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A workers’ co-op rises from the remains of a Colorado mushroom farm
ALAMOSA — Over decades starting in 1985, the Colorado Mushroom Farm northeast of Alamosa sold millions of pounds of mushrooms grown and harvested within the building’s dimmed cavern to grocery stores in Colorado. Along the way it offered year-round employment to generations of migrant workers, many of whom came here from Guatemala fleeing civil war and searching for a better economic future.
High school students in the San Luis Valley will now have a more direct path to university
Adams State University is piloting a first-of-its-kind direct admission program for San Luis Valley high school students. The Alamosa-based university said they are launching the program to assist first-generation and low-income students who may be discouraged from applying to a college program. According to U.S. Census data from 2020, about 30 percent of residents in Alamosa, the largest city in the San Luis Valley, have obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Colo. man who goes by 'Psycho' sentenced for killing 5 and burning their remains in pit
ALAMOSA COUNTY, Colo. (TCD) -- A 29-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing five people over the span of about three months and burning their bodies in 2020. Alamosa County records show Adre Baroz pleaded guilty in March to five counts of first-degree murder,...
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