Priscilla Waggoner

Priscilla Waggoner is currently a reporter at the Valley Courier in Alamosa. Prior to that, she was the editor of the Kiowa County Independent on the southeastern plains for five years. In addition to working over the years in a variety of positions at a handful of publications in Colorado, Waggoner worked as a professional screenwriter and was the recipient of the Nicholls Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. She currently lives in the San Luis Valley with her family -- two dogs, Abbott and Bailey, and her horse, Cisco.

Three Bullets to the Back: The Striking Silence Around a Police Killing in Small-town Colorado

Mar 11, 2021

KIOWA COUNTY, Colo. – Nearly a year has passed since the local undersheriff and a rookie deputy gunned down handyman Zach Gifford in this Eastern Plains county where trust in law