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Otero Sheriff Reports 5 Treated for Heat Injuries in Picketwire Canyon Search & Rescue
5PM Update: Of the 8 parties, 5 suffered from Heat injuries but were rescued by La Junta Fire and Sheriff's Office staff and treated by medics on scene. Otero Sheriff Reports 5 Treated for Heat Injuries in Picketwire Canyon Search & Rescue Otero C...
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Colorado Department of Transportation Announces Completion of the Region 2 Bridge Bundle Project
Colorado Department of Transportation Announces Completion of the Region 2 Bridge Bundle Project17 structures replaced ahead of schedule and under budget Southeast and South-Central Colorado — The Colorado Department of Transportation, and its c...
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Colorado State Patrol using Airborne Infrared Imaging Technology
A Bird's Eye View Colorado State Patrol Using Airborne Infrared Imaging Technology (COLO) - Emergency operations require responders to move quickly and as safely as possible to resolve the situation, whether working in a populated area or a vast r...
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La Junta Senior Golf Results June 11, 2024
La Junta Senior Golf Results June 11, 2024 The La Junta Senior Golf League participants, 48 in all, met on June 11. Each team played two scramble games on each hole. The course was set up as a par 3 course with no hole longer than 120 yards and th...
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Suspect Hospitalized After Alamosa Sheriff Deputies Return Fire
Suspect Hospitalized After Alamosa Sheriff Deputies Return Fire June 19, 2024 – CBI – Alamosa, CO – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is investigating a law enforcement shooting in Alamosa that left a suspect with non-life threatening inj...
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Betty Jean Tanner Obituary
Betty Jean Tanner July 18, 1939 ~ June 13, 2024 (age 84) Obituary Mass of Christian Burial for Betty Tanner will be held at 10:00 a.m. and Rosary at 9:30 a.m., Friday, June 21, 2024 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Las Animas, Colorado. Intermen...
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John Platt Obituary
Ralph John Platt March 22, 1945 – June 16, 2024 Obituary Ralph John Platt, 79, of Kim, CO passed away June 16, 2024 at his Kim home. He was born March 22, 1945 in La Junta, CO to Robert Lee & Rosella Margaret (Williams) Platt. Memorial service w...
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Otero Sheriff Reports: Body Found in Arkansas River
June 26, 2024, La Junta, Colorado. Otero County Sheriff's Office - At 14:45, Otero County Coroner Robert Fowler called me to advise that based on the two sets of dental records he submitted to the El Paso County Coroner's Office, a positive identi...
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Otero County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue Update June 18, 2024
Devlin went missing on June 12th, 2024 around 3:30am, after jumping into the Arkansas River in La Junta, CO, to attempt to save his friends, despite not being able to swim. Devlin Cambeul is a 19 year old male. Around 140-150 pounds, about 5’7. ...
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Lincoln County Sheriff Dodges His Own Patrol Car as It's Struck by Traffic
Lincoln County Sheriff Dodges His Own Patrol Car as It's Struck by Traffic On June 15, 2024 at 2:55 PM, Sergeant Cole Britton was assisting a broken down motorist on Highway 71 near milepost 74 (26 miles south of Limon). Sergeant Britton was direc...
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