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Fire chief announces upcoming retirement

Fire Chief Randy Larson By Josh Pike | Staff Writer At the March 14 Pagosa Fire Protection District (PFPD) Board of Directors meeting, Fire Chief Randy Larson announced his upcoming retirement. At …

Photo courtesy David Smith The Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs, with support from the Rotary Foundation, has been helping Niger to lift itself from poverty by working with a Rotary club in Niger on …

When giants fall, we need to listen

Photo courtesy Joe Stone Sequoia National Forest. By Joe Stone | SUN Columnist “God has cared for these trees ... but he cannot save them from fools.” — John Muir. In just two years, wildfire …

Pagosa Springs Police Department Pagosa Springs area residents are being targeted by scammers calling and claiming to be with the Pagosa Springs Police Department. The callers as telling residents …

By Sally Neel | Ruby M. Sisson Memorial Library Foundation and Friends On April 15, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, there will be joy, laughter and a great sense of …

By Jane Weitzel  | PREVIEW Columnist Growing vegetables in Colorado presents challenges, but growing vegetables in the mountains is harder still. This is due to the much shorter growing season (an …

By Carole Howard  | PREVIEW Columnist, and the library staff April is traditionally a time of new beginnings and new life as we enjoy spring, and there will be multiple new free programs and …

Photo courtesy National Parks Service During World War II, families of Japanese Americans were interred at the Amache concentration camp in eastern Colorado. Today the camp is the Amache National …

By Carole Howard  | PREVIEW Columnist, and the library staff Rhino conservation expert James Mwenda will speak next Wednesday, March 29, from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. about his rhino unit at Ol Pejeta …

The Library Affair tickets now on sale

Photo courtesy Joanne Irons Mary Helen Cammack is pictured with her father, James White, as she celebrates his new book, “Stories of the Blanco Basin Road,” with an exciting Blanco Basin …

By Robson Reyes | Humane Society of Pagosa Springs Be sure to attend our second Animal Shelter Baby Shower to support your local Humane Society and the upcoming puppy and kitten season on April 1 at …

Photo courtesy Ruby M. Sisson Memorial Library Rhino conservation expert James Mwenda will speak next Wednesday, March 29, from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. at the Ruby M. Sisson Memorial Library about his …

Photo courtesy Thorne Nature Experience Dr. Oakleigh Thorne, a lifelong conservationist and environmental educator, leads a nature walk of young birders at Thorne Nature Center in Boulder. “The …

Rise Above Violence needs your help

By Kristen Bair | Rise Above Violence Here at Rise Above Violence we believe that all people have the right to live free from violence.  Studies have shown that housing is the first defense …

Colorado Department of Transportation Travelers should expect closures on multiple mountain passes across the region for the remainder of the week. U.S. 160 Wolf Creek Pass east of Pagosa Springs …

Colorado Avalanche Information Center An Avalanche Watch is in effect from Tuesday night through Thursday afternoon. Expect very dangerous avalanche conditions. Heavy snowfall and strong winds will …

Photograph courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife NATHROP, Colo. – A man sitting in an in-ground hot tub was clawed in the head by a mountain lion on Saturday night, prompting Colorado Parks and …

Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District issued a warning today that people should stay out of the ponded water in the Pagosa Lakes area as the water is contaminated with sewage.

Flooding, sewer issues reported in area

The Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) announced Wednesday morning that last weekend’s rain-on-snow event is causing flooding and sewer issues in the area. “Rain on Snow (ROS) …

Wolf Creek Ski Area has received 13 inches of fresh snow in the last 24 hours , bringing the  all-natural snow depth to 121 inches at the midway  and  year-to-date total snowfall to 369 inches. …

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