Pagosa Springs Daily Digest Sunday, August 09, 2026
Ty's Take
There's something worth noticing in how a small town stays glued together when money gets tight and nobody's got much to spare. The piece about generosity making something happen doesn't spell out what that something is, but that's the whole point around here, isn't it. A theater company keeps its lights on. A historical society keeps the Gomez Store story alive instead of letting it fade into another empty building. An older neighbor gets a wellness checkup because someone made sure it happened. These aren't the headlines that make the state papers, but they're the ones that determine whether Pagosa Springs stays a living place or becomes just a collection of nice addresses and closed storefronts. While we're all watching the highway work and planning for ski season, that quiet infrastructure of caring is doing its job.
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Why annual wellness visits matter for older adults
Annual wellness visits give seniors in Pagosa Springs a chance to work with their health care providers to review medications, identify health risks, and catch problems early before they become serious. The Pagosa Senior Center offers free stretching and mobility classes twice weekly for adults 55...
Thingamajig Theatre Company entering final weeks of summer season
Thingamajig Theatre Company's summer season at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts is wrapping up through August 29, with final performances of "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Company" scheduled this week and next. A special August 11 benefit performance of "Fiddler on the Roof" will feature members...
Pagosa Peak Genealogical Society to tour historic Gomez Store Aug. 8
The Pagosa Peak Genealogical Society will tour the historic Gomez Mercantile store on Saturday, August 8 at 10 a.m., meeting at the Archuleta County CSU Extension Office at 344 U.S. 84. The building, which was relocated from Pagosa Junction to the Archuleta County Fairgrounds, will be shown through...
Your generosity made this happen
The Pagosa library invites the community to celebrate its newly renovated spaces on September 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring a tribal blessing, activities for all ages, and tours of new facilities including the makerspace and teen room. The library's Summer Reading Program, Read Wild!, has...
U.S. 160 reconstruction information
Construction on U.S. 160 in Pagosa Springs continues on multiple fronts, with sidewalk work at the overlook parking lot, safety improvements on North and South 7th Street, and paving along the 100 and 200 blocks. The North 3rd Street intersection is expected to open by August 15, and pedestrians...
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