The Del Norte Board of Education continues to take steps towards their hopes of acquiring a BEST (Building Excellent Schools Today) Grant after a previous application was denied. Alamosa Mayor Pro Tem Liz Hensley was elected to serve as the Colorado Municipal Leagues secretary/treasurer. To accommodate Alamosas bowling alley and other similar businesses near schools, the Alamosa city council approved on first reading and scheduled for a March 7 public hearing an ordinance reducing the allowable distance from schools to establishments with hotel/restaurant liquor licenses. CENTER The seventh annual classic Poorboy Car Club show will be held at the Center Schools parking lot Saturday July 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ALAMOSA Community Banks of Colorado will provide financing for the citys ice rink/multipurpose facility. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statements in support of extending funding for three health programs that are critical to Coloradans. Worried about reducing transparency in rural Colorado communities that still lack broadband, Gov. ALAMOSA We dont know what we dont know until you let us know, said Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System Regional Director Kim Hoge at the quarterly veterans town hall meeting on Friday. A move is underway to place marijuana questions on the City of Alamosa ballot this fall. SAN LUIS Multiple fire departments responded to a large structure fire Tuesday evening at 107 Main Street in San Luis. ALAMOSA If two head(gates) are better than one, five will be even better. Center High School senior Jordan Lobato is one of 42 seniors statewide to receive this years round of Boettcher Foundation Scholarships. City officials and staff recognized Alamosa Municipal Judge Daniel Powell on his final day of court before retirement on Wednesday. STATEWIDE Sunday will crown the winner of Super Bowl LII, but some fans will find themselves losing their license, money and freedom associated with a DUI conviction. He grew up with his two little sisters, Samantha, oldest and younger sister, Shianne. ALAMOSA Under new management and with a new name, the Potters House is a place where new lives and hope are created. ALAMOSA San Luis Valley Healths long-standing support of Adams State University takes many forms, from helping to educate future nurses and providing internships to funding scholarships and providing medical services. ALAMOSA This spring, Anisa might have been a missionary in Africa. CONEJOS COUNTY It is Safe2Tell and a Conejos County child did just that. Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday ordered flags be lowered to half-staff immediately to honor the victims of the attack in Las Vegas and as proclaimed by President Donald Trump. ALAMOSA In district court on Friday District Judge Michael Gonzales denied a motion to exclude a photo lineup from trial evidence and is considering another similar motion regarding a single photo used to identify the suspect of a fatal hit and run in January 2017. ALAMOSA Four open school board positions are now down to one after last weeks election. Call 657-3334. Santos Navares, 25,of La Jara, who also goes by the name, Santos Rameriz, is scheduled for a two-day preliminary hearing April 19-20 on an array of charges relating to the Jan. 15 deaths of three persons. VALLEY This week is Hunger Education Week, an annual event hosted by La Puente meant to educate the community on this issue in the community. SAGUACHE After deliberating for several hours, a jury empaneled to decide the fate of Charles M. Gonzales in the death of Michael D. Rust in 2009 returned a verdict at 1:20 p.m. Thursday afternoon of guilty on all counts. With contract negotiations between Mountain View Aeromotive and Alamosa County falling through, the county is in the process of requesting proposals for a new fixed-base operator (FBO) for the general aviation portion of San Luis Valley Regional Airport. Alamosa may face another marijuana ballot question, this time in a special election this year. At the February 22nd Monte Vista city council meeting, interviews for city attorney candidates were held with former City Attorney Gene Farish, and current City Attorney Karen Lintott being interviewed. Meeting with Alamosa city councilors and staff Wednesday night, Municipal Judge Daniel Powell responded to a recent American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) report. RIO GRANDE COUNTY A Center resident drowned in the Rio Grande River on Friday afternoon, according to Rio Grande County Sheriff Brian Norton. 12th Judicial Chief District Judge Pattie Swift is one of three finalists for a vacancy on the Colorado Supreme Court. VALLEY The Division Engineer for Division 3 of the Colorado Division of Water Resources has announced that the irrigation season will end on November 1 for all irrigation structures within the San Luis Valley. Alamosa city councilors are as yet undecided on an RV resort proposal that would include a portion of the Alamosa Ranch. CREEDE The Rio Grande National Forest is inviting public comment for an environmental analysis of a proposed land sale to convey 81.25 acres of National Forest System land to Mineral County. DEL NORTE A concealed handgun firearm training course will be offered by the Rio Grande County Sheriffs Office. ALAMOSA Volunteers will build a completely new playground in Alamosa all in one day on Saturday and already have a name for it. In this accident occurring at approximately 10:13 a.m. on Thursday, April 26, a semi truck, driven by 57-year-old Thomas Stamm of Denver, was traveling southbound on Highway 17 hauling chicken fertilizer. VALLEY Following a series of articles, ads, and radio shows, the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council (SLVEC) is wrapping up its campaign with a road map of the Valleys recycling activities and fact-filled brochure which it hopes will become a major source of information and messaging tool for creating better recycling access and opportunities. Engineer Gregory Sullivan, expert witness for the objectors, was on the stand as the Rio Grande Basin well rules trial entered its third and possibly final week on Monday. Serina and Selena might have been finishing their first year of college, studying to be doctors. The Alamosa Police Department is requesting the assistance of citizens across the San Luis Valley in locating James Mitchell McNeill, a 31-year-old San Luis Valley resident. Alamosa, CO . MONTE VISTA Fire restrictions will be removed as of Wednesday, July 18, for all lands managed by the Rio Grande National Forest, Bureau of Land Management San Luis Valley Field Office and Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. ALAMOSA The Great American Cookout Tour presented by the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS.us), the largest non-profit barbeque association in the world will feature food sampling and a lively, interactive pitmaster demo tour as part of the San Lui. VALLEY Related to pending oil/gas leases that have drawn some concern from local residents, the Huerfano County commissioners on Tuesday voted to ask for a delay of the oil and natural gas leases on the other side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from the Great Sand Dunes. ALAMOSA The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program could potentially end this March, leaving thousands of students and workers subject to deportation. ALAMOSA A retired schoolteacher living in rural Alamosa for the past 10 years has been charged with a double homicide occurring in California 23 years ago. A Wednesday morning fire at El Super Taco in Alamosa caused fire and smoke damage to the eatery at 415 Main Street as well as some smoke damage to a storeroom in the adjacent Hunan Restaurant. ALAMOSA District Judge Patrick Hayes planned to sentence Naomi Olguin, 22, for her part in the 2016 Floyd Dale McBride murder on Thursday, but he issued a bench warrant for her instead. Paramedic Ted Anderson and Alamosa Fire Department Chief Don Chapman load an injured driver into an ambulance at the intersection of West Avenue and Sixth Street at approximately 12:40 p.m. Thursday. Youngster find the brightly colored eggs left in Boyd Park by American Legion members and volunteers during the Legions annual Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday. ALAMOSA In a 5-1 vote with Councilman Michael Carson opposed and Councilman David Broyles absent, the Alamosa city council on Wednesday night approved a land exchange of city ranch property for private property belonging to Rio Bravo RV Resort developers. SAGUACHE Day three of the Charles M. Gonzales trial for the murder of mountain bike enthusiast Michael Rust began with the lengthy testimony of Gonzaless father, Guadalupe Lupe Gonzales, concerning his sons activities before and after Rusts disappearance. Adams State University President Beverlee J. McClure said the university strongly supports continuation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which the White House ended September 5, with a six-month delay to allow Congress to devise an alternate plan. CONEJOS First appearance in district court is slated at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 15 for Michael John Robinson, 32. VALLEY Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) this week announced Colorado will receive $36.6 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2017, with more than $3 million going to San Luis Valley counties. ALAMOSA Alleged to have helped move Floyd Dale McBride when he was still alive and bury him after he bled to death from a gunshot wound, Kelvin K-Dog Ruybal, 34, of Manassa, appeared for a preliminary hearing before Alamosa County Judge Daniel Walzl o. ALAMOSA Acknowledging its economic impact to the Alamosa and San Luis Valley area, the Alamosa city council has again decided to sponsor Alamosa Round-UP. STATEWIDE But in case your next spring celebration includes alcohol or marijuana, know that law enforcement will be on heightened alert to keep impaired drivers off the road. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R), along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, today introduced the Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act to fund innovative approaches to combat the opioid epidemic. In a statement posted by Adams State University on Monday, the ASU trustees announced that ASU President Beverlee McClure is on leave, pending "a mutually agreeable resolution.". The South Conejos School District is working with Conejos County law enforcement to locate two second graders who were taken from the elementary school shortly before school started on Wednesday, March 1. SAGUACHE Jose Hugo Perez appeared before District Judge Patrick Hayes in Saguache District Court on Tuesday with attorney Riley Selleck of Salida for a motions hearing to determine if Judge Hayes would agree to review potential evidence in his case in c. 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