Otero County News

East Otero School District R-1 in La Junta is closing for the rest of the week due to an outbreak of the flu.

Witnesses say the tornado was on the ground or about 20 minutes in an area nine miles northwest of Cheraw.

A strange accident killed a man in Fowler Saturday night. The Otero County Coroner tells News First 5 the man accidentally rolled his car into a canal on the family farm.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... WESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 145 AM MDT... * AT 1250 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE ...

In the tiny town of Fowler, east of Pueblo, the city plans to restore an old school building and turn it into a new city hall.

LAS CRUCES A sex offender wanted in Colorado and ordered extradited from Las Cruces nine years ago was apprehended early Wednesday morning after illegally crossing the border, according to Border Patrol spokesman Douglas Mosier.

A two week investigation by Pueblo, Crowley and Otero county sheriff's offices ended in an arrest.

A tornado watch continues in effect until 9 p.m. for far southeastern Colorado, including Baca, Brent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas and Otero counties.

This bolt was among the impressive sights over Denver as a storm passed through Thursday evening.

A man came prepared for midafternoon thunderstorms Thursday. There is a 30 percent chance of storms today.

A 3-year-old girl who drowned while playing at the edge of Holbrook Lake in Otero County has been formally identified.

Economic stimulus money will be giving the communities in the Arkansas Valley a big boost this summer.

Garfield County Crime Stoppers and the Garfield County Sheriff's Department are looking for information on the whereabouts of Ruben Nevarez-Lopez, 75.

An Alamogordo, New Mexico man is wanted on an active warrant by the Otero County Sheriff's Office.

Colorado Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be chip sealing numerous highway segments through southeastern Colorado this month.