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- Special Olympic’s Polar Plunge to return to Trinidad Lake on Feb. 27
- Las Animas County COVID-19 dial change now allows spectators at sporting events
- Trinidad: Walmart will be administering COVID-19 vaccines nationwide as part of the U.S. Federal Retail Pharmacy Program
- Oncology specialist to begin offering care to residents of Trinidad, area communities
- More comes to light on Trinidad bomber arrest
- Nature Conservancy purchases 11,000 acre Silver Mountain Ranch west of Walsenburg
- Building for the future: Trinidad State gears up for students offering new four-week construction classes
- Culebra Range celebrates 10 years awarding scholarships to benefit students, natural environment, new round of awards now available
- Local man arrested, charged with attempted murder following Monday’s package explosion
- County Commissioners Hass, Lopez take up new seats, Las Animas County gets place at Fishers Peak State Park table
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All polar bears welcome to come out and support a great special cause
In their regular semi-monthly meeting, the Trinidad City Council approved a resolution which allows the placement of the sculpture “Circolith” on the east corner of Main St. and Santa Fe Trail.
—Ed. Note: Doc Leonetti recently traveled to the St. James Hotel and takes us with him as he chats up the locals and delves into the history of the place.
Gallery is selling, providing to schools, wooden hearts to decorate light poles
On Nov. 20, 2020, local Trinidad artist Fumio Sawa donated two artworks to the Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center in Pueblo, Colorado.
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Families with a 2020 income of less than $66,000 can get free tax filing help through a partnership between Trinidad State, volunteers and GetYourRefund.org.
The Primero school district has been notified of a positive COVID-19 exposure among the student body.
As life across the United States is shaped by COVID-19, FFA chapters in Las Animas County have adapted to the new learning environment in the COVID-19 era.
Innovative classes offer $12 an hour stipend for work-minded students
The local non-profit, Culebra Range Community Coalition (CRCC), is awarding scholarships for the 10th year now to area students who study a major that benefits the natural environment.
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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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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.
- Las Animas County COVID-19 dial change now allows spectators at sporting events
- Week 2 High School basketball: Local teams climb polls, gear up for another jam-packed week
- Trinidad State prepares for action-packed sports New Year
- Review: Week 1 of Las Animas County high school basketball
- First National Bank helps Trinidad school students connect with online school
- CPW asks public, others to join discussions for planning new Fishers Peak State Park
- Annual Stockman’s ball honors Cattlewoman of the Year, raises over $8,000 for local organizations
- Trojan Invitational: Trinidad State runners host, compete at first indoor track meet
- Trojan baseball set to return to the diamond this week in Oklahoma play
- No spectators for Las Animas County winter sports: What does this mean for seniors?
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Trinidad residents woke up to freezing temps and icy snow flurries over the weekend, which made for some beautiful photographs. How long winter will clutch the area in its frigid grasp is anyone’s guess, but the weatherman was saying on Friday that it might hang around until the middle of the week.
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