Montanan Tracy Stone-Manning, former director of the Bureau of Land Management and now director of The Wilderness Society, writes with passion about our heritage of public lands. Yet selling parts of that heritage is the goal of the current administration, whose budget bill will be under consideration starting this week. Stone-Manning warns that once public lands turn into private profit centers for energy extraction or housing, wildlife will suffer, and all of us who love the still-wild outdoors will begin to lose what makes America unique in the world.

I often watch the old Andy Griffith shows. They first ran on television some 65 years ago. It's an amazing thing that a show that old still has a following enough to keep being part of the programming schedule. 

ALAMOSA – Two Alamosa High School student athletes signed national letters of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers on Wednesday. Shea Jordan signed to play softball at …

ALAMOSA – Both the Alamosa and Monte Vista high school girls golf teams were in action over the last few days. Pueblo County Invitational Monte Vista finished in fifth place at the …

ALAMOSA – The Fourth Annual Gym Ray Memorial Day Jam will take place May 26 at Adams State University’s Plachy Hall. Games will take place in both the main gym and the fieldhouse. …