by Eric Mullens
WALSENBURG — There is nothing better that a customer can hear than their project is on schedule and on budget. And that is exactly the case for Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center’s Emergency Department rehabilitation / refurbishment effort.

by Susan Simons
LA VETA — One in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime, according to the UNITE To End Violence Against Women Campaign, initiated by UN Secretary-General's Office.
On February 14, women and men in 203 countries rose to use the healing power of dance to express solidarity with those women and to make the statement that such violence has to stop. As one woman put it, “ I am rising today to end violence against women and girls around the globe for all those who cannot rise with us.”

by Reed White
LA VETA — On February 19, La Veta's Town Board came to order, once again to revisit the "big tree" issue that has been under discussion for nearly a year. Mayor Jerry Fitzgerald initiated the discussion by issuing a brief statement about liability. In the opinion of the town's attorney, the town could not be held liable if of one of the century-old cottonwood trees on Poplar Street caused harm or damage. This is the case, in part, because the town has done due diligence by verifying that the trees are healthy.

by Eric Mullens
WALSENBURG — During a brief hearing Monday, Feb. 11, the district attorney’s office filed one count of second degree murder (a class 2 felony) against Roberto Lopez stemming from a fatal stabbing at a mobile home in La Veta in early January.
Lopez is charged in connection with the death of Eraclio Lopez-Lopez on Jan. 6, 2013 at a residence the two men shared with others in the 600 block of E. Ryus Ave.
Lopez has remained in Huerfano County Jail since his arrest Jan. 7 at a Walsenburg restaurant.