Las Animas News

After serving 15 months in the Bent County Jail in Las Animas, Colorado for attempted internet luring, Giggles the Clown is out on intensive supervised parole and living back here in Grand Junction.

Ranchers say the bugs are eating all the green grass, which they need to feed their cattle.

" Some residents in southeastern Colorado say they are dealing with a major infestation of grasshoppers.

A group looking to develop a template for the impact of water transfers plans to submit their findings to the Arkansas Basin Roundtable in August, according to The Pueblo Chieftain .

Here's a look at water distribution and uses in the Arkansas River Valley from The Pueblo Chieftain .

The Colorado state veterinarian is warning people in eastern Colorado that terrestrial rabies has apparently returned and may be moving toward the Front Range.

Two volunteer firefighters who were killed when their truck plummeted off a highway left bare by a burned-out bridge were each given a Purple Heart Award posthumously Thursday.

Officials at the Las Animas School District are looking at the ground beneath their feet to help quell the sticky heat that plagues the high school.

" Kyle Eck and Cole Miller. ROCKY FORD - " Jordan Grano, Nathan Knapp, and Martin Valdez.

Colorado Department of Transportation Announces Open House for the Rail Relocation for Colorado's Communities Study Denver CO-The Colorado Department of Transportation today announced it will hold an additional ...

Today's weather statewide will be much like yesterday's with cloudy skies bringing a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, fire danger to southern Colorado and the threat of floods to northern Colorado and ...

It took mighty, steel-drivin' men to build railroad tracks along Colorado's Front Range in the 19th century.

Here's an update on the water system in Las Animas from The Pueblo Chieftain . They write: The city of 2,800 is at the doorstep of a $3 million project to upgrade both the water and sewer systems, expected to ...

“We're reviewing all design engineering to make sure it meets all industry standards and all professional levels of care”

'Concern over escalating energy prices and potential remedies have become a substantial topic throughout much of the United States and the world. via Lamar Daily News

Two Southern Colorado residents are accused of mistreating five veterans at a nursing home, including a Medal of Honor recipient who died last year. via KMGH-TV Denver

Discussion: Low level moisture is gathering along the Colorado/Kansas and Colorado/New Mexico borders where isolated thunderstorms are developing. via KRDO

“I can't predict what that (the study's verdict of the city's billing rates) may or may not be, but we have not done that in quite a few years”

The City of Trinidad plans to commission a study of its electrical billing rates. The study is expected to be conducted by the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP) and is estimated by City Manager Jim Soltis to cost the city $16,400.

The study would be designed to tell the city how to adjust its billing electrical rates.

"Obviously the money will be well spent if we adhere to the results of the study," Soltis said. He stated that the results of the study could tell the city that it should adjust its billing rates either higher or lower. Read more

Expect another warm and windy day in the Pikes Peak region today, which has once again raised the potential for dangerous wildfires. via The Gazette

“It's made of granite, so perhaps there's some mineral value”

Zebulon Pike, peering through his government-issued spyglass near present-day Las Animas, first saw what he described as "a distant blue cloud' on the horizon during November 1806. via Colorado Springs Business Journal

Denver's weather will be unseasonably warm today and the eastern plains could see severe thunderstorms, hail and possible tornadoes. via Denver Post