Fort Garland News

The San Luis Valley has won a fair share of the latest Great Outdoors Colorado Lottery grants.

Colorado Department of Transportation highway maintenance professionals Richard 'Willie' Atencio of San Pablo and Josh Velasquez of Blanca received CDOT Achievement Awards during ceremonies at a meeting of the Colorado Transportation Commission on June 18 in Denver.

Colorado lawmakers have passed that troublesome state budget after much cussing and discussing.

What was going through his mind, I asked Edward VigilI mean really , I added for emphasis - as he sat there Tuesday, every eye in the Colorado House trained on him.

The Colorado House has approved a plan to eliminate the death penalty and use the money saved to focus on cold cases.

They are the oldest water distribution systems in Colorado and claim the most senior water rights.

A water line that broke on Wednesday is now fixed, but water is not yet flowing to a handfull of homes and businesses.

In Costilla County, the Fort Garland Water & Sanitation District's phone message tells residents there is a boil order for parts of the area, due to potential well water contamination.

Gov. Bill Ritter, joined by Abraham Lincoln impersonator John Voehl and the Colorado Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, announces plans for statewide celebrations in honor of Lincoln's bicentennial ...

An officer involved shooting investigation is underway near Fort Garland after a high speed chase that crossed state lines Friday morning.

Mark Barr of Lichter & Associates in Denver, Colorado has taken the residency case of a Pueblo farm worker Jose Moises Cerros, a Mexican immigrant, says he has worked in the United States for several decades.A ...

A parole violator who bolted when police stopped a car he was riding in and who eluded searchers who were using dogs and a helicopter was arrested at his parents' house in Fort Garland.

THE 67TH Colorado General Assembly convenes today with the state facing tough economic times and a projected budget shortfall of $200 million to $600 million.

Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., often opened his meetings in the San Luis Valley by referring to the area as "my valley." Should the senator be confirmed as the next secretary of the Interior, those sentiments will ...