La Veta News

Three southern Colorado counties are backing a proposal to build a new power transmission line in the San Luis Valley.

Personal use Christmas tree permits will be available from the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office and the U.S. Forest Service San Carlos Ranger District.

My husband and I just returned from a really quick trip to Colorado. We left Wednesday morning and were back home tonight at 6:30. Our first stop was Denver for an appointment and then we drove down I-25 to La Veta, CO.

The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a fatality that happened in Huerfano County, and the victim was listed as a missing person.

A monumental mountain estate for the equestrian-obsessed, potential buyers even considering the North Star Ranch should know theya d likely need a horse just to navigate the property.

The Union Pacific Railroad said Thursday that it has approved a request from Amtrak to operate a revived Ski Train between Denver and Winter Park for the upcoming ski season.

Don't tell Dorothy J. Tenorio that Washington is nearing a deal to improve her health care.

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.

In honor of the National Park Service's Fee-Free Weekends, Mesa Verde Co., the National Park Service concessionaire in Mesa Verde National Park, is also offering special discounts to encourage Americans seeking affordable vacations to visit the park this summer.

The region's fastest growing excursion train, the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad is steaming into the 2009 summer season with a sizzling combo train and country music concert ticket deal, promising an unforgettable experience in the mountains of Fir, Colo.

There is just something about trains that fascinates both young and old alike. Historic trains are even more fun ... the ones that roll down tracks that were laid down more than a century ago to bring gold and silver ore out of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

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.

It is not a sight that people driving through Colorado see very often. Jim Morrison and his sister just happened to be lucky.

Singer-songwriter Mike Addington brings bassist Paul Gatton, as well as special guest Don Richmond sitting in, to play his mix of honky-tonk songs that hit the gut with finely-penned lyrics and music that speaks to our universally shared emotions for the Alamosa Live Music Associationa s member appreciation concert this Sat., May 16, 7:30pm, at the ...

Remember the good 'ole days when a buck really meant something? Well, vacationers can find it all again riding across Colorado's San Luis Valley on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad.