Rio Grande County News

A proposed $180 million high-voltage transmission line into the San Luis Valley picked up support Tuesday night from the county commissions of San Luis, Rio Grande and Saguache counties.

The boyfriend of a Colorado woman found dead in a barrel in an Arizona lake has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case.

Center residents heard findings from a study conducted by utility master Stephen Duree Oct.

It will be another 30 days before prosecutors can file charges against a 14-year-old Del Norte boy in the deaths of his mother and stepfather.

The Rio Grande County Sheriff\\\'s Office and Colorado Bureau of Investigation wound up their work at the scene of two deaths in the Rock Creek area at about 4 a.m. Wednesday and the district attorney is preparing charges on a 14-year-old suspect.

The first court appearance of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing his mother and stepfather was closed to the public and a judge ordered everyone involved in the case to not talk about it.

A 14-year-old is being held by the Rio Grande County Sheriff's Office pending the District Attorney's charge of murder for the deaths of his mother and stepfather.

The Rio Grande County Sheriff says he expects a 14-year-old boy to be charged in the deaths of his parents.

Ethan Duane Kroschel has announced that he will be running for Sheriff of Rio Grande County.

From left, 12th Judicial District Attorney David Mahonee, Rio Grande County Undersheriff Chuck Chick and Sheriff Brian Norton make public the fact that remains recovered in an Arizona lake June 24 have been identified as those of Danice Lea Day, missing since Jan.

The mystery of Danice Lea Day came to a sad conclusion Tuesday as Rio Grande County Sheriff Brian Norton revealed that her remains had been identified.

Authorities say a body retrieved from an Arizona lake is that of a Colorado mother of two who disappeared more than seven years ago.

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.

Authorities say a body found in an Arizona State Park may be the remains of a 19-year-old mother of two who disappeared in Colorado in 2002.

Forensic pathologists with the El Paso County Coroners office are conducting an autopsy on the remains of a woman believed to have gone missing from Monte Vista, Colorado in 2002.

The remains of Danice Day, a young mother missing from her Monte Vista home ince 2002, may have been found in an Arizona lake, authorities said this morning.

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

Some Colorado State Parks gems, clockwise from top: Elephant Rocks, Rio Grande County; Mount Goliath, Clear Creek County; Roxborough, Douglas County; and St.

The Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Council -- funded with a grant from insurer UnitedHealthcare -- has distributed $1.2 million in a second round of grants.