With warmer temperatures in recent weeks in the San Luis Valley, now is the time for residents to start removing attractants and practicing bear-aware habits to prevent conflicts as bears wake up early.
Members of Alamosa City Council found themselves in a difficult position during Wednesday night’s meeting after learning ICE, that's had a facility in Alamosa for years, is now temporarily detaining alleged "illegal immigrants".
Twenty middle school students from across the Valley participated in a Civics Bee on the ASU campus where they got to flex their competitive skills and demonstrate their knowledge of civics.
Local radio station KRZA will be hosting its Spring Fund Drive on April 1-10 with hopes of raising more money and awareness to keep the historical station on the air.
New Chief of the Center Police Department Randall Aragon was officially sworn in by City Attorney Mike Trujillo on Tuesday, March 24, during the Town of Center meeting.
After $40,000 worth of possessions were stolen from family acreage in Costilla County, landowner Kim Wisdom encountered such obstacles in getting the Sheriff's Dept to respond that she felt like she had been robbed twice.
Town Manager Cole Webb recently announced that the Town of Center has hired a new police chief – Randall Aragon. Aragon comes to Center from La Marque, Texas, where he most recently served from October 2021 to October 2025. Aragon stated he is excited to be the “new chief,” in town, and he wants to help keep the streets safe, but he also wants to implement some new ideas in the town, to help the town adapt to a more police friendly community.
Colorado Preservation, Inc. has announced that Center's Frontier Drive-Inn is this year's winner of the prestigious Preservation Edge Award, "honoring historic integrity while embracing creative adaptation.”
Almost fifteen months to the day after the purchase papers were signed, Alamosa School District (ASD) has officially added a new campus downtown for district offices, the Alamosa Alternative and the Alamosa Online schools..
The Colorado Times Recorder (CTR) has reported that, in addition to the major Geo Group detention center in Aurora where as many as 1500 “non-citizens” are detained in conditions described by visitors as “brutal”, there are also nine “hidden” hold rooms across the state. One of them is in Alamosa.
From May 14-17, bike riders will ride across Colorado during National Police Week as part of TOUR De SHIELD616. The four-day, 259-mile bike ride is organized by SHIELD616, a Colorado nonprofit that strengthens ties between first responders and communities by donating rifle-rated armor to agencies statewide.
The Eighth Annual Rio Grande State of the Basin Symposium will be held on the Adams State University campus from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2026.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Alamosa County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) announce the arrest of Fernando Rodriguez, 44, of Alamosa, in connection with the fatal shooting of Alamosa resident Ryan Barnes, 49, on March 1, 2026.
COSTILLA COUNTY – A wildland fire is burning in the area of Chama Canyon, east of San Luis. The fire, which was reported at about noon on Friday, March 20, was estimated at 35 acres and was active. As of 4:25 p.m., it had reportedly grown to 106 acres.
MONTE VISTA – The Monte Vista Crane Festival swooped in for another year of fascinating tours, beautiful, personalized crane novelties and crane viewing, along with plenty of opportunities for people to hear amazing speakers and scientists talk about cranes, waterfowl.
CENTER – On Saturday, March 7, the Center Fire Department was surrounded by many vehicles, as about 60 people were in line to be a part of the Center Fire Department’s Barbecue Fundraiser and pie auction that the department hosts every 2 years.
For three days in March – Friday, 3/20, Saturday, 3/21 and Sunday, 3/22 – Greater Good Charities is sponsoring a FREE SPAY/NEUTER clinic in Alamosa for San Luis Valley dogs and cats. Free vaccines and microchips will also be available to animals who have the surgery. The clinic is being hosted by Humane Colorado San Luis Valley Center.
MONTE VISTA – A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection to a fatal stabbing on Tuesday night, March 10, at the Rio Grande Motel in Monte Vista, according to information provided by the Monte Vista Police Department.
History Colorado’s Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center in the San Luis Valley is joining the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, gaining global recognition for its work “connecting past to present and memory to action.”
NextEra Energy Resource's impressive solar project called Spud Valley Energy Center is making its way through the process at Alamosa County that, the company hopes, will result in the greenlight for construction to begin.