Fort Garland News

A state report indicates the city of Alamosa ignored a recommendation to have a deteriorating drinking water tank inspected years before the 2008 outbreak that sickened hundreds.

During the national debate over health-care reform , we often hear warnings about "socialism." It's supposed to scare us, but the truth is that, in some ways, socialism has a decent track record in the West.

The White Sands Soaring Association is celebrating its 50-year anniversary this month.

The Colorado Mountain Club is hosting a series of hikes and tours capped off by a barbecue and concert Saturday at the Fort Garland Museum.

A dedication ceremony for the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area will take place in the state's oldest town at 1:30 p.m. Aug.

A mudslide has closed Highway 160 at La Veta Pass Saturday evening. Colorado State Patrol tells NEWSCHANNEL 13 heavy rains have blocked the highway in both directions.

At 18 years old, Tanya Proutt is already ahead of her class. She owns five acres of property in Fort Garland, which she plans on developing.

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.