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Alamosa Daily Digest Monday, May 11, 2026

Ty McDuffey

11 May 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

Outdoor lighting codes might sound like the kind of thing that puts people to sleep at town council meetings, but out here where the sky still means something—where you can actually see stars on a clear night and the Great Sand Dunes rise up dark against the Milky Way—it matters more than most folks realize. Alamosa's trying to find the balance between keeping streets and parking lots safe while not turning the whole valley into a sodium-vapor dome that washes out half the night sky, and that's honest work. College town, growing town, old town all at once means everybody's got a different idea about what "enough light" looks like. Worth paying attention to how this shakes out.

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Alamosa looks to adjust outdoor lighting standards

Alamosa city officials are moving to relax outdoor lighting restrictions adopted in 2024, citing complaints from local business owners about brightness and color temperature limits. The proposed changes would be more business-friendly but would reverse some protections for night sky visibility that...

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