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Alamosa Daily Digest Saturday, September 26, 2026

Ty's Take

There's something about watching a young artist find their voice in a place like this, and Brinklee Ruiz's work coming into focus at the same time the valley's marking 15 years of cultural pride says something worth noticing. The Sangre de Cristo celebration that's been running since 2009 has always been about keeping the old ways alive in a region where Spanish colonial heritage isn't just history, it's your neighbor's family story going back generations. When you've got artists like Ruiz working in that same current, making something new from something deep, that's when you know the culture's not fading into some museum piece. It's breathing.

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The beautiful work of Brinklee Ruiz

Seventeen-year-old Brinklee Ruiz from Peyton, Colorado is hosting Bexley's Dance Camp at Cole Park during the Alamosa Oktobrufest this Saturday to raise money for 9-year-old leukemia patient Bexley Schell and her family's cancer treatment costs. The two-day camp, organized with Mountain Valley...

Sangre de Cristo 15-year heritage celebration

The Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area will celebrate its 15th anniversary with an event titled "Our Roots Run Deep: 15 Years of Heritage" scheduled for Thursday, October 1, at Adams State University. Executive Director Julie Chacon said the celebration will honor the communities and partners...

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West Plains Daily Digest Sunday, October 18, 2026

Ty's Take You get a week like this and you see the machinery of the region working the way it's supposed to. New highway patrol troopers graduating means younger officers cycling into stations across these counties, which matters more than most folks realize when you'

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