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Eleanor Perk Knapp Obituary
Eleanor "Perk" Knapp Sept 4th, 1924 – Feb 4th, 2024 Obituary Eleanor Jean “Perk” Knapp of Rocky Ford passed away on February 4, 2024 in Rocky Ford at the age of 99. Eleanor was born at home in Rocky Ford to Carl and Nora Holder. She graduate...
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Bents Old Fort: Local Officials Urge Preservation of Unique Tourist Attraction
Bents Old Fort: Local Officials Urge Preservation of Unique Tourist Attraction Otero County, Colorado – February 7, 2024 - In a heartfelt letter addressed to the National Park Service, officials from Otero County, Colorado express their strong s...
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Joan Williams Obituary
Joan Williams Aug 29th, 1933 – Feb 5th, 2024 Obituary Joan Williams, 90, passed away February 5, 2024 at Fowler Healthcare. Joan was born August 29, 1933 at Yates Center, Kansas to Frank and Gladys Goodale. When she was a young child, her mother...
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Girls in the Middle Conference Registration Closes Feb 9, 2024
by Anne Boswell (La Junta, CO) -- Registration is now open for the 2024 Girls in the Middle Conference at Otero College. The annual conference will be Saturday, March 2nd and the theme is “Digging into Your Future.” Middle School aged girls wi...
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Letter to the Editor Concerning Bent's Old Fort: Good Cats are Hard to Find by Duke Frazier
Letter to the Editor Concerning Bent's Old Fort: Good Cats are Hard to Find By Duke Frazier For 16 years it stood the test of time, a hub of international commerce, a place where cultures inter-mixed, a place where lives began and lives ended. It ...
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Colorado Elected Officials Request National Parks Service Reevaluate Recent Changes at Bent's Old Fort
House Rep Ty Winter and Senator Rod Pelton Request NPS Reevaluate Recent Changes at Bent's Old Fort Subject: Urgent Request for Reevaluation of Recent Changes at Bent's Old Fort I write to express concerns shared by numerous constituents regarding...
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CBI and La Junta PD Investigating Shooting - No Arrests in Related Search
CBI Investigating La Junta Shooting The La Junta Police Department (LJPD) is working with agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in search of the person(s) responsible for multiple shots fired incidents that sent one juvenile to th...
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Letter to the Editor: Staffords Call for Bent's Old Fort Public Meeting
Letter to the Editor: Staffords Call for Bent's Old Fort Public Meeting Historians tell us that Bent's Old Fort was never attacked. Now, it seems, this grand reconstruction of the fabled fort is being attacked from within, leaving La Junta's one m...
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Kip Dallas Morgan Obituary
Kip Dallas Morgan March 23, 1959 - January 31, 2024 Kip Dallas Morgan was born on March 23, 1959 to Bonnie Lee (Shipman) Morgan-Wing, in Groton, New London, Connecticut. Kip departed us on January 31, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Kip is sur...
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Raymond Orlando Flores, Sr. Obituary
Raymond Orlando Flores, Sr. Dec 27, 1940 - Jan 30, 2024 Obituary Raymond "Ramon" Orlando Flores Sr., 83, of Manzanola, CO peacefully passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at his Manzanola home surrounded by his family. He was born Friday, Decem...
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