ALAMOSA — U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper will hold a town hall at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Alamosa to hear directly from Coloradans about top-of-mind issues and give updates from Washington. 

The Monte Vista Coop and CHS Seeds of Stewardship are proud sponsors of the CSU SLV 4-H Youth Agent Endowment.

ALAMOSA — “Whooping cough is in the San Luis Valley, which means it’s spreading.” Those are the words of Beverly Strnad, interim director of Alamosa County Public Health, when asked for her take on an infection that has been confirmed in the Valley with numbers soaring across the country. 

MONTE VISTA – Valley Publishing has relocated from Monte Vista to the office of the Valley Courier, 2205 State Ave., in Alamosa. The temporary phone number is 719-589-2553. Be sure to ask …

ALAMOSA — The San Luis Valley is reliant upon a strong agricultural economy to thrive. Farmers rely on the expertise of reliable, hardworking farmworkers to keep their operations running and profitable. And farmworkers rely on having quality housing to call home for themselves and sometimes their families while they’re living and working in an area.  

ALAMOSA — A 45-year-old resident of Del Norte was taken into custody by deputies with the Rio Grande Sheriff’s Office (RGSO) on Monday morning for electioneering. 

ALAMOSA — With just two weeks left before the election and early voting already in progress, Adam Frisch, Western Slope businessman and candidate for Colorado’s Third Congressional District (CD3), was at Milagro’s in Alamosa Friday morning for a meet-and-greet with local voters. 

ALAMOSA — Jeff Hurd, Republican candidate for CD3, was at Juanito’s Restaurant on Highway 160 Friday night introducing himself to a group of fellow Republicans in the district and asking for their vote. A number of Republican elected officials – former and current – were on hand, as well, to make public their endorsement of the attorney from Grand Junction who hopes to continue the succession of Republicans representing CD3 in Congress. 

ALAMOSA — Less than two weeks after Alamosa experienced a seven-day stretch of record-breaking heat, nature delivered another surprise. This time, it came in the form of record-breaking precipitation. According to Mark Wankowski, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo, readings taken at the SLV Regional Airport show that, on Oct. 17, 0.07 inches of rain fell. On Oct. 18, 0.17 inches fell followed by 1.08 inches of rain on Oct. 19.  

ALAMOSA — A tragic accident occurred in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, Oct. 21, resulting in the death of four horses. 

COLORADO — Colorado voters will decide by ballot whether to allow a ban on hunting mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx. The lynx is currently listed as a state endangered and threatened species federally and can't be hunted. The animal welfare group Cats Aren't Trophies placed the issue on the ballot, Proposition 127 maintaining, "The ballot measure would stop the unfair practice of sending packs of dogs to chase wild cats in our wild places, along with many other unsporting practices that cross the line." 

MONTE VISTA — Tara Artho is the new Executive Director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee and is replacing longtime director Jim Ehrlich, who is retiring at the end of the month. 

SAN LUIS VALLEY — According to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, there is an approaching weekend storm system that will bring snow to the region.  Snow will increase across all the higher terrain starting Friday.

ALAMOSA — “It’s very unfortunate that this happened,” says Capt. Nathan Lyons with the Colorado State Patrol. “Just a real tragedy.” According to Lyons, at 7:25 p.m. on Wednesday night, a rider on an e-bike was traveling south on Highway 17 Mile Post 71, which is “right by Splashland,” when he was hit from behind by a Chevrolet Tahoe, who was also traveling south in the lane of travel.  

MONTE VISTA — As part of office consolidation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be closing its outdated office in Monte Vista.  The closure does not affect any of the wildlife refuges in the area and all of the impacted employees have already been reassigned to the Alamosa office on El Rancho Lane.

ALAMOSA – The Alamosa County Justice Center was evacuated Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, due to a suspicious device placed near the front entrance, according to the City of Alamosa.

SAN LUIS VALLEY — On Oct. 3, the San Luis Valley Development Resources Group and Council of Governments, was honored with the 2024 American Planning Award Colorado Honor Award in the Growing Water Smart category. Commissioner Tom McCracken of Saguache County accepted the award at the conference. 

SAN LUIS VALLEY — “I’ve been with the Democratic Party for 18 years, and I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this.” That was part of a statement made by a spokesman for the Alamosa Democratic Party in response to numerous reports of Harris/Walz yard signs being vandalized or stolen off people’s private property. 

MONTE VISTA – Kenny Sears, a member of the Monte Vista community since 1991, is running for Rio Grande County commissioner as a write in candidate. He is attempting to unseat incumbent Scott Deacon.  Sears is running because he wants to support his community, and he wants to help serve the people in the community. 

MONTE VISTA – Rio Grande County Commissioner Scott Deacon has enjoyed his time as commissioner. Deacon is a Monte Vista native and has worn many hats over the years, but being a commissioner has been one of his favorite positions, because he loves his community and the people in it.  Deacon is running for commissioner again, because he enjoys serving his community.