Alamosa News

In Spanish, milagros means miracles. In Alamosa, Colo., it means that and more. The coffee shop in downtown Alamosa is named Milagros, and it is a fund-raising enterprise for La Puente, a nonprofit organization that offers several community outreach programs for five counties in the San Luis Valley.

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The following is a list of communities and their activities for the July Fourth holiday.

There are new details in the case of a missing mother. Danice Day, 19, disappeared from her Monte Vista home 7 years ago.

The Rio Grande County Sheriff's office says investigators may have found the remains of Danice Day in an Arizona state park.

Eighteen Morgan and Washington county 4-H members, two teen counselors and three 4-H leaders attended a four day 4-H Camp in the San Luis Valley last week.

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Ornithologists and "want-to-be's" like me gathered in Alamosa the third week in May for a five-day bird search/count and celebration in the San Luis Valley and environs.

Runners in the 2008 Mt. Washington Road Race prepare to start what was sure to be one of the most grueling challenges of their lives.

ALAMOSA, Colo. A southern Colorado newspaper reporter has told deputies he was punched and shoved while covering a minor collision between a trailer and an excursion train.

The Dededo resident will attend Adams State College in Alamosa, Colo., this fall and will run for the Grizzlies' cross country and track and field teams.

Back in 2006, Marshall High School girls track and field coach Sarah Svenningsen could see the potential that freshman Katie Kruger had in the shot put and discus.

With 93 national parks and monuments in the United States, some are bound to be overlooked.

Muralist Fred "Lightning Heart" Haberlein stands in front of one of his creations.

The federal Transportation Security Administration is about to get formal with air travelers.

Art in the Park will partner with Rio Grande Scenic Railroad to open the new season Memorial Day weekend in Fullenwider Park.The weekend, May 23-24, will kick off on Saturday at 10 a.m., with artists displaying and selling their creations.

Eastern New Mexico University has selected Jeff Geiser, formerly of Adams State College, as its new athletic Director.

Singer-songwriter Mike Addington brings bassist Paul Gatton, as well as special guest Don Richmond sitting in, to play his mix of honky-tonk songs that hit the gut with finely-penned lyrics and music that speaks to our universally shared emotions for the Alamosa Live Music Associationa s member appreciation concert this Sat., May 16, 7:30pm, at the ...

ASC Community Partnerships will be featuring the work of art teachers from around the Valley for the "Before they were Teachers they were Artists" exhibit during the month of May.

Former Wisconsin standout Freddie Owens has been named an assistant basketball coach at the University of Montana.