COSI Finish What You Started Grant Helps Students Pay to Finish Degree
COSI Finish What You Started Grant Helps Students Pay to Finish Degree By: Sarah Petramala In late 2021, Otero College received a grant that will help students return to school to complete the degree they started. The Colorado Department of Higher...
Read More InfoAmache National Historic Site Act Gains Presidential Approval
Press Release Amache National Historic Site Act Gains Presidential Approval WASHINGTON - President Biden signed the Amache National Historic Site Act today, designating the Amache site in Granada, Colorado as part of the National Park System. This...
Read More InfoOtero College to Host a Strategic Planning Community Open Forum March 23rd
Otero College to Host a Strategic Planning Community Open Forum March 23rd LA JUNTA — In February, Otero College began developing a new five-year strategic plan. There have been meetings with focus groups and round-table discussions were hel...
Read More InfoPolice Investigate Homicide in La Junta
Police Investigate Homicide in La Junta (March 16, 2021—CBI—La Junta, Colorado) —The La Junta Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one man dead in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 12, 2022. It’s...
Read More InfoVA Conducted Market Assessments Released 3/14/22
Letter from Dustin W. Senger - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Public Affairs Officer, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, When Congress passed the MISSION Act in 2018, it required that VA undertake AIR – an initiative to stud...
Read More InfoArkansas Valley Community Band Announces Spring Concert
Arkansas Valley Community Band Announces Spring Concert March 28, 2022 At 7 PM At The Rocky Ford Auditorium
Read More InfoRegion-wide striping project throughout Southeastern Colorado begins March 21
― PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT ― Region-wide striping project throughout southeastern Colorado begins March 21 SOUTHEAST COLORADO – The Colorado Department of Transportation, in partnership with Kolbe Striping Inc., will begin restriping work on...
Read More InfoSwink School District Announces Finalists for Superintendent Interviews
Swink School District Announces Finalists for Superintendent Interviews Swink, Colorado – The Swink School District Board of Education is pleased to announce that they have selected three candidates to interview for their superintendent vaca...
Read More InfoOtero College Names Employees of the Year for 2022
Irma Freidenberger, who was unavailable for the campus event, is pictured receiving her award as Classified Employee of the Year with Otero President, Tim Alvarez. Otero College Names Employees of the Year for 2022 LA JUNTA — Otero College i...
Read More InfoBent County Historical Society Awards Joyce Brooks Lifetime Membership
Bent County Historical Society Celebrates Its Members and it's Supporters By Kathleen Tomlin March 13. 2022 Bent County Historical Society held their annual meeting on March 12th with several members attending the luncheon and program. Dale Leight...
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