Pacheco bond hearing postponed
Posted: Tuesday, Mar 9th, 2010
Communication gap makes
delay necessary
By STAN MOYER
CONEJOS -- Formal charges were filed with Conejos County Judge Mary Elizabeth Garcia before a 4 p.m. deadline Tuesday against Joseph S. Pacheco, 35, alleged to have strangled his father, Delfino Pacheco, Jr., 73, Thursday night Feb. 25. The act is alleged to have caused the older man's death.
The ...more
Hackett Preserve request renewed
Posted: Monday, Mar 8th, 2010
City refers
issue to
ranch board
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA -- The widow of long-time Alamosa City Manager Michael Hackett is asking the Alamosa city council to name part of the Alamosa Ranch in his memory.
After earlier requests from local residents to name a portion of the ranch after Hackett, the city council placed a plaque ...more
Armory clears state funding hurdle this week
Posted: Friday, Mar 5th, 2010
Site is
next step
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA -- A permanent National Guard armory in Alamosa cleared another hurdle this week as state legislators approved funding for the facility.
"I think it's a great thing for the Valley and a good thing for Alamosa County," said State Representative Ed Vigil, a San Luis Valley resident who represents the ...more
7 period class day coming to AHS
Posted: Wednesday, Mar 3rd, 2010
By JULIA WILSON
ALAMOSA -- Alamosa Board of Education voted four to two Tuesday night to change the structure of the school day in Alamosa High School.
For 13 years Alamosa High School students have studied under a modified block schedule, with students attending some classes on Tuesday and Thursday in one and a half hour blocks, and other classes ...more
Deferred sentence for drug sales
Posted: Tuesday, Mar 2nd, 2010
Getting off lightly says Judge who approves deal
By JULIA WILSON
ALAMOSA -- A student arrested in November for dealing cocaine out of his dorm room at Adams State College received three years deferred sentence in District Court Tuesday.
Jamison Taylor Bair, now 19, was picked up by the Alamosa policemen after an informant, wired with a tape recorder ...more
Alamosa hit with salmonella suit
Posted: Monday, Mar 1st, 2010
Plaintiffs
seek trial
By RUTH HEIDE
ALAMOSA -- Attorneys representing 29 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in District Court-Alamosa on Monday against the City of Alamosa for damages related to the salmonella outbreak about two years ago this month.
The civil case seeks unspecified damages for medical care and associated costs such as travel, lost wages and emotional distress ...more
Community Unity campaign on
Posted: Saturday, Feb 27th, 2010
ALAMOSA -- Valley Courier readers will find a special 4-page section in today's paper which officially kicks off a year-long Community Unity campaign geared at encouraging residents to shop in Alamosa and help drive our local economy.
An impressive group of 17 core sponsors along with many other Alamosa businesses have joined with the Courier in this effort to promote ...more
Confession heard in Rock Creek killings
Posted: Thursday, Feb 25th, 2010
Observers see defendant's interview with authorities
By JULIA WILSON
DEL NORTE -- Silence settled over the courtroom as the tape of John Caudle's confession to the murder of his mother and stepfather, Joanne and Tracy Rinebarger, played on a television in the Rio Grande County Court.
The quality of the taped confession was poor, and it was difficult to ...more
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