Boulder County fire tied to power outages in Valley

When electricity suddenly went out in parts of Alamosa, Rio Grande and Saguache counties at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday night, local residents got some first-hand experience with the complexities of energy infrastructure in Colorado.

The vision of a “new normal” at AHS

Andy Lavier, principal of Alamosa High School, is serious about students being engaged in school activities. For Lavier, student engagement isn’t just a philosophy, it’s a strategy to address a challenge that has been in existence for quite a while in public schools but has become especially evident in the wake of the pandemic that has had a huge impact on education.

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