ALAMOSA— With the assistance of the US Marshals Service and the Sante Fe County Sheriff’s Office, murder suspect Larry Chavez was arrested in Sante Fe, NM on Friday.
MONTE VISTA – San Luis Valley Publishing LLC will stop publishing the weekly Conejos County Citizen newspaper immediately. The July 31, 2024, issue will be last one printed and mailed to subscribers.
SAGUACHE – The annual Arts Walk and Hollyhock Festival was on Saturday, July 27. The festival began at 10 a.m. with many art vendors and residents in attendance. The sun was high in the sky, but there was also a light breeze that drifted in, as people walked up and down the streets, visiting art booths, making purchases, smiling, and socializing at the beautiful festival.
ALAMOSA — Less than one year after receiving a grant to provide housing for individuals who, for a variety of reasons, have difficulty finding or qualifying for housing elsewhere, the project …
The San Luis Valley Fair kicked off Thursday morning, Aug. 1, with the two-day Horse Show at the Ski-Hi Complex in Monte Vista. The first day of the show is Western-English, followed at 9 a.m. on …
COLORADO — On Aug. 1, 1876, Colorado became known as the Centennial State because it was admitted to the Union one hundred years after the United States became a nation. In 2026, Colorado …
On Wednesday, afternoon, July 31, President David Tandberg of Adams State University and President Rhonda Epper of Trinidad State College took a bold step in solidifying 10 new transfer agreements …
ALAMOSA COUNTY — On July 26, Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue (AVSAR) received a call from a hiker on Ellingwood Point who had fallen on his descent from the 14,057-foot mountain and needed …
ALAMOSA – In the San Luis Valley, where the economy is largely driven by agriculture and the region only receives a limited amount of moisture each year, the phrase “agua es vida” …
ALAMOSA — Seventeen-year-old Daniel Brandt was sentenced to spend 40 years in prison with five years mandatory parole. Judge Crista Newmyer-Olsen handed down the sentence on Friday, July 26. He …
VALLEY – In 2022, the Kroger Company proposed merging with Albertsons Stores, owner of Safeway supermarkets. As part of the proposed merger, 579 Safeway stores and distribution hubs will be …
LAKEWOOD – The Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, a statewide nonprofit, conservation service organization, has elected Stacy Kourlis Guillon to become its seventh president. Guillon started her term on July 1. CCALT opened a new regional office in Del Norte in November of 2023.
CENTER – The Town of Center is inviting qualified developers to express interest in developing attainable-workforce housing on the town-owned North 90 parcel, according to a press release from Colorado Downtown Inc.
CENTER – On Saturday, July 20, a beautiful benefit lunch was held to help Cora Martinez with her medical and transport costs. Martinez was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma Cancer.
ALAMOSA — There have always been kids who wanted to be a “fireman,” at some point in their lives, and Aiden Clark was no different. Clark, who just graduated from the eighth grade at Ortega Middle School, has always wanted to be a firefighter. But, for a lot of students at Ortega Middle School and other schools where students may come from homes with economic challenges, learning what’s involved in being a firefighter while still at a young age is pretty much out of reach.
DENVER — Denver District Judge Andrew J. Luxen temporarily halted the proposed supermarket merger between Kroger and Albertsons, the parent company of Safeway on Thursday. Two years ago, …
ALAMOSA – San Luis Valley Health Foundation hosted a successful Bolos and Boots fundraiser, thanks to the generous people and businesses in the community who continually support …
CRESTONE– A pipe-wielding suspect was fatally shot by a Saguache County sheriff deputy Thursday afternoon. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is now assisting the Saguache County Sheriff's …
WASHINGTON, D.C .—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Alamosa County $1,699,965 to study transmission lines in the Valley according to Alamosa County Commissioner Lori Laske. …
MONTE VISTA – Sean McDonagh is excited to be Monte Vista’s new police chief. McDonagh and his family moved to Monte Vista from Rocky Ford. “The former police chief did such a …