La Junta News

If someone were traveling, working or living in the American West during the 19th century, there's a pretty good chance they stopped at Bent's Fort.

A Nevada-based manufacturer of liquid crystal windows is coming to La Junta's industrial park, company officials said Tuesday.

People who know the new head of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay say area Catholics can expect a man of deep faith and high energy who has a pastoral approach to being a spiritual leader.

Light-weight steer calves sold steady from $120 to $133. Heavy-steer calves sold steady from $115 to $126. Light-heifer calves sold mostly steady from $105 to $116. Heavy-heifer calves sold steady from $105 to ...

Jennifer Hood and Shawn Borton were married June 21 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart with the Rev.

Recent rains have turned the season around for some farmers, while others may find it's a case of too little too late.

Danny Jones walks through a flooded Epple Park after retrieving his flying disk from the water while playing disk golf on Saturday afternoon.

Four condominiums on the city's northeast side were evacuated Saturday night and a portion of Woodmen Road was shut down because of continuing rain in Colorado Springs.

A stretch of Woodmen Road, between Marksheffel and Black Forest, is closed due to flooding.

From The La Junta Tribune-Democrat : "John Ellsworth, Attorney at Law, specializing in tax matters, met with a group of concerned landowners Monday night in Swink.

Kelsea Wilson, 8, selects Sinfully Cinnamon ice cream while trying to beat the heat Saturday at Bonnie Brae Ice Cream on University Blvd.

CHIEFTAIN PHOTOS/ANTHONY A. MESTAS Jim Wallace, owner of Wallace Oil Co. in La Junta , and Rashid Sulehri, a major shareholder in Tank n' Tummy convenience stores of Oklahoma, have merged their companies in the ...

DISTRICT JUDGE Jon Kolomitz has been named a recipient of the Judicial Excellence Award by the Colorado Judicial Institute.

The paper is neatly printed, well edited, and is in the field to battle with the evils of intemperance.

The paper is neatly printed, well edited, and is in the field to battle with the evils of intemperance.

State lawmaker Don Marostica, Loveland, is proposing a bill which would switch state employees to four-day work weeks.

From the state's point of view, pending rules for Arkansas River basin surface irrigators who improve their systems by installing sprinklers are primarily aimed at preventing depletions to Kansas.

Colorado first lady Jeannie Ritter is headlining a new campaign to bring more mental-health services to rural areas for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Standing in the auctioneer's booth at the La Junta Winter Livestock auction barn, longtime rancher and auctioneer John Campbell has watched as pen after pen of cattle are steered into the ring and sold -- two ...

The Eastern Wyoming College Board of Trustees has announced Dr. Thomas Armstrong, currently Vice President for Instructional Services at Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado is the school's new President.