Pagosa Springs Daily Digest Friday, July 31, 2026
Ty's Take
Three ballot questions running at once, a real estate win for the town, and the Rio Blanco Fire holding steady at 440 acres, and you've got a week where Pagosa's trying to build something while fire season breathes down its neck. The medical center board moving forward, the schools asking voters to weigh in, the town landing Village Pointe, the library pushing toward completion, the Native healthcare initiative rolling out, the theater staying open, and seniors figuring out how to stretch what they've got, all of it matters in a place this size. Fire's a fact of life up here, always has been, and it'll be back whether we vote yes or no on anything else. What's worth watching is whether we can get this much done before August.
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Medical center board approves ballot question
The board of the Upper San Juan Health Service District, which operates Pagosa Springs Medical Center, has unanimously approved asking voters to continue a waiver from Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights that allows the district to collect and spend all revenues from its existing mill levy. The...
School board hears potential ballot measure poll results
The Archuleta School District Board of Education received poll results showing community attitudes toward a potential ballot measure for a new kindergarten through eighth-grade campus, with 43 percent of the 278 respondents indicating support for the measure. Poll director Kathryn Hahne noted that...
Town places successful bid for Village Pointe condos
The Town of Pagosa Springs has successfully bid $4,905,472 for the Village Pointe Condominiums, which will add approximately 32 two-bedroom units to the community's workforce housing supply as part of Project 102. The town will initially operate the property as landlord but has not yet determined...
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UPDATE: Rio Blanco Fire at 440 Acres on Wednesday
The Rio Blanco Fire, burning south of Eightmile Mesa approximately 12 miles south of Pagosa Springs on Valle Seco B Road, has grown to 440 acres with zero percent containment as of Wednesday. Valle Seco Road and all spur roads are closed, and evacuation orders are in place for CR 335 Lower Blanco...
EDITORIAL: Data Centers in Pagosa Springs? Part Four
This editorial examines the growing interest of tech companies in constructing data centers in rural America, noting that the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners has implemented a moratorium as of June 16 and the Pagosa Springs Town Council has directed staff to develop code language and...
OPINION: Forests Need Fire, But Forestry Makes It Work
This opinion piece explains how Colorado's northern Front Range communities are building fire resilience through partnerships that combine high-tech equipment and process-based restoration techniques alongside traditional forestry methods. Organizations like the Big Thompson Watershed Health...
THEATRE: This Week on the Thingamajig Stage
Thingamajig Theatre Company continues its 2026 summer season at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts with performances of three Broadway musicals: 'Fiddler on the Roof' on July 29 and 30, Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' on July 31 and August 1, and 'Come From Away' on August 2. Each production...
‘We Are Healers’ Helps Native Students Enter Healthcare
The national nonprofit We Are Healers combines Indigenous storytelling, mentorship, and financial support to help Native American students pursue healthcare careers and address the severe underrepresentation of Native physicians in the United States. Founded by Dr. Erik Brodt, the organization...
OPINION: Trump Administration Policies are Decimating Habitat and Hunting
A recent presidential proclamation reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah by 90 percent, eliminating protections for nearly 2.9 million acres in what conservationists call the largest rollback of protected public land in American history. Hunters and anglers...
LIBRARY NEWS: Planning for Our Finished Library
The Pagosa Library is celebrating the completion of its 12-month construction project with a community party scheduled for September 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring a tribal blessing, activities for all ages, and unveilings of the new makerspace and teen room. Summer reading participants have...
ARCHULETA SENIORS: Stretching Your Retirement Income
The Archuleta Senior Center offers guidance for seniors managing fixed retirement incomes through budgeting strategies, senior discounts, and awareness of available benefits including property tax exemptions and prescription assistance programs. The center provides affordable in-person meals at the...
HEALTHY ARCHULETA: ‘Growing Together’ in Pagosa Springs
Healthy Archuleta highlights volunteer opportunities for Pagosa Springs residents, including work at the Vista Lake Community Garden and downtown Community Garden along the San Juan River Walk, as well as participation in hydroponic growing towers that produce fresh greens for local food systems...
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