Manassa News

According to Colorado State Patrol, 46-year-old Kimberley Sue Romero was driving eastbound on Highway 142, just outside Manassa, Colo., when she drifted off the road and rolled her car.

John Salazar doesn't seem to miss Congress.It's been about 10 months since the Democrat and former member of the U.S. House's powerful Ways and Means Committee lost a bitter re-election campaign for a fourth term.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is being honored during his hometown's celebration of its heritage.The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union and Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado are thanking Salazar Saturday during the Pioneer Day parade in Manassa.

U.S. boxer. Dempsey started fighting in 1914 under the name Kid Blackie. After compiling an impressive number of first-round knockouts, in 1919 he was matched against world heavyweight champion Jess Willard.

It didn't take long for John Salazar, who represented CD 3 in Congress for three terms before losing his seat in the Republican tsunami of 2010, to rekindle his passion upon leaving Washington.