san luis valley
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Nearly a dozen Republicans pack primary to replace Colorado’s Ken Buck | COVER STORY
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With just weeks until precinct caucuses and less than a month to go before nominating petitions are due, it’s crunch time in the Republican primary for Colorado’s safest GOP-held congressional seat. At last count, 11 candidates are vying for the chance to replace Republican Ken Buck, the former state GOP chairman who said in early…
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Marguerite Salazar, former Colorado insurance commissioner and federal health official, dies
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Marguerite Salazar, who served four years as Colorado’s insurance commissioner, died in Santa Fe on Nov. 1. Salazar died at a Santa Fe hospice, surrounded by her family, according to the Alamosa Citizen. She was 69. Salazar was born Juanita Marguerite Lara in La Jara, in the San Luis Valley. Salazar earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from…
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Attorney to DougCo commissioners: water project still not ready for prime time
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While two of the three Douglas County Commissioners continue to look favorably at a project that would siphon water out of the San Luis Valley, an attorney the commissioners hired to review the proposal remains convinced the project faces a host of legal and other hurdles that show no signs of being resolved. The attorney,…
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San Luis Valley counties to receive federal dollars for broadband
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Conejos and Alamosa counties in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are set to receive a chunk of a $401 million disbursement from the federal government for broadband expansion. The Thursday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative will receive nearly $2 million to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network that will bring…
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Douglas County commissioners suspend Lora Thomas as chair
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Commissioners from Douglas County today said they suspended Lora Thomas as chair of the board. They also called for an investigation into Thomas’ “conduct” over the latter allegedly circulating a resignation letter from a first responder. In statement published on the county’s website, the commissioners said Thomas did so “for her own political advantage.” “Today, the Board…
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New initiative in western Colorado seeks answers to changing ways of sandhill cranes
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Well known are the sandhill cranes that grace the southern San Luis Valley every spring. Lesser known is the smaller population that migrates across the Western Slope, around Delta and Montrose. And more mysterious to experts on that side of Colorado: reasons for fewer sightings of the majestic birds over the past couple of decades,…
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Alamosa City Council approves funding for recall of controversial San Luis Valley district attorney
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After listening to an hour of public comment regarding their controversial district attorney, including testimony from the police chief and city manager, the Alamosa City Council voted 4-1 to use taxpayer dollars in an effort to recall him. Alonzo Payne took office in 2021 and has three years left on his term, but a recall…
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Attorney leaves RWR project, lawmakers weigh in
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Kevin Kinnear, the attorney for Renewable Water Resources, notified Douglas County commissioners last week he is no longer attached to the project. In his March 11 letter to the commissioners, Kinnear said he accepted a full-time mediator job, which begins Monday, March 14. He wrote that he remains firmly in favor of the project, which…
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Uproar in San Luis Valley over district attorney’s actions
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The honeymoon is over in the San Luis Valley between its freshman District Attorney, the Alamosa police chief and residents – who last week begged the City Council to use taxpayers’ money in an effort to recall the man some nicknamed “Let’em Go Alonzo.” The council listened to sentiment during the three hour meeting that District…
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RWR water project faces opposition from Polis, legislators
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The attention on a $600-million proposal to pipe water from the San Luis Valley to Douglas County is gaining attention – of the negative kind – from Gov. Jared Polis and other policymakers at the state Capitol. Polis, in a statement to Colorado Politics, took a position last week on the proposal from Renewable Water…
