MONTE VISTA In cooperation with the USFWS, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has secured permitted access to Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge, allowing hunters to access it during specific big game seasons for elk. Monte Vista HS homecoming royalty crowned. Right on cue cranes pose for photographers near Monte Vista during the 35th Annual Monte Vista Crane Festival. By George Willoughby gwilloughby@roxboro-courier.com. Rio Grande County Coroner Stephen Hunzeker announced his intention to run for re-election in the upcoming election. VALLEY From the moment you found out you were pregnant, you started protecting your baby. Papini's next court appearance is scheduled for March 25. A former New Castle police officer was arrested Monday evening and charged with domestic battery and criminal trespass. ALAMOSA Dividing an already diminished council Wednesday night, a 3-1 vote approved a code amendment expanding sign placement, primarily to accommodate campaign signs during election season. {] %2J=@C[ ad[ H2D 2CC6DE65 2?5 AC6=:>:?2C:=J 492C865 H:E9 {6G6= c 76=@?J A@DD6DD:@? Trinidad State Junior College has emerged from a rough patch the last few years and is now looking forward to growth and expansion, TSJC President Dr. Carmen Simone told community members in Alamosa on Tuesday night. In the last two weeks Senator Larry Crowder (R-District 35) has continued to be active on a number of fronts to advance and uphold the health and safety of Colorado citizens. Following blowback from last week's city council meeting, it was announced at Wednesday's Alamosa County Commissioners meeting that the Early Iron Club would likely withdraw its request for the Rio Grande Motorway building. Center Clerk Joan D. Mobley also recently resigned probably to serve time in federal prison for tax-. Free Community Christmas Dinner Chairperson Debi Parr Yund and long-time committee member Rick Esquibel, right, present a plaque to the family of Patricia Lucero, left, to honor her memory and dedicated service with the Christmas dinner, the last several years as committee chairperson. SOUTH FORK South Fork Police Chief Don McDonald has announced that he plans to run for the Rio Grande County Sheriff position in November of 2018. However, the viruses and bacteria that cause vaccine-preventable disease still exist and can cause illness in people who are not protected by vaccines. If questions make it on the City of Alamosa ballot asking voters if they want recreational and/or medical marijuana businesses in the city limits, voters will undoubtedly also be asked to tax them. Commissioners will now have to review the applications. Tell them thank you, Alamosa Mayor Pro Tem Ty Coleman encouraged those attending the 10th Annual San Luis Valley Peace Officer Memorial Wednesday evening in Alamosa. by Judge Wagner. Fostoria native Jeffery J. Huffman, a trooper with the Bowling Green Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, was honored for most felony investigations as the patrol named its 2022 Leadership Awards. ALAMOSA David Broyles is announcing that he is running for Alamosa City Council in Ward 2 in November. ALAMOSA Reflecting more hotels and the associated revenue from guests staying in them, the Alamosa County Marketing Districts fund balance is increasing. SAN LUIS Costilla County Commissioner Augustine Roy Esquibel, 50, has been cited with harassment and first-degree official misconduct, according to the Costilla County Sheriffs Office. VALLEY This week is Hunger Education Week, an annual event hosted by La Puente meant to educate the community on this issue in the community. Alamosa's health fair on Friday served hundreds of area residents. WASHINGTON, D.C. Alamosa Mayor Pro Tem Ty Coleman, a Save the Children Action Network community advocate, traveled to Washington, D.C. from March 26 - 28 to participate in the annual Invest In Kids Advocacy Summit, hosted by Save the Children and Save t. Site work is underway on the new Alamosa County justice center south of town near the county administration building. BLANCA The Town of Blanca reminds residents that there is a ban on all open fires. ALAMOSA Kale Mortensen was named the new executive director of Alamosas Convention and Visitors Bureau Thursday evening during the Alamosa County Marketing District Board meeting following a lengthy selection process. ALAMOSAThe block of San Juan Ave. and Main St. in Alamosa was overflowing with colorful decorations, inviting smells of freshly cooked street food, lively music and cultural dancing this past Saturday for the first Cinco de Mayo Cultural Block Party. VALLEY The San Luis Valley has many assets and one of the biggest is the numerous recreation opportunities that it has to offer. ALAMOSA- Western Rivers Conservancy has started working with Alamosa County Land Use to protect more of the Rio Grande. The Adams State University Foundation authorized a distribution of funds to help alleviate the budget gap projected by the university. Here's why . ALAMOSA Not that anyone has a current proposal before the Alamosa city council, but the council wants to be prepared for a smoking lounge request if it does receive an application in the future. ALAMOSA Alamosa School District Board of Education President Erica Romero has resigned. Work continues to progress on the new ice rink/multipurpose pavilion next to the Alamosa Family Recreation Center in southern Alamosa. Two individuals have been arrested on multiple burglary and theft charges related to a string of incidents in Conejos County and Archuleta County, the Conejos County Sheriffs Office announced on Thursday. Success! patrols the streets, including restricting their vehicle pursuit policy, ending foot pursuits if a suspect runs from an officer or if someone commits a minor offense. The 2018 Junior Observer Award, and students winning trips to the 2018 International Science and Engineering Fair are all from the Monte Vista School District. When the late Heyward Reece learned his daughter Janice was planning to have a petting farm at Hillcrest Orchards, the idea didnt sit so well. SAN LUIS -- The Spring Fire, allegedly started June 27 five miles east of Fort Garland by 52-year-old Jesper Joergensen, reportedly exceeded 108,000 acres and destroyed more than 200 homes in Costilla and Huerfano Counties. ALAMOSA On Monday Alamosa County Judge Daniel Walzl advanced the attempted murder case of Nazzreth DeLuna, 30, to district court. @C A@DD6DD:@? VALLEY This month the Colorado Department of Revenue (CDOR) began releasing statewide historical marijuana sales data from January 2014 to the present and will release monthly reports going forward on the seventh business day of every month. VALLEY National Immunization Awareness Month is a reminder children need vaccines right from the start. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,860. ALAMOSA District Judge Michael Gonzales on Friday set a new trial for Cristo Esquibel, one of the many defendants charged in connection with the June 2016 death of Dale Floyd McBride, 52. VALLEY Conservancy districts are the entities that are instrumental in filling the gap between the administrative and public sides of daily water use in Colorado. Ken Wilson addressed a crowd of about 30 attendees last Wednesday who came to hear him speak regarding the 1.5 percent sales tax proposal to fund law enforcement on this Novembers ballot. Alamosa County was more than $4.5 million over budget to build the new courthouse and expand the detention center, so almost $300,000 was cut from the jail. Alamosa Mayor Josef Lucero presents a proclamation for Colorado Cities and Towns Week, September 11-17, to Alamosa City Clerk Holly Martinez, center. Saying he understood how victims could be frustrated with how slowly the court process moves, District Judge Michael Gonzales on Tuesday continued one last time the first appearance in district court for Perry Hotz, 20, charged with the death of his 5 1. E@ E96 H2CC2?ED[ sC2A6C H2D 2CC6DE65 @? During the second day of testimony in the trial of Charles Moises Gonzales, 47, accused of murdering mountain bike crafter Michael Rust in 2009, the jury heard testimony from a host of witnesses including El Paso County Coroner Robert C. Brux, M.D. Cases ranging from forged checks to bounty hunting gone wrong came before District Judge Michael Gonzales bench in Alamosa on Wednesday. After months of searching, Center hired a new town manager to replace Joan Mobley, who left in July. COSTILLA COUNTY As of Friday afternoon, the identity was still unknown of an individual apparently victim to a fatal fire in Costilla County Wednesday afternoon. SANFORD James Spratt is the new police chief in a small town and he likes it that way. Colorado's Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) is facing a funding crisis and is looking for help. Tracy Hebert, 26, 116 N. Third St., Raceland, contempt of court. The Costilla County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in locating a missing at-risk adult. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. @7 DE@=6? Alamosa Elementary School students parade down the street in their Halloween costumes on Tuesday. A year after predicting how the new Trump Administration might affect agriculture, National Potato Council Executive Vice President John Keeling was back to give an update on politics and agriculture during the first day of the 2018 Southern Rocky Mountain Agricultural Conference and Trade Fair. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Rob Portman (R-OH), and John Cornyn (R-TX) on Friday reintroduced legislation to convert the Independence at Home (IAH) demonstration into a permanent, national program. Friday was Round UP a Cure Night at the Alamosa Round UP. AC6=:>:?2CJ 492C86D @7 A@DD6DD:@? Mar 2, 2023. Last year, the city broke a 25-year record when it surpassed 800 homicides, the Chicago Tribune reported. The potential for oil and gas leases in Huerfano County is too close for comfort for San Luis Valley residents concerned about how such activity might affect the Valley particularly the Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve. A new website for the San Luis Valley Development Resources Group provides easy access to the programs and services offered by the organization, as well as information about the San Luis Valley. ALAMOSA On Jan. 3 at approximately 11:48 p.m. Alamosa County Sheriff deputies were dispatched to Discount Liquor at 151 Broadway Avenue in East Alamosa on the report of an armed robbery in progress. Chief District/Water Judge Pattie Swift on Monday began a trial over groundwater rules that will affect virtually every San Luis Valley resident from farmers and ranchers to residents who drink from municipal wells. ALAMOSA Less will go into area landfills and trash barrels and more into recycling bins if plans for waste diversion are implemented in the San Luis Valley. STATEWIDE With the Nov. 6 general election around the corner, heres a handy guide to some of the most common questions the Colorado Secretary of States office is fielding: ALAMOSA The Mosca-Hooper Conservation District received approval from the Rio Grande Basin Roundtable on Tuesday for the funding of the San Luis Valley Recharge Optimization Project. MOFFAT A New Mexico man was killed and others seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a head-on collision north of Moffat. Walgreens won't sell abortion pill by mail in 20 states. ALAMOSA The Alamosa County Department of Human Services works with the San Luis Valley Foster Care to help with adoptions around the county. ALAMOSA After an eight-year hiatus Alamosa Countys Northwest Weed District will have an advisory board again. New software and hardware systems will soon bring Alamosa's school buses into the 21st century. For tax years 2017 and 2018, the county assessor is required by law to appraise all real property at a June 30, 2016 level of value. There was a problem saving your notification. VALLEY The public will have the opportunity to contribute ideas of how to create a Regional Waste Diversion Plan for the SLV, including infrastructure, policy, and programs which support recycling and composting across the region. ANTONITO Thanks to a $10,000 Trains Preservation Award from Trains Magazine, fundraising for the $501,000 restoration of Engine No. CENTER The San Luis Valley Irrigation District Board of Directors on Wednesday, April 4, voted to award Moltz Civil LLC: Moltz Contractors and Moltz Construction, as principal contractor for the completion of Phase 2 of the Rio Grande Reservoir Rehabilitation Project located above Creede in the upper Rio Grande. (Chicago Police Department). Alamosa city council proclaims May 6-12 Municipal Clerks Week in recognition of the many duties they perform in city government including providing a professional link between government and the community. Two of the four finalists for the South Fork town manager position showed up for a public meet and greet at the community center on Wednesday, Aug. 23 to answer questions from the attending crowd and to introduce themselves to the residents and guests of South Fork. This is a passive informational site providing organization of public data, obtainable by anyone. ALAMOSA As of Tuesday, no suspects were yet in custody in the August 9th shooting death of Mathias Matt Fritz, 39, of Alamosa, and the investigation is continuing. ALAMOSA As a part of the relocation of the power poles and associated electric lines on the north side of First Street, Xcel has scheduled the tie over for 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning. ALAMOSA Public input meetings regarding the Alamosa Ranch plan will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6 and Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the Alamosa Family Recreation Center, 2222 Old Sanford Road. CONEJOS COUNTY At approximately 4 a.m. Friday, April 27, the Conejos County Sheriffs Office was called out to the 20000 block of C.R. Kagen Picou, 19, 402 Paris Lane, Houma, resisting an officer, two counts of simple burglary, criminal trespass. This is due to various warm-weather factors such as open windows and a favorable climate. Market data provided by Factset. A man accused of supplying meth to drug dealers was arrested in Bristol Township Wednesday, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Three former addicts along with the father of one shared moving tales at Communities That Care's substance abuse forum at Adams State University on Tuesday evening. Fire managers on the Carson National Forest are inviting the public to a community meeting 9 a.m. Saturday, June 3rd, at the Tres Piedras Ranger Station located at 22280 US Highway 64, Tres Piedras. The Conejos Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has reached an agreement whereby Howard Galvez Jr. will no longer be sheriff as of March 2. 33 talking about this. DENVER Speaker designate KC Becker, D-Boulder, appointed the chairs, vice chairs, and other Democratic members of all 11 House committees of reference. After almost three years of obstacles and changes to state legislature, South Fork has finally come to an end in their pursuit to make the town ATV/OHV-friendly. ALAMOSA The community and campus staff are invited to meet the four candidates for the ASU interim president appointment at the following forums: ANTONITO Due to the moving of the Antonito Municipal Offices to its new location, the Antonito Town Hall will be closed the week of June 11. SAN LUIS A 10-day trial set to begin last week for Carol Carpenter, 70, Blanca, was on the docket until the defense entered a motion to pause the trial until another expert could be retained. George Alan Kelly, 75, faces one count of second . DEL NORTE Summertime events in the San Luis Valley continue with Del Nortes annual Covered Wagon Days, which kicks off tonight, Thursday, August 2, with a potluck and concludes Sunday, August 5 with a community church service in the park. Or have they? Many electric vehicle batteries lose power when it's very cold. Full week print subscribers are entitled toFREEunlimited online and eEdition access through The Courier Times All-Access. ALAMOSA San Luis Valley Museum Board President Dorothy Brandt shared museum issues, successes and thanks during a recent Alamosa city council meeting. ALAMOSA Following a meeting in Denver on Thursday, the Adams State University Board of Trustees issued the following statement concerning the boards action to deal with financial constraints at the university: VALLEY Colorado Open Lands announced on Thursday that its Acequia Initiative has been awarded $1,722,000 in funding from the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and an additional $638,000 from Great Outdoors Colorado. For 22 interested in water and environmental issues concerning the San Luis Valley, the 20th annual five-day spring Rio Grande Leaders Course had no shortage of presentation of history and ins-and-outs regarding the local economy and solving the problems. ALAMOSA Former long-time Alamosa County Sheriffs Office employee Carol Orton, 54, made her first appearance in district court on Wednesday on charges of felony theft and unauthorized use of a financial transaction device (credit cards) allegedly occurring during her employment with the sheriffs office. 2. After raising funds for over three years, San Luis Valley Health and its foundation broke ground for the new cancer and infusion center Tuesday morning. Sorry, no promotional deals were found matching that code. CENTER The seventh annual classic Poorboy Car Club show will be held at the Center Schools parking lot Saturday July 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ALAMOSA Community Banks of Colorado will provide financing for the citys ice rink/multipurpose facility. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! The Courier. Former Costilla County Undersheriff Andrew Espinoza will spend 30 days in the jail where he once worked. Alamosa School District has already improved security at Ortega Middle School and wishes to do the same at Alamosa High School. More than 100 high school students from across the San Luis Valley learned ideas for their futures at a Career Fair held Wednesday at Adams State University. ALAMOSA Dr. Thom Miller, a pediatrician at San Luis Valley Health, has put his hat into the ring for this falls Alamosa School District Board of Education election. Tempers flared and conversations heated up Tuesday night at Lewisville's Town Office. Costilla County resident Jeremy Costley, 38, was arrested on Tuesday, May 2, at 10 a.m. on multiple child sexual assault charges. "The county shouldn't be in the business of owning and operating property," said Alamosa County Commissioner Michael Yohn to a small group gathered at the Alamosa County Courthouse on Tuesday. A member of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control extinguishes a controlled burn that grew too big at 12047 U.S. Highway 285 on Wednesday morning. The City of Alamosa moved forward this week with measures to comply with pending groundwater regulations. Pleasesupport ourentire newsroom's commitment to public service journalism bysubscribingtoday. A=2:? ALAMOSA If elected as Colorado attorney general, Michael Dougherty would place a regional office in the San Luis Valley, the candidate said during a visit to Alamosa on Friday. ALAMOSA As long as her husband sticks to his end of the bargain, Shannon Cooper, 35, will not be prosecuted any further for her involvement in the June 2016 death of Floyd Dale McBride, 52. DEL NORTE On Thursday US Representative Scott Tipton (R-Colorado) spent time at the new Trading Post store located at 505 Grande Avenue, Del Norte. RIO GRANDE COUNTYThe Rio Grande County Republican Central Committee will be holding its County Assembly on Tuesday, March 20. A Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant meeting to inform Saguache residents of the need to build a new school and the importance of appropriating the tax money necessary to do it brought more questions on why the school cant just be remodeled. ALAMOSA Funding annual events such as Summerfest on the Rio and Early Iron, the Alamosa County Local Marketing District awarded a total of $77,900 in grants to 32 applicants during their meeting on Thursday. The Henry County Area Drug Task Force reportedly took 37 grams of methamphetamine off the streets in the past week through two separate arrests. The below subject was arrested on a Bench Warrant out of Bucks County and released to the Sheriff's. Amy Lynn Sherlock, W/F, 47 years old Center Avenue Morrisville, Pa. Citizenship and Immigration Services hosted a naturalization ceremony at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve's amphitheater on Wednesday. On Thursday, December 7, at 6:03 a.m., the Colorado State Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash on Colorado Highway 160 at mile marker 249, 12 miles east of Alamosa. Promotional Rates were found for your code. ALAMOSA All people, particularly all children, deserve nature and the outdoors, said Outdoor Foundation Executive Director Lise Aangeenbrug at San Luis Valley Great Outdoors conference on Wednesday. Click here to view the 2022 Apple Capital Magazine! Alamosa resident Jeremiah Kennedy, 24, was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly robbing 412 Denver Avenue at approximately 7:36 p.m. Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. For one hour it was standing room only at the Rio Grande Water Conservation District. MONTE VISTA More than 20 years of demonstrating excellent leadership and service to the community has earned Ray and Collette Skeff an Award for Leadership and Service through the El Pomar Foundation. ALAMOSA Kristina Daniel will rejoin the Alamosa city council tonight but in a different post. The Alamosa Mosquito Control District (AMCD) has discovered the West Nile Virus in mosquitoes trapped within the district on August, 1st at 11:30 a.m. located in East Alamosa on Juniper Lane, just off of Highway 160. ALAMOSA Instead of adopting a sanctuary campus resolution, the Board of Trustees for Adams State University adopted a resolution of equity during their Friday meeting. SOUTH FORK On June 21, at approximately 3:23 p.m. South Fork Fire Rescue Received a report of a life vest in the Rio Grande River just north of Masonic Park. In November Alamosa may be home to Colorado's first farm brewery. ALAMOSA Alamosa resident Mark Christopher Bustos, 51, died at the Alamosa County Detention Facility on Saturday.