Category: Archive Headlines

by Sandia Belgrade,  with Peter Peterson,  County Assessor   JoAnn Groff, Property Tax Administrator for the state of Colorado, has announced that this county and many others will see an 18% budgetary reduction in funding....

The Crestone/Baca Indivisible group held its first organizational meeting at the home of Chalet II resident Sarah Hoenninger in mid-January with about 20 local residents gathering. According to organizer Susannah Ortego, the...

by Rosemary Dempsey, Dir. Communications, GOCO The Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Board awarded three grants totaling more than $1.4 million to projects across the San Luis Valley. San Luis Valley Inspire, a valley-wide...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has awarded $2.35 million in grant funding for seven research studies to address potential public health and safety impacts of marijuana use. Research areas will include...

Electoral College makes the final decision by Lisa Cyriacks The 2016 election was hugely partisan and highly unusual. The “real” presidential vote by the Electoral College on December 19, when presidential electors meet in the...

by Lisa Cyriacks The law enforcement sales tax proposition intended to build a new jail and create funds to hire additional deputies in Saguache County failed 1,225 to 1,554, while the marijuana excise tax passed 1,493 to 1,283....

by Sandia Belgrade The last meeting of November had an outpouring of people representing various entities protesting the latest tax valuation. While most of those attending were questioning the process and accuracy, a few made...

County faces election dilemma; Clerk asks for help by Sandia Belgrade   When the Director of Elections in Colorado comes down from Denver to Saguache County weeks before the national election, it underscores the urgent cry for...

by Lisa Cyriacks   Colorado was a hotly contested swing state in the 2008 and 2012 elections. This election year, according to national news sources, the US Senate race, once expected to be among the most competitive...

by Jason Anderson   Saguache County’s homegrown mountain bike race, the “Twelve hours of Penitence,” is alive and well and racing into its second year in Penitente Canyon on October 8. The race, which is run on a seventeen...

by Lisa Cyriacks Six statewide ballot questions have already qualified for the 2016 ballot. And there could be as many as five more, including two controversial anti-fracking measures. Ballot issues are popular nationwide this...

by Lisa Cyriacks Saguache County Commissioners approved two ballot questions for raising taxes. The first is based on a proposal submitted by a bi-partisan committee of citizens to raise sales taxes by one percent (1%) in...

by John Rowe  A group of concerned citizens from Crestone and the Baca met with a group put together by the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative (SLVREC) on June 30 at the POA Hall for two hours to discuss SLVREC’s plans...

by Lisa Cyriacks A bi-partisan committee met with the County Commissioners to present a proposal for a sales tax initiative to better fund Saguache County law enforcement. If the Commissioners approve the initiative by...

by Mary Lowers Saguache County resident Charles Moises Gonzales, 46, currently incarcerated in the Colorado Department of Corrections facility in Cañon City on charges unrelated to the murder of Michael Damien Rust, was served...

Lab tests confirmed in May that a Rio Grande County resident, who recently fell ill and was hospitalized, was exposed to hantavirus, according to Rio Grande County Public Health Director Emily Brown. To protect confidentiality,...

Saguache County considers new marijuana regulations Public hearing May 12 by Lisa Cyriacks Saguache County has marijuana on its agenda. Earlier this year, the County Commissioners convened a Marijuana Task Force to draft and...

Sanders, Cruz win at Colorado state conventions Choosing presidential candidates ‘feels like democracy,’ but reality is more complicated by Lisa Cyriacks Despite the majority of elected officials serving as Hillary...