Manassa News

Al Molinaro of "Happy Days" is 90 today. Mick Fleetwood is 62. "Rumours" has sold more than 19 million copies, the 9th best-selling album of all time.

Jack Dempsey was one of the great figures of the "golden age of sports" in the 1920s, a ruthless fighter known for brutal early-round knockouts.

U.S. boxer. Dempsey started fighting in 1914 under the name Kid Blackie. After compiling an impressive number of first-round knockouts, in 1919 he was matched against world heavyweight champion Jess Willard.

The next major round of statewide and congressional elections are 18 months away, but as San Luis Valley Republicans found out Thursday night, the campaigning has begun.

Option for local veterans to receive care; Currently, closest facility is the VA hospital in Grand Junction GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Local veterans will soon have a medical option closer to home through a new Veterans Affairs Medical Telehealth Outreach Clinic planned for Glenwood Springs.

From the Conejos County Citizen : "The Conejos Water Conservancy District is the latest County organization to name a representative to become a part of State Water Engineer Dick Wolfe's proposed well water ...

We're glad to see that 3rd District Rep. John Salazar, D-Manassa, and two other members of Colorado's congressional delegation have signed on to a bill that would freeze congressional salaries for the next two ...

William Harrison Dempsey was born in Manassa, Colo., on June 24, 1895. After graduating from 8th grade, he began preparing for his vocation.

Some sports figures remain bigger than life. William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey was one of those towering legends who embraced the Roaring Twenties as well as anyone in sports history.

Outgoing U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar offers a blessing to Michael Bennet and his wife, Susan, at a news conference Saturday afternoon.

Sources tell the Associated Press that president-elect Barack Obama has selected former Iowa Gov.

Colorado's Gov. Bill Ritter has some thinking to do, if President-Elect Barack Obama appoints U.S. Sen.

A transition official for President-elect Barack Obama says Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar will be named Interior Secretary later this week.

The office of U.S. Rep. John Salazar says the Manassa Democrat will accept an appointment to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee.