Saguache County News

A state review of property taxes shows some southern Colorado residents have been paying only a fraction of what they should, and others across the state have been paying extra to make up the difference.

Colorado taxpayers have oversubsidized schools in Saguache County by an undetermined amount of money for up to a decade, thanks to a county assessor who hasn't kept up in adding new construction to the cash-strapped county's tax rolls, a state-ordered examination has found.

Investigation revealed that 24-year-old Zachary Paul Lemasters, of Crestone was driving a 2003 Saturn 4 door, eastbound on Camino Del Rey at a very high rate of speed.

Marilyn Marks speaks with volunteers as they count ballots during a hand review of voted ballots for the clerk and commissioner races of Saguache County in the Saguache Community Center on last August.