Monte Vista News

Photo by Laurelin Kruse Doug Alford and John Murphy look over a motor vehicle use map at the open house in Monte Vista Wednesday.

Mary Robertson presents Richard M. Esquibel with a Boys and Girls t-shirt as a show gratitude for San Luis Valley Mental Health's generous Suburban donation.

A Sandhill Crane performs a ritual mating dance as tens of thousands cranes fly in at sunset to roost for the night in the wetlands of the Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge in March in Monte Vista, Colorado.

He heard it over coffee at 8 a.m., from a school volunteer in Saguache worried about the cost of fueling school buses.

Photos by Keith R. Cerny More than 200 people attended the second Sundays at Six concert sponsored by the Alamosa Live Music Association in Cole Park.

Pearson empathizes with defendant STAFF REPORT DEL NORTE - Judge Amanda Pearson on Wednesday continued for a month the sentencing of former Rio Grande County Undersheriff Jonathan Jay Gonzales, 32, of Monte ...

The Pleasant Valley School District in Camarillo has announced that two new principals will help lead middle schools in the fall.

Yesterday brought in the birthday cake for the Rio Grande National Forest. "Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us," sang Public Affairs Officer Michael Blakeman.

Cooper faces theft, forgery charges By RUTH HEIDE ALAMOSA - Former San Luis Care Center bookkeeper and receptionist Linette Cooper, 39, of Monte Vista, was charged on Monday with felony theft and forgery ...

County code in tune with West Alamosa board treated to a song Sonia Kaur Monday, June 30, 2008 Roy Fred Hargrove There's nothing like a country song to lighten up a government meeting.

Wind blows burn piles into buildings Tuesday By RUTH HEIDE ALAMOSA - A Tuesday afternoon fire destroyed three outbuildings on County Road 101 South property belonging to John Martinez.

Officials hear Valley man's 'Code of the West' song By LAURELIN KRUSE ALAMOSA - Land Use Administrator Ken VanIwarden serenaded the Board of Alamosa County Commissioners with a song about the "Code of the West" ...

Festivities get underway July 24 By KEITH R. CERNY MONTE VISTA - Country music chart climber Blake Shelton will highlight the 87th annual Ski-Hi Stampede here at Ski-Hi Park, July 24-27. "What happens in Vegas, ...

What on earth could keep a bunch of die-hard mountain bikers indoors at the recreation center on a sunny Saturday morning in May? The promise of a "free" lunch was an incentive.

Through one lens, the scene at Bill Taylor's home Tuesday could have been a glance into the turn of the 20th century.

Photo by Rebecca Van Dyke Right, Jim Augustyn, president of a consulting firm from Berkley, California, puts the final touches on Sunspot One to prepare the new solar research station for collecting data.

Two more sets of finalists were drawn recently in the Valley Courier's 2008 SLV Shopping Spree promotion.

A Monte Vista man remains in custody on suspicion of second-degree murder following the Sunday death of 18-year-old Keziah Archuleta.

Murder tops charges against boyfriend By ERIC MULLENS ALAMOSA - The boyfriend of Keziah Elena Archuleta, 18, of Monte Vista, Colo.

Photos by Ruth Heide San Luis Valley centenarians honored Wednesday in Alamosa are from left Ruth Coch of La Jara who will be 102 next month; Ethel Davis of Monte Vista who will hit the 100-year mark in ...