SAN LUIS — The community turned out on July 1 to support the American Legion Post No. 142’s fundraiser. Funds will be used to complete the inside renovations — adding a kitchen and bar.
Updated: 2 months ago
DENVER — The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced Tuesday, March 28, that History Colorado’s Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center is among 15 museum finalists for the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries that demonstrate significant impact in their communities.
Updated: 5 months ago
ALAMOSA — Eighty-eight-year-old Herbert Marx is a lively gentleman who is clearly interested in Germany and soccer.
Updated: 8 months ago
SOUTH SAN LUIS VALLEY — The community came out in force this year for Halloween activities in San Luis, Fort Garland, Blanca, La Jara, Antonito, and Capulin.
Updated: 10 months ago
LA JARA — After a two-year absence because of COVID-19, Conejos County showed strong support for the Fun with 911 event on Saturday, Sept. 24, in La Jara.
Updated: 11 months ago
ANTONITO — From San Luis to Antonito and towns in between, there are organizations and individuals fighting to preserve the history of the San Luis Valley. One such individual is Rick Vigil. He and his wife Andrea, both from Antonito, have been sharing the history of the people, towns and churches of the San Luis Valley for more than 20 years through their company, Down to Earth Media.
Updated: 1 year ago
ALAMOSA — An inmate held at the Costilla County Jail on multiple charges escaped Saturday, Aug. 27, after being arrested Thursday, Aug. 25, for allegedly stealing diesel fuel from an area south of Fort Garland.
Updated: 1 year ago
The Second Stations of Suicide Awareness event is Sept. 10. It will be held in San Luis in the Costilla County Public Health parking lot on Main Street.
Updated: 1 year ago
LA JARA — La Jara held its annual Glory Days on Aug. 20. Town manager and head of the Glory Days committee, Larry Zaragoza, shared the origin of Glory Days.
Updated: 1 year ago
LA JARA — The new Centauri High School welcomed students back from summer break this month. Work on the $30 million two-story project began just over two years ago.
Updated: 1 year ago
ALAMOSA — Adams State University President Cheryl D. Lovell commended all employees for their service to the institution and their commitment to serving students, regardless of job description. “You are all educators.”
Updated: 1 year ago
SAN LUIS VALLEY — Recently, large areas of Alamosa, Rio Grande and Conejos counties were plunged into darkness when Xcel Energy was forced to cut power to the area, a decision made in response to the impact the Marshall Fire in Boulder County was having on the natural gas infrastructure system that services some of the mountain communities.
Updated: 1 year ago
LA JARA — A 17-year-old junior at Centauri High School has been reported missing from her home south of Alamosa since Dec. 16.
Updated: 1 year ago
COSTILLA COUNTY — Amanda Wakasugi and Ted Cordova of Costilla County signed up as 4-H Organizational Leaders in August with the dream of starting a 4-H club that offered an array of 4-H projects and an environment that every kid could feel important in.
Updated: 1 year ago
LA JARA — Centauri, a new high school for 300 students, is the replacement for the original Centauri High School built in the early 1950s. Located south of La Jara, the school serves students from a wide geographic area.
Updated: 2 years ago
SAN LUIS VALLEY — The rate of COVID-19 cases in the San Luis Valley has begun to decrease. As of Monday, May 24, there were 175 known active cases of COVID-19 in the San Luis Valley. One week ago, the Valley had 219 active cases.
Updated: 2 years ago
The Wilbur-Ellis team recently contributed $10,000 toward the San Luis Valley Ski Hi Regional Event and Conference Center.
Updated: 2 years ago
SAN LUIS VALLEY — Great Sand Dunes is actively recruiting energetic, committed young adults who are interested in a career with a federal land agency for this year’s Conservation Internship Program.
Updated: 2 years ago
SAN LUIS VALLEY — Having COVID-19 illness does not guarantee against getting sick from it again in the future. It is rare, but there have been more than 800 documented second infection cases in Colorado.
Updated: 2 years ago
DENVER — Downtown Colorado Inc. selected four San Luis Valley communities to participate in the 2021 Colorado Challenge Accelerator Program as well as the IN THE GAME: Small Town Challenge Studios April 27-30.
Updated: 2 years ago
WOLF CREEK — Just in time for Spring Break a large winter storm system hit the San Juan Mountains and made for excellent skiing conditions at Wolf Creek over the weekend bringing the end of the season to a near-perfect close.
Updated: 2 years ago
MONTE VISTA — With the recent passing of former REC lineman, Martin Christensen, SLV REC Board of Directors voted to name the lineworker scholarship in his honor. The Martin Christensen Memorial Lineworker Scholarship is valued at $4,000 and covers tuition costs for one Valley student at any accredited lineworker school.
Updated: 2 years ago
RIO GRANDE COUNTY — Rio Grande County Public Health Department in partnership with Rio Grande Hospital and Rio Grande Hospital Clinics continue to issue COVID-19 vaccines for people in the San Luis Valley.
Updated: 2 years ago
SOUTH FORK — The daughters of Marlena Mizell, recounted their harrowing experience during the search for their mother who was last seen Jan. 4 in South Fork.
Updated: 2 years ago
MONTE VISTA — Citizen action group the OptiMystics is putting together a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Monte Vista on March 17. The parade will start at 5:30 p.m.
Updated: 2 years ago
MINERAL COUNTY — The body of a female found Feb. 23 about 150 feet from a vehicle found hundreds of feet from the roadway off Highway 160 on Wolf Creek Pass has been identified.
Updated: 2 years ago
SAGUACHE COUNTY — Saguache County Sheriff Dan Warwick had been aware of Jerry Brown’s cows breaking through fences to eat another rancher’s feed in January, but he didn’t realize how severely neglected the herd was until he saw videos and visited the pasture on Jan. 28. With the help of local ranchers and officials from multiple agencies, Warwick started feeding the animals before sunset.
Updated: 2 years ago
ALAMOSA — The holiday season had one more surprise to the nurses who work on the third floor of the San Luis Valley Health Regional Medical Center. An anonymous donor gifted every nurse with a gift card from City Market as a gesture of appreciation for all of their hard work.
Updated: 2 years ago
MONTE VISTA — The regular Monte Vista Crane Festival was cancelled for 2021 due to safety concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with creativity cranes are still going to be celebrated this March in Monte Vista.
Updated: 2 years ago