The Bear Creek and Quartz Ridge fires saw substantial growth today San Juan National Forest Two large fires and several small fires are burning on the Pagosa Ranger District. The two large fires are …
Quartz Ridge fire puts up smoke Sunday afternoon. Sunday afternoon update: The 19-acre Quartz Ridge Fire is burning approximately three miles into the South San Juan Wilderness. Firefighters are …
BLM Farmington Field Office Crews from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and San Juan County are on-scene at the Lake Fire on Middle Mesa, northwest of Navajo …
USDA Forest Service The Dry Lake Fire is now 11 percent contained and firefighters have completed “blacklining” the control lines around the 1,372-acre fire. 135 fire personnel are assigned to …
USDA Forest Service Carson National Forest firefighters responded to a lightning-caused fire on the Jicarilla Ranger District. The approximately 400-acre American Mesa Fire is located off Forest …
Staff report According to the USDA Forest Service this afternoon: "The one-acre Quartz Ridge Fire was detected on the Pagosa Ranger District of the burning approximately three miles into the South …
San Juan National Forest Firefighters made progress during yesterday’s blacklining operations on the perimeter of the Dry Lake Fire. The 300-acre lightning-caused fire is burning in the First Notch …
By Nadia Werby | Chimney Rock Interpretive Association There’s still time to enjoy Chimney Rock National Park this summer. Guided tours and monthly special programs bring this beautiful site …
Photos courtesy Pagosa Community Initiative Kids in Pagosa Community Initiative (PCI) programming enjoy outdoor adventures. Through the advancement of the program and two new vehicles, PCI has been …
Illustration courtesy Josh Kurz/San Juan Water Conservancy District By Josh Kurz | San Juan Water Conservancy District When you turn on a faucet in your home, where does the water come from? As a …
Honoree Junior Princess Lilly Taylor Photo courtesy Archuleta County Fair By Monica Nigon | Staff Writer One of the crowns at the Archuleta County Fair will remain unused this year, as Honorary …
72nd annual Archuleta County Fair open through Aug. 6 PREVIEW photo/Randi Pierce By Robin Young | PREVIEW Columnist Today marks the opening of the 72nd Archuleta County Fair. There will be …
Photo courtesy Sally High Three young birders look to share their graham crackers with birds in a cottonwood tree. Thirty youngsters learned about birding along the river at the Geothermal Greenhouse …
Photo courtesy Healthy Archuleta Healthy Archuleta hosts a Kids in the Mountain Garden Program on July 16. Kids helped plant garden beds at the Vista Lake Community Garden before making onion dip and …
Photo courtesy Byron Greco This week’s Bird of the Week, compliments of the Weminuche Audubon Society and Audubon Rockies, is the western kingbird. Both the scientific name, tyrannus verticalis, …
By Ethan Proud | PREVIEW Columnist Conservation — an interesting field of science filled with a myriad of specialists with backgrounds in hydrology, wildfire, native plant species, soil health and …
Queen Janae Sutherland, Princess Lilly Taylor and Junior Princess Olivia Theys Photo courtesy Heckmann and Archuleta County Fair By Lyn Varrati | Archuleta County Fair This year marks the 72nd …
By Derek Kutzer | Staff Writer At its July 20 meeting, the Pagosa Springs Town Council took its first steps toward changing the town’s municipal code regarding approval of liquor and marijuana …
By Derek Kutzer | Staff Writer At its July 20 meeting, the Pagosa Springs Town Council approved Gregory Schulte as finalist for the interim town manager position, directing the search committee to …
Photo courtesy David Mitchell Team members Gretchen Grotz, Jennifer Mitchell, Lynne McCrudden and their mystery model planning their “frugal but fabulous” outfit for September’s Runway for …