La Veta News

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.

Colorado Department of Transportation highway maintenance professionals Richard 'Willie' Atencio of San Pablo and Josh Velasquez of Blanca received CDOT Achievement Awards during ceremonies at a meeting of the Colorado Transportation Commission on June 18 in Denver.

It is not a sight that people driving through Colorado see very often. Jim Morrison and his sister just happened to be lucky.

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 ...

Remember the good 'ole days when a buck really meant something? Well, vacationers can find it all again riding across Colorado's San Luis Valley on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad.

We were riding south of Fort Carson's main gate on Highway 115 and saw a little graveyard on Fort Carson.

Colorado State Patrol troopers were led on a high speed chase through two southern Colorado counties Wednesday.

William 'Bill' Allen Petlock went to be with the Lord on Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in Pueblo, Colo., after a 31-month -long courageous battle with lung and brain cancer.

Snow is falling on the Western Slope this morning and some mountain areas could see up to 6 inches of new snow today.

Colorado Springs police arrested the owner of Paul's Bar at 310 S. Eighth St. on Wednesday on suspicion of holding an illegal poker game.

The Pitkin County Library was named as one of Colorado's seven outstanding library facilities, according to an announcement from the Colorado Department of Education.

Up to 4 feet of snow, and drifts exceeding 6 to 8 feet are frosting southwestern Colorado.

Heavy snow and wind are causing travel problems in many parts of Colorado, including Southern Colorado, with some roads closed.

A 54-year-old man was struck and killed by an SUV late Wednesday on Colorado 160 about 7 miles west of town.

The Colorado State Patrol are investigating an automobile versus pedestrian fatal crash, which occurred last night at around 11:30 p.m. It happened on Colorado 160 just west of Walsenburg in Huerfano County.

Residents in the Wet Mountain Valley and Sangre de Cristo Mountains went to bed Monday night and were expected to wake up today to as many as 21 inches of snow.

Riding from Comanche National Grassland to Trinidad, Colorado is cold this morning.

8, 2008, even before another 10 inches of snow was expected to fall. Considerable snow will hit the state later today, with up to 5 inches possible in Denver and much heavier snow for southern Colorado.