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- Las Animas County announces emergency grant funds now available to county businesses
- Robot sightings abound at Marketplace Gallery
- Frozen in time, the Great Fox West Theatre is reawakening
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Local artist and avid photographer Sitt Nyein Aye recently added to his yard art installation on Hwy. 12 west of Trinidad in Jansen. The display whimsically promotes mask wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Chronicle-News asked professional photographer and area native Joe Coca to accompany a press tour of Fishers Peak State Park. These are some of the images and places he captured that day. For more about this tour see Lee Ann Peck's story "Patience required as state moves forward with cre…
As daily high temperatures begin to drop and the nights become increasingly brisk, the signs of fall are beginning to add up. The aspens are also beginning to show off their colors with Colorado State Forest Service experts predicting those peak colors for southern Colorado could be up to a …
Calling all art lovers — catch the 3-D art show going on now in dowtown Trinidad
City’s project group currently filming fresh, new artistic performances for virtual fall season starting October 31
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College staff members worried about long-term impacts to students, struggling rural economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes to the routines of daily life, maybe nowhere more pronounced than in our schools. Over one month into the 2020-2021 school year, students and staff at Primero are adjusting to these changes and pushing forward to achieve solid academic success.
During a year in which so much has been canceled, Primero High School is pushing forward with a new academic extracurricular organization for students: Speech and Debate.
Lisa DeCristino and Kayleen Peretto of Trinidad graduated from Adams State University in Alamosa during the 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony on June 6.
Trinidad superintendent to serve two-year term
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- New options: Local schools decide on fall football following CHSAA variance
- Cross country gets underway at Trinidad State, following current health guidelines
- Peters wins 2 tournaments in one week, clinches state’s Tri-Peaks League individual championship
- Patience required as state moves forward with creation of prime new area recreation grounds
- Is Fishers Peak losing the apostrophe?
- CHSAA upholds sports calendar amidst reconsideration — delays high school football until spring
- Rotary Club donates dictionaries to county third graders now for 18th year running
- Duran-Monarco win 44th annual Latin Tourney
- CPW Commission approves hunting on Fishers Peak State Park wildland
- One of Trinidad’s very best: Gene ‘The Rock’ Torres, the man, the golfer, the legend
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The Chronicle-News asked professional photographer and area native Joe Coca to accompany a press tour of Fishers Peak State Park. These are some of the images and places he captured that day. For more about this tour see Lee Ann Peck's story "Patience required as state moves forward with creation of primer new area recreation grounds."
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