Category: Local News

The Crestone Eagle • November, 2021 Neighbors Helping Neighbors elects new board members, helps get firewood to those in need by Mary Lowers Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) has been busy this summer and fall. Thanks to the...

Pile burning planned on the Rio Grande National Forest MONTE VISTA, Colo. Dec. 08, 2021 – The Rio Grande National Forest plans to burn numerous piles of woody debris in timber sale and thinning project areas on the Rio Grande...

The Crestone Eagle • November, 2021 Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day—a look a local recycling by Avê Doering “One of the good news stories of our time: Instead of a waste problem, we have a resource opportunity.”  –Ecocycle...

The Crestone Eagle • November, 2021 Notes from the pyre – Natural Burial Ground update On October 19, 2021, the Saguache County Commissioners granted permission to the Crestone End of Life Project (CEOLP) to establish a...

The Crestone Eagle • November, 2021 ASU/CSU partnership helps STEM students earn mechanical engineering degrees by Andy Brown Adams State University (ASU) will receive $4,860,516 in funding over five years to support an increase...

The Crestone Eagle • October, 2021 Saguache plans senior housing facility by Sandia Belgrade   Senior housing efforts are expanding. For older residents, the need for more housing in the county has become acute, reflecting the...

Prescribed Burning Planned At Great Sand Dunes National Park   As part of Great Sand Dunes National Park’s hazardous fuels reduction efforts, fire managers from the park in partnership with Rio Grande National Forest are...

The Crestone Eagle • October, 2021 Group seeks equitable broadband access; Individual needed to spearhead outreach Citing a need for widespread access to internet service across the San Luis Valley, a collaboration of non-profit...

The Crestone Eagle • September, 2021 Crestone Food Bank Many great people answered the call to serve by Fane Burman The Crestone Food Bank has come a long way from Judie Rose’s kitchen where it began more than 20 years ago....