Huerfano County News

CHICAGO Brian and Gretchen Orr, owners of the weekly Huerfano Journal in Walsenburg, Colo., have purchased the Huerfano County World from Dale Bean.

The private company that runs the Huerfano County Correctional Center says the prison will officially close April 2, leaving Walsenburg without one of its major employers.

Organizations serving seniors, youth, and the homeless are among the major recipients of grants for Southern Colorado nonprofits announced this week by the Daniels Fund.

In four of Colorado's 22 judicial districts, people on probation can smoke pot if they have a medical-marijuana card.

Two Rivers Water Co. said Wednesday it has acquired a majority interest in southeast Colorado's Huerfano-Cucharas Irrigation Co.

In 1892, Jim Colville and Taylor Markley were working the Coyote Mine located on Silver Mountain in Huerfano County .

One south-central Colorado community is trying to calm the rush of proposals to build wind farms in the area.

Huerfano County, which straddles the Eastern Plains and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is facing a wind rush.

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Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high.

Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high.

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

Colorado State Troopers are investigating a crash that happened Monday night around 11:15 in Huerfano County, about six miles north of Walsenburg.

A 65-year-old woman was killed when her car lost control in Huerfano County Friday.