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EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part Two
As I mentioned in Part One, the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) was formed about 35 years ago, to promote the construction of water reservoirs in Archuleta County. And back in 2003, it looked as if the District might actually see one built, within the next decade or two. A study by Durango-based water engineer Steve Harris suggested that Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) would be running seriously short of drinking water resources by 2020, and SJWCD and PAWSD subsequently collaborated to obtain water rights for a future reservoir in the Dry Gulch valley north of downtown Pagosa Springs.
Dispatch board continuing look into operations
Webb began the discussion at the July 9 meeting by saying, “Some action of this board needs to happen relatively soon. Our dispatch system, in my opinion, is not in a good place right now; I would call it a critical place if it was solely under my purview.” — The Archuleta County Combined Dispatch Emergency Communications Executive Management Board held a special meeting on Tuesday, July 9, in which the board voted unanimously for the county’s employers council to conduct an investigation into complaints against Emergency Communications Director Devin Moffat.
EDITORIAL: Water for My Coffee, Part One
On a typical morning, I wake up around 6am, throw on some comfortable clothes, and make a pot of coffee. I start posting articles to the Daily Post website, while the coffee brews in the kitchen. The water for my coffee comes from the headwaters of the San Juan River…...
Durango woman killed after boat hit people tubing on southwestern Colorado reservoir
ARCHULETA COUNTY, Colo — A 25-year-old woman was killed and another was injured when a boat collided with a tube carrying three people at Navajo Reservoir Saturday afternoon, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. CPW said it happened around 2:30 p.m. near Windsurf Beach at Navajo State Park, which is...
Fatal boating collision at state park leaves one dead, another injured
A boating collision at Navajo State Park on Saturday left one person dead and another in critical condition. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. near Navajo State Park's Windsurf Beach, according to a press release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). Initial reports state that a vessel collided with an inflatable tube carrying three passengers being towed behind another vessel. The victims were wearing personal floatation devices. According to CPW's...
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