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Monte Vista News

Local news for Monte Vista, CO continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Wednesday | Monte Vista Journal Online

Honored for service

Rio Grande County Commissioners honored employees for their years of service to the County at their regularly scheduled meeting Aug.

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Related Topix: Rio Grande County, CO

Thu Aug 21, 2008

Valley Courier

Volunteer Training Ongoing

The Alamosa County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue's Dive Team received their third level of certification this week as qualified search and rescue dive professionals.

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Related Topix: Alamosa County, CO

Tue Aug 19, 2008

Valley Courier

Horse drawn vehicles need motorists' consideration

Accidents can be deadly By ERIC MULLENS ALAMOSA - Last week a potentially deadly accident occurred on Colo.

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Related Topix: Alamosa, CO

Sun Aug 17, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

Aquifers: San Luis Valley's largest reservoirs

Melvin Getz of Monte Vista is a former Rio Grande County commissioner. Second of two parts The largest San Luis Valley reservoirs are not above ground, but are the aquifers underlying the valley floor.

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Related Topix: Rio Grande County, CO, Gunbarrel, CO, Alamosa, CO, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Opinion

Sun Aug 10, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

Aging San Luis Valley reservoirs need work

Melvin Getz of Monte Vista is a former Rio Grande County commissioner. - - - First of two parts A year ago, in July 2007, the San Luis Valley celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the construction of most of ...

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Related Topix: Rio Grande County, CO, Agriculture, Science, Opinion

Thu Aug 07, 2008

John Orr

Permanent augmentation water for the Blanca Wetlands?

Here's an update on the BLM's efforts to exchange parcels for rights to permanent augmentation water for the Blanca Wetlands, from The Valley Courier .

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Related Topix: Blanca, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

Tue Aug 05, 2008

Valley Courier

BLM revises land-for-water trade proposal

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comment on a revised proposal to exchange up to 10 parcels of BLM land for up to 189.8 acre feet of water annually from the Anderson Ditch in Monte Vista.

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Related Topix: Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Blanca, CO

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Monte Vista Journal Online

Head-on crash blamed on weather

Bad weather and driving too fast for conditions contributed to a three-vehicle head-on crash on U.S. Highway 160 just east of Del Norte in Rio Grande County at about 2 p.m. Monday, July 28, according to the ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Del Norte, CO, Rio Grande County, CO

Monte Vista Journal Online

Business fined for liquor violation

According to witnesses during a public hearing at the July 17 Monte Vista City Council meeting, an ex-girlfriend's call led officers to an incident in which Southwest Liquor was alleged to be in violation of ...

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Fri Jul 25, 2008

Valley Courier

USFS drafts motor vehicle use maps

Photo by Laurelin Kruse Doug Alford and John Murphy look over a motor vehicle use map at the open house in Monte Vista Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Alamosa, CO, La Jara, CO, Center, CO, Creede, CO

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Valley Courier

Mental health R.A.C.E.'s to help Boys and Girls Club

Mary Robertson presents Richard M. Esquibel with a Boys and Girls t-shirt as a show gratitude for San Luis Valley Mental Health's generous Suburban donation.

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Related Topix: Center, CO, Alamosa, CO, Del Norte, CO

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Physics Blog

Scientists to discuss climate risk posed by wetlands destruction

A Sandhill Crane performs a ritual mating dance as tens of thousands cranes fly in at sunset to roost for the night in the wetlands of the Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge in March in Monte Vista, Colorado.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Brazil, World News

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Denver Post

Schaffer sees red in voters' oil blues

He heard it over coffee at 8 a.m., from a school volunteer in Saguache worried about the cost of fueling school buses.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Alamosa, CO, El Paso (University of Texas System), University of Texas System

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Valley Courier

Hot Jazz in the Cool Valley

Photos by Keith R. Cerny More than 200 people attended the second Sundays at Six concert sponsored by the Alamosa Live Music Association in Cole Park.

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Related Topix: Alamosa, CO

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Valley Courier

Judge continues undersheriff sentencing

Pearson empathizes with defendant STAFF REPORT DEL NORTE - Judge Amanda Pearson on Wednesday continued for a month the sentencing of former Rio Grande County Undersheriff Jonathan Jay Gonzales, 32, of Monte ...

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Related Topix: Del Norte, CO, Rio Grande County, CO

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Venturacountystar.com

Pleasant Valley district names 2 new principals

The Pleasant Valley School District in Camarillo has announced that two new principals will help lead middle schools in the fall.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Valley Courier

Rio Grande Forest celebrates 100th anniversary

Yesterday brought in the birthday cake for the Rio Grande National Forest. "Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us," sang Public Affairs Officer Michael Blakeman.

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Related Topix: La Jara, CO, Del Norte, CO, Saguache, CO

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Valley Courier

Ex-nursing home bookkeeper charged

Cooper faces theft, forgery charges By RUTH HEIDE ALAMOSA - Former San Luis Care Center bookkeeper and receptionist Linette Cooper, 39, of Monte Vista, was charged on Monday with felony theft and forgery ...

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Related Topix: Alamosa, CO

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Rocky Mountain News

County code in tune with West

County code in tune with West Alamosa board treated to a song Sonia Kaur Monday, June 30, 2008 Roy Fred Hargrove There's nothing like a country song to lighten up a government meeting.

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Related Topix: Alamosa, CO, Alamosa County, CO

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Valley Courier

Fire destroys three structures

Wind blows burn piles into buildings Tuesday By RUTH HEIDE ALAMOSA - A Tuesday afternoon fire destroyed three outbuildings on County Road 101 South property belonging to John Martinez.

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Related Topix: Alamosa, CO

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