The recent flooding in Pagosa Springs reminded me of the time that I worked for the old Bureau of Public Roads, sometimes referred to as the BPR or Bureau of Parallel Ruts. It was mid-July and we were ...

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 ...

This week’s Bird of the Week, compliments of the Weminuche Audubon Society and Audubon Rockies, is the common merganser. Often referred to as the “fish duck” in old texts and references, the common ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It was founded in 1949 by Mental Health America, a nonprofit that has been a leader in mental health awareness since 1909. This year is the 75th consecutive year ...

At its June 9 meeting, the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) Board of Directors spoke with Colorado Sen. Cleave Simpson about its needs in developing a reservoir at Running Iron Ranch. The ...

This week’s Bird of the Week, compliments of the Weminuche Audubon Society and Audubon Rockies, is the Lewis’s woodpecker. This western woodpecker utilizes five main habitat types for breeding, open ...

SUN staff poses with publisher Jim O’Rourke following The SUN’s acquisition by O’Rourke Media Group. From left to right are O’Rourke, Randi Pierce, Teresa Watkins, Josh Pike, Hailey Sams, Shari Pierce ...

On Monday, June 16, shortly after announcing that its wastewater system is experiencing critical situation, the Town of Pagosa Springs held the first of a series of listening sessions about the ...

Our four-legged canine friends will soon have a new place to play downtown, as the Town of Pagosa Springs recently announced its 12,500-square-foot off-leash dog park near the pickleball courts at ...

This Memorial Day, swing through Cowboy Car Wash (uptown location) and wash off Pagosa Springs’ spring mud — because every single dollar is going straight to the Pagosa Springs Booster Club and our ...

On Dec. 11, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) re-released gray wolf 2403 in Grand County after it was captured by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish in the state of New Mexico. “We are ...

The San Juan Conservation District has extra seed mixes available for pre-winter planting. These mixtures have been specially developed to provide a ground cover that requires very little watering.