The Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) board awarded a $35,000 grant through Keep It Colorado to Colorado Open Lands to conserve the Chris and Carol Kester Ranch, a multigenerational working ranch in Costilla County.

“Aspen at Dusk,” an original art piece by Christine Mercer Kraft, was revealed Saturday night as the 2023 official poster for the Creede Repertory Theatre.

Over 400 firefighters from 18 states gathered this week at Adams State University for training offered by the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy.

A Romeo man is facing a slew of charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly stabbing a Conejos County Sheriff’s Office deputy on May 30.

Kevin Sloan, a veteran of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who is now retired, will be offering his expertise as a volunteer, staffing the new visitor center at the Baca National Wildlife Refuge. Also new to the refuge, is wildlife researcher Valerie Tafoya

Center resident Alon Avrahm-Debach, more commonly known as Alon Debach, was arrested by the Alamosa County Sheriff’s Office on May 18 in connection with a March 8 hit-and-run accident that resulted in the death of Cyril Carragher, 34, of Mosca.

— A Memorial Day ceremony was held at the Homelake Veterans Community Living Center Cemetery on Monday, May 29.

At a Memorial Day service at the Alamosa Cemetery, Veterans and others assembled to honor those who gave service and life to the nation.

First Southwest Bank (FSWB), a locally owned, independent community bank, and one of two Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) banks in Colorado, recently named Kristy Esquibel as Chief Credit Officer, Executive Vice President.

On May 24 at the meeting of the Alamosa Board of County Commissioners, a proclamation was read honoring regional emergency responders and designated May 21-27 as Emergency Medical Services Week.

The Rio Grande National Forest, Saguache Ranger District, extends its thanks to all the volunteers that helped conduct needed trail work on the Willow Lake Trail on Saturday, May 20.

The Alamosa County Sheriff’s Office reported finding the body of a deceased man in an area alongside the river south of Husmann Plumbing in Alamosa on Thursday evening.

"Pedal to Preservation" is a group ride to visit four of the more than 20 buildings which Alamosa City Council has designated as historic landmarks.