Pagosa Springs Daily Digest Sunday, May 10, 2026
Ty's Take
There's something worth sitting with in today's news, the kind of thing that doesn't make the front page but maybe should. We've got our library doing good work expanding what kids can do and learn, a blood drive coming up, a photography club meeting—the small fabric that holds a town together. And then we read that maternal death rates are climbing nationally, and you realize that whatever we're building here, whatever programs and community efforts we're proud of, depends on the most basic thing: people staying healthy enough to show up for it. Pagosa's scattered enough, and remote enough, that when a woman needs emergency obstetric care, minutes matter. That's not abstract. It's the mother teaching at the school, working at the bank, sitting in the library with her kids.
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Pagosa Springs SUN
Library expands children’s programming
Pagosa Springs Library has hired a second children's librarian and is launching an expanded May calendar featuring new programs like baby storytime and pasta art alongside favorites like LEGO play and family storytimes led by Miss Sherry and Miss Saira. The library is also continuing weekly...
Pagosa Springs Photography Club meeting to focus on creating impressionistic or abstract images
The Pagosa Springs Photography Club will host Chris Roebuck on May 13 to present seven techniques for photographing motion, from freezing action with fast shutter speeds to creating abstract effects with long exposures and intentional camera movement. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Community...
A blood drive is scheduled for Wednesday, May 13 from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Majestic Drive, with blood drawn locally typically used within three days at Four Corners hospitals. Interested donors can contact volunteer David Hamilton at (970) 799-4056 or...
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Pagosa Daily Post
INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Mothers Day, and America’s Increasing Maternal Death Rate
The United States ranks 28th globally in maternal health despite Americans spending $3.5 billion annually on Mother's Day celebrations, with the nation trailing countries like Estonia and Croatia due to high maternal mortality rates that have surged 144% since the early 2000s. Experts point to weak...
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