Huerfano County Democrats and Speak Up Southern Colorado are working together to bring a "Know Your Rights" Training to Walsenburg. This training is tentatively scheduled for February 21st and will be presented by Michael Dougherty, Boulder County DA and candidate for Colorado Attorney General. Please use the link below to send an email if you are interested in attending. chair.huerfanodems@gmail.com

Huerfano County Democrats get together the first Wednesday of every month. We encourage all Democrats to participate and welcome unaffiliated voters who have an interest in learning more about our political process. We will have candidates joining us to introduce themselves and answer questions. We are preparing for our Caucus and Assembly on March 7th where we choose candidates to support in the 2026 races. We could use your help with our Mother Jones fundraising dinner in

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In a conversation recently, the person I was speaking with was alarmed because they heard that Colorado is phasing out Natural Gas and they were so upset. How can they do this?? Do we have to give up just our stoves or do we have to buy new furnaces too? Are they getting rid of propane too?? There's a lot more to this story than this statement! 'They' are not getting rid of either. The new rules are not aimed at homeowners. They are requirements for the utilities. The util

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Huerfano County Democrats get together the first Wednesday of every month. December meetings are generally more about gathering and less about business. This month's meeting has a short agenda and will "hopefully" include appearances from some candidates and their campaigns. We will be discussing: plans for our Caucus and Assembly on March 7th where we choose candidates to support in the 2026 races. plans for our Mother Jones Dinner on April 18th. We encourage all interested

NO Concentration Camps in Walsenburg! Speak Up Southern Colorado, in conjunction with Indivisible Pueblo West are demonstrating at the CoreCivic Prison facility this Friday the 21st from 11 AM to 1 PM. About this event Join Speak Up Southern Colorado at proposed Walsenburg, CO ICE detention facility with signs, bullhorns, live speakers and music. Proceed to I-25 overpass with signs to inform passing cars of ICE and Core Civic's plans to open a Concentration Camp to detain imm

The Speak Up SOCO group has put together 45 bags of food for SENIORS in our community. They are also raffling 4 Turkey Dinner Boxes. Stop by the 'Elder' center in Walsenburg from 11 to 1 through Thursday the 20th to sign up. Spread the word!

Huerfano Parks and Recreation District is seeking a District 2 Board Member District 2 is Navajo, La Veta & Cuchara. If you're passionate about parks, recreation, community and the great outdoors, let your voice be heard. Be part of the plans for our future. Send a letter of interest to: huerfanoparksandrecreation@gmail.com

We can argue and blame or we can ACT! Today is 'Care and Share' in Walsenburg and Gardner. Saturday is 'Care and Share' in La Veta. Dorcas is ramping up their response as well. This crisis has touched every community and highlights the systemic problems in our country that need attention. Think Globally and ACT Locally! Communities are coming together to find solutions. We thank our community leaders for stepping up and creating a way for citizens to help each other and su

NOV. 4 TH 2025 MAYOR OF WALSENBURG…GARY VEZZANI…649 CITY COUNCIL…WARD 1…VERONICA MAES…174 CITY COUNCIL…WARD 2…JENNIFER NOVAK…191 CITY COUNCIL…WARD 3…PAMELA BRIETWEISER…195 HUERFANO RE-1 SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR…4 YEAR TERM (VOTE FOR 3) ALYSSA SANDOVAL…1,146 DEBRA SPORLEDER… 876 MARCY FREEBURG…….849 DANIEL MOYER………….811 LA VETA RE-2 SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR 2 YR. TERM (VOTE FOR 2) GERALD ARNOLD…328 KATHY BROWN…….326 RUSSELL BORING.,.200 LA VETA SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR 4 YR. TERM (VOTE

LOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER! Your VOTE is your VOICE and your Civic Duty. While Democrats have turned in more ballots than Republicans and Unaffiliated, it is widely known that Republicans tend to wait until election day. Please VOTE and encourage everyone you know to VOTE. Our school boards are important influencers in our community and have a large impact on our children's education. The republicans have circumvented our voters by having a member step down after the election

Huerfano County Democrats get together the first Wednesday of every month. We are continuing to focus on a need in the community that we can support at each monthly meeting. This month we are collecting food and funds to help DORCAS as they work to fill the gap created by loss of SNAP benefits. We will be discussing plans for our Caucus and Assembly on March 7th where we choose candidates to support in the 2026 races. We encourage all interested and like minded people to att

Our No Kings event was a HUGE Success! Thanks to everyone who turned out and helped out. We appreciate our local Press and Colorado Public Radio showing up and also the support of local law enforcement. Hopefully our next event will draw even larger crowds. Many people signed the posters Opposing ICE. We presesnted the posters to the County Commissioners and Walsenburg City Council on Tuesday, October 21st. You can watch videos of those meetings on the City and County

Thanks to everyone who has helped with our postcard campaign, sending cards to local, state and national officials, as well as the principals of Core Civic. We sent out 400 cards and Las Animas county dems also have sent hundreds of cards. We are on the 2nd wave of this campaign. You will receive postcards, addresses and a list of suggested comments. We appreciate volunteers contributing the cost of postage. Pick up your packets from: Elizabeth Bulthuis in La Veta Larry Patri

We are in the middle of School Board Elections in both RE-1 Walsenburg and RE-2 La Veta. The RE-1 election has three openings and four candidates. After the ballots were sent, a board member, Sadie Wardell, resigned. The timing is telling. If it would have been public sooner, all four candidates would have been seated and it would not have been on the ballot. This would have been a seamless transition and would have eliminated the cost of an election. Now the fourth

If you are registered but haven't received a ballot, contact the County Clerk right away.  If you are Not registered, you can at the Courthouse anytime before polls close on election day, Tuesday, November 4th at 7 PM. You will then be given a 'provisional' ballot. If you have received your ballot but haven't filled it out yet, here is some information about the RE-1 school board race in Walsenburg. Although the school board is a non-partisan race, local Republicans have h

Thanks to all who came out for the No Kings Rally. We were over 170 citizens strong. This is an important part of the movement to save our Democracy. "The end of American democracy is not a foregone conclusion, despite the unprecedented rate of its decline. It will depend, in part, on the choices made by every American." Political science scholars  and national security experts agree that the current U.S. administration’s actions are indeed placing the world’s oldest continu

Healthy School Meals for ALL Proposition LL and MM provide funding for our children. Some people argue against this saying it is a new tax. They are right. MM is a new tax if you make over $ 299,000. How many people in our county do you think will be in this group? Proposition LL allows the state to keep the money they have already collected for these programs. In addition,  MM includes funding for programs that encourage the purchase of products grown, raised and processed

"In our current weird world, we have lost sight of the fact that cowboy culture was always an immigrant culture.” Beardsley allows for tradition in his works, but he also challenges the past, imagines the present and constantly questions the romanticization of the West. Walking into Duke Beardsley ’s Denver studio, two things quickly become clear: This is the home of an artist and of a cowboy. Both are identities that Beardsley inhabits with equal parts pride and uncertainty

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