved in Jan. 12 fire

January 21, 2022

Pagosa Life

Red Ryder BB Gun Biathlon Nordic Ski Race set for Sunday

By James Dickhoff | Pagosa Nordic Club Join the Pagosa Nordic Club this Sunday, Jan, 23, during WinterFest, for the annual Red Ryder BB Gun...

February Follies will be a Pagosa talent competition

Thingamajig wins big in BroadwayWorld awards as summer season casting goes virtual

Healthy Archuleta invites volunteers to assist with administrative tasks

Tax preparation assistance available in Durango

Curtains Up Pagosa to present inaugural February Follies

COMMUNITY

BoCC approves increase to Humane Society funding

January 21, 2022

Gravel pit proposal to be heard Jan. 26

January 21, 2022

FEMA provides funding for COVID-19 funeral expenses, applications still being accepted

January 21, 2022

Stats show your library continues to flourish even in COVID times

January 21, 2022

Conservation Helping Hand program offered to landowners

January 21, 2022

Pagosa Bible Church invites you to the Marriage Course

January 21, 2022

Ebanie Wilkins receives Daughters of the American Revolution honor

January 21, 2022

January is National Radon Action Month: San Juan Basin Public Health to provide workshops...

January 21, 2022

Whaddya Think: What do you think of the snow this season?

January 19, 2022

Tax preparation assistance available in Durango

January 13, 2022

UU topic: Emotional well-being during troubled times

January 12, 2022

Education

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Weminuche Audubon Society announces the Michael P. Ward Memorial Scholarship for Camp Colorado

January 21, 2022

By Jean Zirnhelt | Weminuche Audubon Society Thanks to the generosity of Joan Ward, in memory of her late husband, Michael Ward, the Weminuche Audubon...

District reauthorizes charter school, allows expansion

January 21, 2022

CSU Spur center: Bringing learning to life for everyone

January 21, 2022

Ebanie Wilkins receives Daughters of the American Revolution honor

January 21, 2022

Healthy Archuleta invites volunteers to assist with administrative tasks

January 21, 2022

Sports

• Sports

Pirates look to break into top 10 after solid performance at Mel Smith Invitational

January 21, 2022

The Pagosa Springs High School Pirate wrestling team put in another impressive performance last weekend at the Mel Smith Invitational tournament, coach Dan Janowsky...

Pirates to host No. 5 Centauri Saturday

January 21, 2022

Lady Pirates go 1-1 to open league play

January 21, 2022

Lady Pirates continue season with two meets this week

January 21, 2022

The following meetings are subject to change. Tuesday, Jan. 25 Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners work session. 8:30 a.m. Archuleta County administration building, commissioners’ meeting...

Business

Public Notices January 20, 2022

January 19, 2022

District Court, Archuleta County, State of Colorado Court Address: 449 San Juan Street, P.O. Box 148 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 Tel. 970.264.2400 Masters Place Condominiums Property Owners Association, Inc. Plaintiff v. Robert...

Public Notices January 13, 2022

January 13, 2022

Public Meetings

January 13, 2022

Council approves two out of three ordinances related to housing, tourism

January 7, 2022

Chamber board voting and Community Award nominations open

January 7, 2022

BoCC grants river enhancement funds, signs broadband grant support letter

January 7, 2022

Fire district approves 2022 budget

January 7, 2022

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Outdoors & Recreation

Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeks applications for projects that will restore wetland habitat

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is seeking applications for wetland and riparian restoration, enhancement and creation projects to support its Wetlands...

Conservation Helping Hand program offered to landowners

By Cynthia Purcell | San Juan Conservation District The San Juan Conservation District (SJCD) is proud to offer a program we started 16 years ago,...

Guess who has outsized clout on public lands?

By Jonathan Thompson PREVIEW Columnist This may be a surprising story. It begins with a working group trying to save the last native bighorn sheep of...

Bird of the Week

Photo courtesy Keith Bruno This week’s Bird of the Week, compliments of the Weminuche Audubon Society and Audubon Rockies, is the American dipper. There are very...

WinterFest events set for Jan. 21-23

By Mary Jo Coulehan | Pagosa Springs Area Chamber of Commerce WinterFest will take place this weekend, Jan. 21-23. This year’s event is chock-full of...

Red Ryder BB Gun Biathlon Nordic Ski Race set for Sunday

By James Dickhoff | Pagosa Nordic Club Join the Pagosa Nordic Club this Sunday, Jan, 23, during WinterFest, for the annual Red Ryder BB Gun...

Presentation to feature plant biodiversity in the HD Mountains

By Amanda M. Kuenzi | Mountain Studies Institute “Assessment of Vascular Plant Biodiversity in the HD Mountains” by Emma Cooley will be presented from 6...

Opinion & Columns

Tax preparation assistance available in Durango

By Cheryl Wilkinson | PREVIEW Columnist Due to COVID-19, the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program will not be coming to Pagosa...