The airport advisory board, volunteers, and local La Junta airplane owners who helped plan and coordinate the Airport Fun Day event in 2006. The event was held in 2006 and again in 2007. It proved popular and had high attendance. A Piper Cherokee ...
The 2010 Arkansas Valley Balloon Festival The 2010 Arkansas Valley Balloon Festival was hosted at the Rocky Ford Highschool Football Field, as it had been for many years priviously. It was a cold November morning, which is good for ballooning. Per...
An abondoned rural structure fire was utilized as a training exercise for fire fighters and newspaper reporters alike. Susan Pieper catches a shot of the fire fighters attacking the blaze. The Fire Fighters coordinate their efforts and keep their ...
Michael Glen Pruyn, 51, of La Junta passed away on Feb. 20, 2020, at the University of Colorado Hospital Authority in Aurora. He was born on June 5, 1968, to Michael G. Pruyn & Gwen Herbst. Mike lived his life full of excitement, he loved ridi...
Read the upcoming series of South East Colorado Adventure! Great repeat sponsors, like the Rocky Ford Food Market, make the Arkansas Valley Balloon Festival a longstanding tradition. You can expect to see lots of pride in ownership from the balloo...
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