Alamosa Daily Digest Friday, October 02, 2026
Ty's Take
The school board's wrestling match with diesel prices is familiar enough, but there's something worth watching here beyond the quarterly budget headaches. Every time fuel costs spike, it puts pressure on routes that already stretch thin across a valley this size, and that ripple effect hits hardest in the outlying communities where families depend on those buses like they depend on water rights. Meanwhile, Parks and Wildlife's decision to pause the wolf removals shows the state's willing to take a breath and reassess, which is the kind of pragmatism this valley understands, even if nobody agrees on what comes next. Both stories, different as they look, are really about the same thing: managing a landscape that doesn't bend easy to anybody's plan.
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Valley Courier
School bus operations see higher fuel costs
The Alamosa School District is bracing for a 20 percent jump in bus operating costs this year as fuel prices climb, with diesel and unleaded gas prices now higher than what transportation director Scott Honeycutt budgeted for. Despite operating the same number of daily and activity routes,...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife pauses lethal wolf removals
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has halted lethal wolf removals for now and will evaluate future actions case-by-case using a conservative approach, citing concerns about population growth prospects and biological factors like disease in the state's wolf packs. The agency has removed five wolves so far...
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