Saguache News

Updated: Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 7:44 AM EST Published : Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 7:35 AM EST SAGUACHE, Colo.

The Colorado State Patrol said a driver's erratic behavior and the discovery of a strange liquid inside a fleeing pickup led troopers to call for a hazardous materials team after a vehicle chase.

Dec. 22--MONTE VISTA -- One of the world's biggest solar companies withdrew its application to develop a power plant on federal land in the San Luis Valley, the Bureau of Land Management announced Monday.

About 97 percent of Colorado households have some high-speed Internet service available without an extraordinary commitment of resources, but access is far less in rural areas, according to a report released Wednesday.

A state report indicates the city of Alamosa ignored a recommendation to have a deteriorating drinking water tank inspected years before the 2008 outbreak that sickened hundreds.

Michael Rust's family and friends remembered a man Sunday who wouldn't kill rattlesnakes and was passionate about mountain biking.

Gov. Bill Ritter is touring the San Luis Valley today and Saturday, hosting a series of town hall meetings.

Colorado has hired a group called Veterans Green Jobs to weatherize about 240 houses in the San Luis Valley in the southern part of the state.

The chilly nights in the high country are leading to changing leaves. As the days grow shorter and nights grow longer, biochemical processes in the leaves cause them to lose their green blanketing the Rocky Mountains in brilliant tints of red, orange, and gold.

Small towns often have to overcome the challenge of hearing people say, "There's nothing to do here!" But Chris Gydesen answered that call for the downtown of Saguache by purchasing and renovating Ute Theater on Fourth Street.

In the past week, Sen. Gail Schwartz rode the Cumbres-Toltec train, spoke to "Brazen Business Women" in Salida about health care and found time to co-sponsor a bill on easier routes to home equity lines of credit for qualified green projects.

HistoriCorps, a pilot program that will engage volunteers and professionals to help repair U.S. Forest Service buildings, is coming to Colorado.

Two bow hunters found the body of a man who was reported missing days ago by his family.

On Thursday, August 27, the Colorado Department of Transportation will begin a project to resurface a 9.48-mile stretch of US 285 south of Saguache.

The first $87 million of a half-billion-dollar state program to build better schools in Colorado will be used for five projects in San Luis Valley.

The Rio Grande County Land Use Department held its first in a series of economic development workshops this past Thursday, July 30 at the county annex room in Del Norte.

The Rio Grande County Land Use Department held its first in a series of economic development workshops this past Thursday, July 30 at the county annex room in Del Norte.