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Last fall, Trinidad Rotary Club received the J. E. Chenoweth Award for outstanding smaller Rotary club in District 5470, which includes all of Southern Colorado east and west.
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2020 brought quite a few difficulties for brick-and-mortar sch…
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On Wednesday, Dec. 30, Trinidad Mayor Phil Rico issued a press…
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On Nov. 20, 2020, local Trinidad artist Fumio Sawa donated two…
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- Trinidad Artist Fumio Sawa donates artwork to Pueblo’s Sangre De Cristo Arts Center
- Huerfano Co. crash leaves one dead - New Year’s Eve accident kills one man, leaves another seriously injured
- Las Animas County sees jump of 178 cases, many from correctional facility
- New Elk Mine targets June 2021 to begin production
- CDPHE provides latest information on COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Purgatoire Watershed Partnership garners grant to bring Mile High Youth Core back to Trinidad
- Carnegie Public Library of Trinidad continues its free legal help clinics
- Governor Polis allows Las Animas, Huerfano counties to move from level red to orange
- Lakewood murder suspect arrested in Trinidad
- A Q&A with one of our local front-line workers after receiving the COVID vaccine
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On Nov. 20, 2020, local Trinidad artist Fumio Sawa donated two artworks to the Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center in Pueblo, Colorado.
Library marks out perfect light parade route to get out, walk Trinidad’s best holiday lighted areas
Mean old Mr. Grinch could not, should not, would not steal Trinidad’s Christmas this year
Jessica Huffman finds dream job, thrilled to be home
Creative district looking for artist proposals for historic Santa Fe Trail inspired artwork
Education
On Jan. 7, the Colorado High School Activities Association published their COVID-19 modifications to the 2021 “B” season which is set to start practice Jan. 18, with competition beginning just seven days later.
La Veta’s sports teams will be known as the Redhawks, starting with the 2021-22 school year.
2020 brought quite a few difficulties for brick-and-mortar schools such as Colorado’s first school district in Trinidad, School District No. 1 (TSD1). After a difficult fall semester of keeping students engaged, the district is taking the lessons and experience they’ve gained and pushing for…
The spiny field known to many Branson and Kim area residents as ‘the pasture’ has been home to the Branson Bearcats football team for the past five years.
Through 2021 the Carnegie Public Library will continue to offer its free legal help clinics to all Trinidad area residents who do not have an attorney. Attorneys conduct the clinics on the second Tuesday of every month from two to five p.m. beginning on Jan. 12. 2021. To reserve a spot for f…
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Throughout our lives we experience numerous transitions. Some are personal and private, others worldwide. Developmentally we move from childhood to the physical, …
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Thriving through thoughtfulness
A ghostly encounter at old Hastings mine area
For this edition of “Pat on Patrol,” Pat tracks down informed local voters to see what measures on this year’s ballot have made an impact on them, either through how that measure will affect them, which they are pulling for, or which they still have questions about.
- CHSAA season ‘B’ to start practice Jan. 18 following CDPHE variance approvals
- Running power couple behind 2020 national championship winning team at Trinidad State
- Trinidad State Trojans compete in cross-country, half marathon national championships, bring home athletes, Coach of the Year Awards
- Lady Trojans make history at half marathon competition — take home national title, national coach of the year
- Las Animas County moves to high-risk level on state COVID dial
- Trinidad City Council hears current city projects list to determine focus for 2021
- Branson Bearcats take down Walsh Eagles 45-24 to finish 2020 season
- Running with Ruth: Musings from the back of the pack at the fall 2020 Bulldog Run
- Purgatoire Watershed Partnership tackles invasive overgrowth along pathway at Purgatoire Riverwalk
- CPW to use low-altitude helicopter flights in December to assess big game herds in Las Animas County
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“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”
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