San Luis News

Any romantic notion I might have had of comparing myself to Lawrence dashing among the dunes of Arabia was rapidly fading as the spongy ridge of sand leading to Star Dune at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve became steeper.

The San Luis Valley has won a fair share of the latest Great Outdoors Colorado Lottery grants.

Eighteen Morgan and Washington county 4-H members, two teen counselors and three 4-H leaders attended a four day 4-H Camp in the San Luis Valley last week.

Ornithologists and "want-to-be's" like me gathered in Alamosa the third week in May for a five-day bird search/count and celebration in the San Luis Valley and environs.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has narrowed its focus to 22,000 acres in the San Luis Valley that it would consider for utility-scale solar projects .

Muralist Fred "Lightning Heart" Haberlein stands in front of one of his creations.

The old men and women of the oldest town in Colorado awaken early because it is their habit even now when their farm days are long behind them.

A small fire broke out in the Wal-Mart store in San Luis Saturday afternoon that caused the evacuation of the building, but the fire was quickly contained, according to a San Luis Police Department spokesman.

What was going through his mind, I asked Edward VigilI mean really , I added for emphasis - as he sat there Tuesday, every eye in the Colorado House trained on him.

Conservation efforts covering about two million acres in southwest Colorado are among several in 27 states that will share $57.8 million in grants from the Interior Department.

They are the oldest water distribution systems in Colorado and claim the most senior water rights.

Several health organizations are banding together under an umbrella group to gauge public opinion about establishing a shared database that organizers say will lead to greater quality care and efficiency of its ...

THE 67TH Colorado General Assembly convenes today with the state facing tough economic times and a projected budget shortfall of $200 million to $600 million.

Here's an update on the advisory committee that will help set pumping rules for the San Luis Valley, from Ruth Heide writing for the Valley Courier .

The State Engineer, Dick Wolfe, is appointing an advisory committee to help with developing groundwater rules and regulations in the San Luis Valley.

Forget about a white Christmas again this year. A cold front that moved quickly into the area on Tuesday brought the possibility, but the warmer temperatures expected today will melt that hope.

Horses leading the way for autistic kids Animals have often been a source of therapy for people who are either sick or handicapped.

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Reeling in the wake of fiery tragedy, colleagues of a University of Calgary professor lost to a Colorado plane crash say the victim lived by the ethics she imparted to her students.

Bad weather is hampering recovery efforts following a plane crash in the Colorado mountains that claimed the lives of a Calgary oil engineer and his wife.