Creede mayor steps down
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2008
Calandruccio cites council
resistance
STAFF REPORT
CREEDE — Four months after being elected, Mayor Peter Calandruccio has written a letter of resignation.
He and the city council had been at odds ever since his April inauguration.
“Being mayor has been anything but a pleasure. It was more like a visitation from Hell’s Welcome Wagon,” Calandruccio wrote in ...more
Saguache County may seek disaster funds
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2008
Crop losses
total millions
STAFF REPORT
SAGUACHE COUNTY — With recent storms causing potentially millions of dollars worth of crop damage and loss, area officials are considering the possibility of declaring Saguache County a disaster area.
Officials are expected to gather for an emergency meeting tonight, Thursday, to discuss that possibility.
A major hailstorm that moved through the ...more
Crestone Energy and Sustainability Fair
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2008
19th annual event Labor Day
Weekend
STAFF
CRESTONE — The 19th Annual Crestone Energy Fair will be held Labor Day weekend, August 30 and 31, with the Home Tour the following day, September 1.
On Fri., August 29, at 6 p.m. there will be a community potluck/barbeque at the Crestone Town Park.
On Sat., August 30, at ...more
Salazar seconds Obama nomination
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2008
Senator shares American dream
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — Barack Obama’s story personifies the American dream as does his own story, U.S. Senator Ken Salazar said on Wednesday as he prepared to second the nomination for Obama as the Democrats’ choice for United States President.
Salazar was one of the Wednesday speakers at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. ...more
Commissioners seek grant for housing survey
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2008
Survey could mean
development
By REBECCA VAN DYKE
ALAMOSA — “This grant encourages poverty and promotes socialism,” said Leon Moyer at yesterday’s Alamosa County Commissioner’s meeting.
Alamosa County is applying for a $100,000 regional grant to assess the housing market in the San Luis Valley.
The grant will incur information that could promote development of affordable housing ...more
713 Pickup Trucks
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2008
1995 DODGE RAM 1500 Extended cab, short bed 5.9 liter. $4000/OBO. Call 587-2667 or 588-8808. (9/2)
1988 GMC Boom Truck in good condition $8500, call 589-0126/580-7662/587-0583. (9/6)
1994 F150 tk in good condition. New rubber. Call 580-4000 Gary (8/30)
...more
713 Pickup Trucks
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2008
1995 DODGE RAM 1500 Extended cab, short bed 5.9 liter. $4000/OBO. Call 587-2667 or 588-8808. (9/2)
1988 GMC Boom Truck in good condition $8500, call 589-0126/580-7662/587-0583. (9/6)
1994 F150 tk in good condition. New rubber. Call 580-4000 Gary (8/30)
...more
713 Pickup Trucks
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2008
1995 DODGE RAM 1500 Extended cab, short bed 5.9 liter. $4000/OBO. Call 587-2667 or 588-8808. (9/2)
1988 GMC Boom Truck in good condition $8500, call 589-0126/580-7662/587-0583. (9/6)
1994 F150 tk in good condition. New rubber. Call 580-4000 Gary (8/30)
...more
Father may face kidnap charge
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 26th, 2008
Domestic
incident prompts Amber Alert
ALAMOSA — A 28-year old Alamosa father may be charged with kidnapping his daughter during an alleged domestic violence incident early Tuesday morning in East Alamosa.
Justin Lamar Lampkins, 28, of 607 College Ct., was arrested at about 6 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Clark St. and Berkeley Ave. by Alamosa ...more
SCHOOL DAYS RETURN
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 26th, 2008
Boyd Elementary was strewn with parents kissing their children goodbye as they dropped their kids off for the first day of school.
...more
Candidate ‘Brakes’ for education in the Valley
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 26th, 2008
Democrat runs for state seat
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — “Kids are my business,” said Jill Brake, Democratic candidate for the State Board of Education, 3rd Congressional District.
In a Tuesday visit to the San Luis Valley, Brake said she wanted to continue through the state board the educational efforts she has maintained for two decades in Colorado.
Brake ...more
Senator Ken Salazar to nominate Obama tomorrow
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 26th, 2008
DENVER (AP) _ Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar will formally nominate Barack Obama before a crowd of about 75,000 on Thursday night.
Salazar said Tuesday he has been chosen to give the nominating speech at the Broncos’ football stadium before Obama’s acceptance speech.
Salazar is a southern Colorado rancher and first-term senator who previously served as state attorney general. His brother, ...more
Senator Ken Salazar to nominate Obama tomorrow
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 26th, 2008
DENVER (AP) _ Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar will formally nominate Barack Obama before a crowd of about 75,000 on Thursday night.
Salazar said Tuesday he has been chosen to give the nominating speech at the Broncos’ football stadium before Obama’s acceptance speech.
Salazar is a southern Colorado rancher and first-term senator who previously served as state attorney general. His brother, ...more
The pinch of rising fuel costs felt at Alamosa airport
Posted: Monday, Aug 25th, 2008
Aviation crucial to community
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — While motorists on the roadways are feeling the crunch of higher fuel prices, pilots in the air are feeling it twice as hard.
SLV Regional Airport Board Member Arvin Van Ry told the Alamosa City Council aviation fuel is running right at $6 per gallon, and planes burn 20 gallons ...more
Conejos authorities bust indoor pot farm
Posted: Monday, Aug 25th, 2008
164 plants plus growing
equipment found
By LARRY WINGET
ALAMOSA — The Conejos County Sheriff’s office, on Friday Aug. 22, arrested a Romeo/Capulin-area man for cultivation of marijuana.
Jeremiah Lawrence Spannagel, 29, had marijuana plants in plain sight, according to the Conejos County Assessor’s Office, growing at his residence at 6754 County Rd. Y, in the Capulin ...more
Post-prison plea made in sex case
Posted: Monday, Aug 25th, 2008
Nonsexual charge admitted
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — Defendant Jose Miera was sentenced to 6 years in prison on Monday but walked out a free man.
He had already served more than 15 years.
Miera’s appointed attorney David Jones called this case very unusual.
Miera, 73, was tried, convicted and sentenced in the early 1990’s to 26 years in ...more
Suspicious fire set at courthouse
Posted: Monday, Aug 25th, 2008
Damage is
minimal
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — The Alamosa Fire Department deemed a fire at the Alamosa County Courthouse suspicious Saturday night.
Alamosa Fire Chief Don Chapman said newspapers had been started on fire by air conditioning units at three different locations outside the historic courthouse building on Fourth Street in downtown Alamosa.
He said the ...more
Gallegos announces write-in campaign
Posted: Monday, Aug 25th, 2008
Democrat seeks to retain seat
STAFF REPORT
ANTONITO — Colorado House District 62 Representative Rafael Lorenzo Gallegos on Monday announced he would continue his campaign to retain his position as a write-in candidate.
Gallegos, a Democrat from Antonito, said he had filed the required documents with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office to run as a write-in candidate for ...more
MEET THE ... LEGENDS
Posted: Monday, Aug 25th, 2008
Photos by Keith R. Cerny
Hundreds of concert goers got a taste of history over the weekend as the “Liverpool Legends”, the ultimate Beatles tribute band, performed both Friday and Saturday on the top of La Veta pass. Handpicked by Louise Harrison, sister of the late George Harrison of the Beatles, the Legends performed as the final concert for the ...more
REFUGE FOR MAN AND BEAST
Posted: Friday, Aug 22nd, 2008
The Alamosa and Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuges provide a safe enviroment for animals and relaxing and educational one for humans. ...more
Alamosa trashes old commercial rates
Posted: Friday, Aug 22nd, 2008
Two-year
hike set
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — As of September, Alamosa businesses will pay more to get rid of their trash.
The Alamosa City Council this week approved a solid waste collection fee increase for commercial customers.
The ordinance approved this week calls for a $12.50-per-month increase this year with another increase of the same amount ...more
‘Sewer’ is a sweet sound for Stockton
Posted: Friday, Aug 22nd, 2008
City lines to
be extended
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — Awarding a sewer bid may not seem exciting to most people, but for more than 40 households without adequate sewer services in a portion of Alamosa, it’s an action long overdue.
“It’s taken a long time,” said City Councilor Charles Griego whose ward covers this part of town. ...more
Time closing in for new schools
Posted: Thursday, Aug 21st, 2008
Deadline for ballot question nears
By HEW HALLOCK
ALAMOSA — With just over five weeks to campaign before mail-in voting begins, backers of a plan to build a new elementary school in Alamosa are entering “crunch time” to sell the idea to voters.
The idea is to build two new school buildings - one for kindergarten through second grade, ...more
VOLUNTEER TRAINING ONGOING
Posted: Thursday, Aug 21st, 2008
The Alamosa County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue’s Dive Team received their third level of certification this week as qualified search and rescue dive professionals. Pictured, left Harry Alejo, ACSO; Chuck Wagner DOW retired; Kevin Rogers, Rogers Family Mortuary; Deb Sarason, Davis Engineering; Robert Alejo, Superintendent, N. Conejos School District; Tom Livingston; Mike Adcock, Monte Vista PD and Adcock Automotive ...more
Alamosa host to Farmers Union
Posted: Thursday, Aug 21st, 2008
Salazar’s
Farm Bill
efforts praised
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — U.S. Representative John Salazar got off the windrower on Wednesday to attend a meeting - on the Farm Bill.
The San Luis Valley resident is one of a handful of congressmen who is a farmer. Salazar helped develop and pass the Food, Conservation & Energy Act of ...more
Alamosa schools look to the sun
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 20th, 2008
Solar plant
considered to
offset rising cost of electricity
By HEW HALLOCK
ALAMOSA — Facing escalating costs of electricity, the Alamosa School District has decided to look to the sun to provide electrical power to Alamosa High School and Ortega Middle School.
In it’s meeting Tuesday, the Alamosa School Board gave the go-ahead for the school ...more
Roadless meeting draws comments
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 20th, 2008
Exceptions to rule raise
concerns
By RUTH HEIDE
MONTE VISTA — The State of Colorado and the U.S. Forest Service are trying to determine which roads less traveled will remain that way.
As part of a statewide public input tour, government officials met with members of the public in Monte Vista on Tuesday to accept comments on the ...more
Salazar will speak at DNC Wednesday
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 19th, 2008
Senator set to speak same night as
VP nominee
STAFF REPORT
DENVER — San Luis Valley native and U.S. Senator Ken Salazar will be one of the featured speakers on Wednesday night, Aug. 27, during the Democratic National Convention, the same night that the Vice Presidential nominee is expected to speak.
“I am honored to have ...more
Alamosa man hurt in crash
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 19th, 2008
Alamosa fire / rescue, city police, county deputies and the Colorado State Patrol responded to an SUV vs motorcycle traffic accident shortly after 4:10 p.m. Tuesday on Old Airport Road at San Luis Valley Comprehensive Mental Health Center, 2017 Lava Ln. CSP Trooper Parsons conducted the accident investigation and said at the scene it appeared the SUV failed to yield ...more
THAT HITS THE SPOT
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 19th, 2008
Photos by Ruth Heide
Sage Larsen, left, and Marcy Crowther serve customers at the Sno Shack near Cole Park in Alamosa. They have had a busy summer quenching customers’ thirst for snow cones ranging in flavor from traditional cherry and orange to bubblegum.
...more
Water committee report released
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 19th, 2008
Recommends more
user-friendly system
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — Making water court proceedings more understandable to the general public and attorneys more informed about water law were 2 of 10 areas identified for improvement by a statewide water court committee that included San Luis Valley Water Judge O. John Kuenhold and attorney for the Valley’s Rio Grande Water ...more
Experience the Australian Outback in Del Norte this weekend
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 19th, 2008
DEL NORTE — Alamosa Live Music Association and Wildwoodsounds will present Ash Dargan, an aboriginal performer of didgeridoo, world flutes and storytelling at Wildwoodsounds, 850 Grand Ave., Del Norte, on Fri., Aug. 22.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Dargan will perform “Territory,” the Australian outback multimedia show. Reservations may be made by calling 657-4757 or going online to www.wildwoodsounds.com
...more
Tornadoes, hail hit Valley floor
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 19th, 2008
Multiple funnels sighted
By RUTH HEIDE
SAN LUIS VALLEY — The San Luis Valley experienced severe weather this past weekend including hail, funnel clouds and at least one tornado that touched down in the plains east of Mosca.
National Weather Service Spokesperson Pamela Evenson said she heard reports of golf-ball-sized hail in the Center area and even larger hailstones ...more
Horse drawn vehicles need motorists’ consideration
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 19th, 2008
Accidents can be deadly
By ERIC MULLENS
ALAMOSA — Last week a potentially deadly accident occurred on Colo. Hwy. 15 in the Valley involving a motor vehicle and a horse drawn vehicle carrying six people ages 60 to 9-years old who luckily did not suffer any major injuries.
On Wed., Aug. 13, Chester Baker, 30, of Monte Vista was ...more
Missing hikers found safe Monday evening
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 19th, 2008
Texas men
familiar
with area
STAFF and AP
REPORT
CREEDE — The Mineral County Sheriff’s office says three missing Texas college students who failed to return from a hiking outing have been found.
Sheriff’s office dispatcher Tamara Hosselkus says the men were found at about 5 p.m. Monday and were OK. Hosselkus did not know the ...more
MONSOON SEASON IN THE VALLEY
Posted: Friday, Aug 15th, 2008
Photos by Eric Mullens
The late summer monsoon weather pattern has arrived in the Valley with afternoon thunderstorms and showers forecast most days. Even Friday night’s full moon only made a brief appearance before being obscured by building clouds. Heavy rain is possible in the Valley today with a quarter-inch expected and a 70 percent chance of showers. Highs today ...more
Valley native dies at Utah traffic stop
Posted: Friday, Aug 15th, 2008
Sheriff deputy’s death is sudden
STAFF REPORT
SALT LAKE CITY — San Luis Valley native Gaylon Hathcock, 48, a sergeant with the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office in Utah, collapsed and died Thursday morning after stopping a speeding motorist and asking for her driver’s license and registration.
Hathcock stopped Grace Waitt on U.S. Highway 189 in Provo Canyon early Thursday ...more
Mahonee leaves DA’s office to campaign full time
Posted: Friday, Aug 15th, 2008
Comar upset with short notice
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA — Deputy District Attorney David Mahonee resigned his position on Friday to campaign full time for the DA’s position.
Mahonee is the Democratic candidate running against coworker Chief Deputy DA Larry Orr, a Republican, for the 12th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
A third deputy DA running for the office ...more
‘New’ describes Alamosa schools
Posted: Friday, Aug 15th, 2008
Repairs,
curriculum, and staff bring
new look to
district in ‘08
By LANCE HOSTETTER
ALAMOSA — For two years Alamosa School District has been planning the details to the new elementary school building. Current elementary schools -Polston, Boyd, and Evans - need continual repair and growing student enrollment threatens space requirements.
Evans Elementary, a prime example ...more
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