Tag: Alamosa
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CIA website features report of “frightening” UFO sighting that occurred in Colorado
For many years, residents and visitors of Colorado’s mysterious and vast San Luis Valley have claimed to witness odd and unexplained phenomena taking place in the night sky. One of those ‘events’ was apparently deemed notable enough to be published on the C.I.A. website. That document captures an article titled ‘Pair of Pueblo Youths Photograph…
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Judge in Barry Morphew case rules to limit pre-trial publicity
ALAMOSA — Barry Morphew, the Colorado man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a remote field in the San Luis Valley, will likely face trial next summer. During a brief hearing in the case Monday, his attorney David Beller told 12th Judicial District Chief Court Judge Amanda Hopkins that his team…
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YMHC impact at Ortega Middle School
For 12-year-old students navigating middle school in rural Colorado, challenges extend far beyond homework and social dynamics. Many face unstable housing, language barriers, and limited access to mental health resources. For them, the Youth Mental Health Corps (YMHC) can be a lifeline. Berkeley Wall, a second-year YMHC member at Ortega Middle School in Alamosa, has…
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Colorado State Land Board approves carbon lease to restore San Luis Valley rangeland
480-acre project will rehabilitate trust land near Alamosa, sequester carbon and increase school revenues The Colorado State Land Board approved a new partnership that aims to restore degraded rangeland while opening a new revenue stream for public schools. The board authorized a 15-year grassland carbon lease on 480 acres northwest of Alamosa to Land and…
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‘Disney World of astronomy’: Luxury stargazing resort aims for debut in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
Gamal Jadue Zalaquett remembers being 12 in Miami, his family having arrived from Chile, where the economics of the early 2000s had flipped their real estate fortunes. “We lost pretty much everything,” Jadue Zalaquett says. “It was seven of us sleeping in one bedroom at one point.” The American dream felt distant. But the boy…
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Family of Lakewood homicide victim pleads with suspected killer: ‘Turn yourself in’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The family of a Lakewood man whose remains were discovered by law enforcement in Saguache County in July begged the person suspected of killing him to turn himself in. “If you snapped or whatever. You hurt a family. It’s time to pay the piper,” James…
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A Colorado chef’s star-studded journey led her back home for an unlikely honor
ALAMOSA • Denise Vigil would rather tend to other things — inventory, payroll, food prep, etc. — than check social media. But checking social media also comes with running a restaurant. One day this spring, Vigil was checking The Friar’s Fork Instagram when she came by a message from a local customer. It was a…
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Colorado Gators rebuilding after April fire
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A manager of Colorado Gators and Reptile Park in Alamosa thought she was pulling a dead tortoise from the wreckage of a burned building where more than 100 animals died in April. But Thing 4, a red-footed tortoise, had survived the fire by burrowing under another exhibit in the reptile barn and poked his head…
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San Luis Valley counties to receive federal dollars for broadband
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Conejos and Alamosa counties in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are set to receive a chunk of a $401 million disbursement from the federal government for broadband expansion. The Thursday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative will receive nearly $2 million to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network that will bring…
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Phil Weiser describes severity of complaints against San Luis Valley DA as unprecedented in Colorado
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San Luis Valley District Attorney Alonzo Payne is in the eye of a storm, a controversy that has been building in his 12th Judicial District since he took office a year and a half ago. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who on Tuesday announced that his seven month investigation into nine complaints from crime victims…