Otero County Sheriff Responds to Rocky Ford Shooting Rocky Ford, Colorado – May 17,2021. The Otero County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting in the 29000 block of Otero County Road 20 outside of Rocky Ford. Upon arriv...
Christine Theresa Gonzales August 29, 1955 - May 15, 2021 Obituary Christine Theresa Gonzales of La Junta, CO entered into rest to be with the Lord in Heaven on May 15, 2021 at UC Health in Colorado Springs. She was born on August 29, 1955 in Denv...
La Junta and surrounding areas FREE Food bank! FIRST COME FIRST SERVE! Sunday May 23rd! 515 Lacy Ave Starting at 9am-11am or until supplies last! NO ID, no income verification, anyone is welcome! Please start lining up on 6th and Lacy! Event Link:...
RFFD Respond to Hwy 10 Box Truck Rollover (Photos Provided by RFFD) Today at approximately 5:00 am we were paged to Hwy 10 approximately mile post 51 and 52 for a box truck rolled over on its side.
Today A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amoun...
CASA Volunteer Appreciation Day Was Celebrated May 18 "May 18th is National CASA Volunteer Appreciation Day, so we want to send out a big THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers! Elaine Allison, Janette Bender, Kelli Brubaker, Joe Coy, Deb Emick, Kend...
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Two Arrested in La Junta Homicide May 18, 2021 – CBI – La Junta, CO –Two people have been arrested in connection with the homicide of a La Junta man occurring around 6:30 p.m., on Friday, May 14, 2021. Matthew Perez (DOB: 10/07/1...
Funnel Cloud Spotted Near Otero/Bent County Line "Coming home from La Junta and saw this looking south and east from just past Hadley. Figure it was somewhere Southeast of Las Animas."
Local author launches her memoir about Bent's Fort NHS "Alejandra: First Lady of the New Bent's Old Fort," the new memoir by Alejandra Aldred-Adams, will celebrate its release to the public at a "launch party" at Woodruff Memorial Library in La Ju...
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