La Junta News

LA JUNTA, Colo. - Church hasn't been out but a couple hours, and there are free sandwiches in the fellowship hall for anyone interested in hearing why Colorado should become the first state where voters say ...

As city officials struggle with budgets all across the state, public libraries tend to be the first on the chopping block.

Tourists in Southern Colorado may soon have a tight relationship with Sunny Tolani and his company, Prince Preferential.

COURTESY PHOTOS/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE -- A trader converses with a tribesman during a past fur trade encampment at Bent's Old Fort.Cooks will be preparing meals in the fort kitchen during the upcoming fur trade ...

Property owners met Thursday night in Swink to get the latest information on conservation easements , in light of the shenanigans brought into view by the state of Colorado and the Internal Revenue Service last ...

ONE WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING OUT ITS COACHING POSITIONS. DAVE COPPOCK HANDLES BOTH THE CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK AND FIELD PROGRAMS, BUT CERTAINLY YOU CAN AT LEAST SEE THE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN THE ...

What high school student wouldn't want to spend the day at the mall and not get in trouble for missing school? If school is at the mall, the problem is solved.

The Lamar Police Department's fight against crime took a large step forward in recent months.

Pueblo County District 70's effort to bring more technology into its classrooms will be showcased throughout the Southern Colorado region via the airwaves of National Public Radio.

Amber Rae Morrow, 17, of Windsor, was issued a summons for following too closely in the 200 block of 1st St.

COMANCHE NATIONAL GRASSLAND In this corner of Colorado, so far south and east you can see cows grazing in Oklahoma, the smooth swells of the prairie suddenly break on the rocks of unexpected canyon lands.

And also these folks. Football hall-of-fame inductee George Blanda is 81 today. I'm surprised he doesn't suit up.

By Gary Massaro , Rocky Mountain News Saturday, September 13, 2008 Donald White, 75 Donald Martin White craved education like a weeping willow needs water.

A group of rural business owners is suing the state over its minimum wage law adopted by Colorado voters in 2006.

If someone were traveling, working or living in the American West during the 19th century, there's a pretty good chance they stopped at Bent's Fort.

A Nevada-based manufacturer of liquid crystal windows is coming to La Junta's industrial park, company officials said Tuesday.

People who know the new head of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay say area Catholics can expect a man of deep faith and high energy who has a pastoral approach to being a spiritual leader.

Light-weight steer calves sold steady from $120 to $133. Heavy-steer calves sold steady from $115 to $126. Light-heifer calves sold mostly steady from $105 to $116. Heavy-heifer calves sold steady from $105 to ...

Jennifer Hood and Shawn Borton were married June 21 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart with the Rev.

Recent rains have turned the season around for some farmers, while others may find it's a case of too little too late.