http://www.alamosanews.com News RSS Feed Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:00 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14904 Rogers city's first lady mayor By RUTH HEIDE ALAMOSA - For the first time in a quarter century, Alamosa experienced a change in mayoral leadership as long-time Mayor Farris Bervig left the position and the city's first lady mayor, Kathy Rogers, took office Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:31:29 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14891 State releases final report on Alamosa outbreak STAFF REPORT ALAMOSA - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Wednesday released its final report regarding the salmonella outbreak that struck Alamosa in 2008. The outbreak resulted in hundreds of people in Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:46:19 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14859 Moffat school controversy continues By JULIA WILSON MOFFAT - Everyone attending the Moffat school board meeting had to pass through a picket line manned by students and parents before they could enter the school building Monday night. The controversy pitting Superintendent Charles Warren and Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:49:27 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14830 Jurisdictions join forces to close cases By ERIC E. MULLENS ALAMOSA - A rash of burglaries involving at least four jurisdictions may have been halted Wednesday night at the business end of a Monte Vista police officer's taser. Monte Vista officers and a Rio Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:53:40 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14850 ALAMOSA -The American Legion Veterans Day dinner Wednesday night was a time of remembering, camaraderie and, yes, a few tears. In a packed hall, the families of World War II veteran Joe C. Trujillo and Korean War veteran Francisco "Cisco" Melgares honored the service of Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:04:38 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14844 FORT COLLINS - Although medical professionals are telling Courier Sports Editor Lloyd Engen he still has extensive rehab ahead, they are pleased with his progress since the September 5 sideline injury at the Sangre de Cristo football game that put him on the injured reserve Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:01:18 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14842 Access, improvements outlined CRESTONE - Dan Dallas, Forest Supervisor and Center Manager for the San Luis Valley Public Lands Center, signed the decision notice for the Baca Mountain Tract and Camino Chamisa Project. This decision amends the forest plan for the Rio Grande Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:19:21 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14829 PUC hears pros, cons By RUTH HEIDE ALAMOSA - Satan or savior, the proposed new east-west transmission line into the San Luis Valley drew varied responses during a Colorado Public Utilities Commission hearing in Alamosa on Tuesday night. "I just feel it's like opening Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:26:34 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14791 Transmission line views split By RUTH HEIDE ALAMOSA - During a three-and-a-half-hour hearing before a Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) administrative law judge on Tuesday, 35 San Luis Valley residents shared their opinions, wishes and concerns about a new transmission line proposed to cross Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:52:43 -0600 http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.alamosanews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=14783 Trujillo is lucky to be alive By RUTH HEIDE ALAMOSA - When U.S. Army Infantryman Private First Class Joe C. Trujillo returned from the battlefields after World War II, medals and honors were not as important to him as being alive. Narrowly escaping death Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:27:15 -0600