Alamosa Daily Digest Friday, May 15, 2026
Ty's Take
Two newsrooms merging into one regional voice while the city draws up contingency plans for the next power failure—that's the San Luis Valley in 2024, figuring out how to do more with less while hoping the lights stay on. The engineering pipeline story matters because Adams State's been trying to prove it's more than a regional school, and if kids can chart a path from here to actual careers instead of having to leave, that changes something fundamental about who stays and what this place becomes. Meanwhile, uncontested board positions at the co-op might look sleepy on paper, but in a water-scarce valley where every board decision ripples downstream, nobody running unopposed usually means folks trust the direction things are headed—or they're too tired to fight it. The real story threading through all this is resilience: consolidating media to survive, building pipelines to keep young people, keeping the power grid from going dark again. This valley's been doing it for centuries.
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Alamosa News
City of Alamosa Contingency plans for 4.22 power outage
Xcel Energy notified Alamosa residents and businesses this week that a planned power shutoff is likely scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, due to dangerous fire conditions and high winds expected that day. The utility will cut power across the region to prevent downed power lines from sparking...
Valley Courier, SLV Journal unite to form regional publication
The Valley Courier and San Luis Valley Journal announced a merger to create a single regional newspaper covering all six counties in the valley starting April 29. The consolidation will allow the publication to expand coverage, hire additional staff writers, and shift to a community-size format...
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Pathway to engineering career starts in Alamosa
Adams State University and Colorado State University celebrated the first graduating class from their joint mechanical engineering program, marking a new pathway for students in Alamosa to earn engineering degrees locally. The program expansion brings advanced career training opportunities to the...
SLVREC director positions uncontested, no election
San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative announced that its June board election will not be held after all candidates running for the two open director positions ran uncontested. With no competing candidates, the cooperative will proceed without the need for a formal election process.
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