National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, is when we honor the hard-working invisible professionals who answer 911 calls and dispatch police, firefighters, and paramedics to assist us during emergencies. You may never see them, but the telecommunicator is the first voice you hear when you dial…
Leo Louis ‘Louie’ Moreschini By 1917, Louie Moreschini had purchased and was living on the ‘Iron Springs Ranch’ with his wife, Mary and mother, Marie. Louie was born in 1893 at Spring Gulch in Pitkin County, Colorado. Louie was the second son of Domenico and Marie Mary Bonetti Morschini…
Spring is in the air! Much like the spring season, the real estate market is following suit: sporadic activity interrupted by massive “storms.” These “storms” are increasing interest rates and lack of inventory that people have to “weather” to move towards their goals of stable home ownership.More…
For the third consecutive year, Valley Community Church will host the Liberty Quartet on Friday, May 17, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Valley Community Church is located at 4253 Mercantile St., in Colorado City. Admission to the concert is free and a love offering will be received.Liberty Quartet was…
Thirty-three teams displayed their track skills at the Rocky Ford Invitational on Friday, April 26. Rye grabbed a gold in both the boys’ and girls’ division.Below are finishers in the top 10. Hailey George set a season best record in the 100-meter hurdles, running the event in a time of 17:08.…
“You can’t commit eight errors and walk four batters against a good team and come out with one in the win column,” shared Head Coach Stacey Graham.“ The field played hard and fast, but we play on different fields all the time,” Graham continued.“We just need to do the basics and get our bats fired…
The Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star Chapter, and Order of Amaranth of Pueblo County once again recognized fourteen Outstanding Junior Achievement Award recipients. From each of the seven public high schools in the Pueblo County area, a boy and girl are selected to receive this honor each year.Dustin…
The girls soccer team split a pair of games last week, dropping a Wednesday contest to Fountain Valley, 4-1 and downing Pueblo Central 5-0 on Friday.Fountain Valley took a 3-0 lead at halftime on their home field. Towards the end of the game Averi Velez scored a goal to cut the lead to two, but…
During the April 23 Pueblo County School District 70 (D70) Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Dr. Anthony Martinez, Director of Curriculum and Instruction for D70, shared that a Literacy Pilot Program had been declared successful. Martinez shared information about the University of Florida Literacy…
Colorado became the 11th state to officially sanction girls flag football as an official high school sport beginning in the fall of 2024. The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) Legislative Council voted 57-9 in favor of sanctioning girls flag football after two years as a pilot…
Letter to the Editor, The Single Pistol Duel.Former President Trump was not and shouldn't have been viewed by the conventional standards of what people understand to be the acceptable temperament and standards of a modern president. In 2016, no one voted for Donald Trump because they thought he was…
Shirley Pigg
During the April 23 Pueblo County School District 70 (D70) Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Dr.…
Shirley Pigg
The Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star Chapter, and Order of Amaranth of Pueblo County once again…
Stephanie Bratcher
Spring is in the air! Much like the spring season, the real estate market is following suit:…
Shirley Pigg
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, is when we honor the hard-working invisible professionals who answer 911 calls and dispatch police, firefighters, and paramedics to assist us during emergencies. You may never see them, but the telecommunicator is the first voice you hear when you dial for help.
News
Terry Kraus
For the third consecutive year, Valley Community Church will host the Liberty Quartet on Friday, May 17, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Valley Community Church is…
Shirley Pigg
Pueblo County Stockmen’s Association (PCSA) is proud to once again offer youth the opportunity to apply for the Dickerson Memorial Scholarship. The Dickerson…
Terry Kraus
Six names will appear on the Republican party primary ballot to replace Rep. Lauren Boebert, who relocated and will be running in Colorado House of…
Sports
Terry Kraus
Thirty-three teams displayed their track skills at the Rocky Ford Invitational on Friday, April 26. Rye grabbed a gold in both the boys’ and girls’ division.…
Terry Kraus
“You can’t commit eight errors and walk four batters against a good team and come out with one in the win column,” shared Head Coach Stacey Graham.“ The field…
Terry Kraus
The girls soccer team split a pair of games last week, dropping a Wednesday contest to Fountain Valley, 4-1 and downing Pueblo Central 5-0 on Friday.Fountain…
History
News Staff
Leo Louis ‘Louie’ Moreschini By 1917, Louie Moreschini had purchased and was living on the ‘Iron Springs Ranch’ with his wife, Mary and mother, Marie.…
Cheryl Johnson Huban
The Iron Springs RanchIron Spring is located north and slightly east of the water tower in Colorado City. This land was part of a homestead awarded to Nicholas…
Cheryl Johnson Huban
In the spring of 1906, Watson George Moody arrived at Idylwild, the new tuberculosis center in Rye, from Boston, Massachusetts on the stage from Graneros…