La Veta News

The Lamar School Board began interviews for a new district superintendent Tuesday.

Diane Irwin used to flush her son's marijuana down the toilet. Now she's helping him run the family business.

But it's not always easy to keep the pot in stock. Though the dispensaries are legal in Colorado, the laws are vague about growing cannabis.

Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of an academic researcher and educator who took his PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and BS in Toxicology.

The red and white dotted line snaking 146 miles across a map of Colorado could be a path to a new energy economy or a scar on the state's spectacular landscape.

Colorado has a new cash crop: marijuana. Growing pot for medical use is one of the booming businesses in the state.

A winter storm moving across Colorado has closed some mountain passes and knocked out power in southwestern Colorado.

"Don't fight with me about this, okay?" my friend from Texas said a few months ago.

Huerfano County, which straddles the Eastern Plains and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is facing a wind rush.

Three southern Colorado counties are backing a proposal to build a new power transmission line in the San Luis Valley.

Personal use Christmas tree permits will be available from the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office and the U.S. Forest Service San Carlos Ranger District.

My husband and I just returned from a really quick trip to Colorado. We left Wednesday morning and were back home tonight at 6:30. Our first stop was Denver for an appointment and then we drove down I-25 to La Veta, CO.

The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a fatality that happened in Huerfano County, and the victim was listed as a missing person.

A monumental mountain estate for the equestrian-obsessed, potential buyers even considering the North Star Ranch should know theya d likely need a horse just to navigate the property.

The Union Pacific Railroad said Thursday that it has approved a request from Amtrak to operate a revived Ski Train between Denver and Winter Park for the upcoming ski season.

Don't tell Dorothy J. Tenorio that Washington is nearing a deal to improve her health care.

A mudslide has closed Highway 160 at La Veta Pass Saturday evening. Colorado State Patrol tells NEWSCHANNEL 13 heavy rains have blocked the highway in both directions.

In honor of the National Park Service's Fee-Free Weekends, Mesa Verde Co., the National Park Service concessionaire in Mesa Verde National Park, is also offering special discounts to encourage Americans seeking affordable vacations to visit the park this summer.

The region's fastest growing excursion train, the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad is steaming into the 2009 summer season with a sizzling combo train and country music concert ticket deal, promising an unforgettable experience in the mountains of Fir, Colo.

There is just something about trains that fascinates both young and old alike. Historic trains are even more fun ... the ones that roll down tracks that were laid down more than a century ago to bring gold and silver ore out of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.