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Alamosa Daily Digest Friday, October 16, 2026

Ty's Take

Rio Grande County's kicking off a comprehensive planning process, which around here means somebody finally decided to sit down and think past next season. In a valley where water rights disputes can swallow a decade and every acre of decent ground's been fought over since the Spanish land grants, you'd think we'd have this nailed down by now. But that's the San Luis Valley, isn't it—we move at the speed of water and lawyers, whichever's slower. The county's got some real decisions ahead on growth, agriculture, and what this place looks like another twenty years out. That's the kind of work that doesn't make headlines until somebody's mad about it, but gets done quiet by people who actually care where they're from.

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Valley Courier

Faces of the San Luis Valley | 1-50

The Alamosa Citizen is publishing a series of 150 portrait photographs celebrating Colorado's statehood milestone in 2026, featuring residents of the San Luis Valley ranging from 101-year-old Dorothy Kirkpatrick to 6-year-old Kinwood Williams. The project includes studio sessions in Alamosa and...

Rio Grande County kicks off comprehensive planning efforts

Rio Grande County and the Town of Del Norte are updating their joint comprehensive plan to guide growth over the next 20 years, with input gathered through an online survey open until November 13 and a public meeting scheduled for October 27. The October 27 event at the Rio Grande County Annex...

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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'

Truth or Consequences Daily Digest Sunday, October 18, 2026

Ty's Take The airport water line question keeps coming back around, doesn't it? Every few years somebody floats the idea of running infrastructure out to Spaceport America, and every few years the math doesn't work or the money isn't there or both.

Silver City Daily Digest Sunday, October 18, 2026

Ty's Take The screwworm alert ought to get everybody's attention around here, because that's not some distant range problem—it's in our backyard and it hits both sides of what keeps this county alive. A rancher loses cattle to parasites while an

Salida Daily Digest Sunday, October 18, 2026

Ty's Take The housing authority holding rents steady at Jane's Place and The 505 next year is the kind of news that doesn't make headlines scream, but it matters more than most people realize. When you've got young families and service workers