ALAMOSA — For more than half of her life, Alamosa resident Cathy O’Neill has worked for Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS), the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) primary private land conservation agency. 

CENTER – Superintendent for the Center Consolidated School District, Carrie Zimmerman, was all smiles talking about breaking ground on the district’s expansion project. 

MONTE VISTA – Dr. Patty Robertson provided a list of Adams Street parking concerns to the Monte Vista City Council during a meeting on Feb. 6. 

MONTE VISTA – The 42nd Annual Monte Vista Crane Festival is less than a month away. This year, the festival will take place from March 7-9. Thousands of people attend this unique event.  

ALAMOSA — Hazel Petty, a lifelong resident of the San Luis Valley and currently a resident of Alamosa, will be 100 years old on March 18. 

ALAMOSA — The Adams State University "High School Mixed Choir Festival," a prestigious event, returned to Alamosa on Feb. 20-22. It featured some of the finest high school choral musicians in the Southwest, including both an auditioned symphonic choir and director-recommended concert choir. 

ALAMOSA — In an effort to meet President Trump’s priorities of boosting border security and extending tax cuts, lawmakers in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. have been negotiating a budget resolution that could potentially include an $880 billion cut to Medicaid over the next ten years. The cuts would be put in place to offset the $4.5 trillion tax cuts implemented during Trump’s first administration that are set to expire next year. 

MONTE VISTA – The Monte Vista City Council approved a separation agreement with Police Chief Sean McDonagh on Feb. 20.  

ALAMOSA — It’s always difficult to be without transportation, but that’s especially true in the San Luis Valley where a routine visit to the doctor can be a 30-mile, one-way trip.  

MONTE VISTA — The Rio Grande National Forest spans 1.86 million acres, or about 2,900 square miles, and is the headwaters of the eponymous Rio Grande, which flows 1,896 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. Over the last week, Washington has directed the National Forest to immediately terminate about a fifth of its employees. 

ALAMOSA — It’s been a rough flu season this year with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reporting that the number of cases is higher than it has been in the past 15 years.  And Colorado is no exception. 

COSTILLA COUNTY — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has announced it will begin a long-delayed wildlife safety project near Fort Garland on Highway 160 next month. 

ANTONITO — The Conejos County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 57-year-old man whose body was discovered on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the 5400 block of County Road 13 in Antonito. 

DENVER — Soul Players of the Valley (SPV) has been selected by the Community Resource Center (CRC), Colorado Nonprofit Association, and Philanthropy Colorado planning committee as one of the two esteemed recipients of this year’s Trailblazer Award. 

DENVER — On Feb. 11, Gov. Jared Polis, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), and Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) announced grant recipients for the Outdoor Regional Partnerships Initiative (RPI) awarding $1.17 million to coalitions around the state. 

ALAMOSA — A crowd of protesters gathered along State Avenue and Main Street in Alamosa on Monday to express their fear, anger and frustration with actions being taken by the current administration in the weeks since they took office. 

CONEJOS COUNTY — Conejos County Sheriff Garth Crowther is requesting cooperation and assistance in keeping Conejos County’s backcountry roads safe during this winter-spring season.  

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) held a call with the press in Colorado on Thursday morning to discuss President Donald Trump’s first month in the White House. Bennet was candid about significant concerns he has with a number of issues. 

ALAMOSA — Through April 30, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to conduct prescribed fire operations on the Monte Vista and Alamosa National Wildlife Refuges to remove old and matted vegetation and improve wildlife habitat. 

ALAMOSA — The San Luis Valley Development Resources Group (SLVDRG), in partnership with the San Luis Valley Council of Governments (SLVCOG), is moving forward with plans to develop a comprehensive GIS Strategic Plan for the region. The project, which aims to ensure the continuation of critical Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services in the Valley, has been awarded two State of Colorado grants.