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As electricity rates are predicted to rise across the country soon, there will be no rate increase in 2019 for San Isabel Electric member-owners. Forecasts also indicate rate stability into the near future. We have provided you with nearly a decade of rate stability because we’ve made invest…
Bennet, Gardner, Heinrich, Moran, Roberts, Udall, will be recognized for role in saving Southwest Chief
So, the bottom line is this - does the state of Colorado need to re-examine how we fund public schools? Absolutely. Is Rep. Rankin’s plan to do so a fair, equitable way to fix an injustice? Far from it.
—Ed. Note: Trinidad State Interim President Dr. Kerry Hart has regularly provided commentary on education in his previous post as a school president and would like to continue that commentary with us, since being named interim president of Trinidad State. Here he addresses culture as a cause…
In a Jan. 11 editorial, The Denver Post highlighted the funding disparity between local Primero School District and Sierra Grande School District in Costilla County.
— Ed. note: U.S. Senator Michael Bennet submitted this letter on December 20, 2018 following the passage of the 2019 Farm Bill.
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources, delivered remarks following Senate passage of the 2018 Farm Bill conferen…
“The agreement with Colorado Springs Utilities will benefit many farmers in the Lower Arkansas River Valley” and “this will be a win-win for those in the San Luis Valley.” Both quotes appeared recently in state newspapers, one from Denver and one from Colorado Springs.
Trout Unlimited praises legislation to address abandoned mine cleanups
Bill would enable ‘Good Sam’ cleanups and tackle water quality issues across the West
—Ed. note: Local entrepenuer Juan Delaroca, who operates a bike tour company in Trinidad, Backshop Bikes, is arguing to stop closure of Las Animas County Road 85.5 for public recreation. The Las Animas County Board of Commissioners is meeting on the closure at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at …
— Editor’s note: District Attorney Henry Solano penned this letter to Las Animas County Commissioners on Tuesday, June 26. It is being printed here in full as an opinion piece.
With spring on the horizon, now is the perfect time for gardeners in the area to start planning and preparing for another growing season. For those with limited space for a traditional garden, limited mobility, or the desire to get a jump on the short growing season at higher elevations, a s…
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City of Trinidad Mayor Phil Rico will give the first annual State of the City address at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 12, in the Pioneer Room at Trinidad State Junior College.
“It’s painful to hear people say, ‘I wish I could have...’ It breaks my heart,” said Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care’s Medical Director, Lauren Smith, D.O.
The SoCo Patriots, a local American party organization met together on Saturday January 20 at noon at the Van Buren exit on I-25 with American flags and banners, to express their love for country and to celebrate president Trump in his first year, as well as welcome Republican Colorado Gove…
Let me ask you a question: what’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done on a Saturday night?
The 2018 Colorado General Assembly started recently, with opening day speeches from Republican and Democrat leaders outlining their priorities for the session. The focus for most lawmakers, as well as Governor Hickenlooper, will be on transportation funding, rural broadband access, reform of…
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Citizens of Trinidad — currently, I am collaborating with Pat Fletcher, Library Director Mallory Pillard and Dr. Sally Fabec on a housing initiative for our growing homeless population. We are the catalysts who are gathering local entities together to see if this idea is even feasible here i…
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Wolves running in a pack through open fields and forests may seem a mythical sight to be seen—often romanticized in novels, movies, and by tourists alike—glimpsing creatures through binoculars from a guarded distance away in places like Yellowstone National Park. But for the people actually …
“None of us think we could have a child pass away and then one day, you’re in the club,” Crystal Gerlock, Bereavement Coordinator for Sangre de Cristo Hospice, told me. Her smile never slipping from her face. “I understand my bereavement better now. She was my oldest child...”
I have a terrible habit of forgetting names but I never forget faces; and their stories, they are even more unforgettable. The faces I can’t forget, their stories always leave a mark on me.
— Ed. note: In respect to World Elder Abuse Day, South Central Council of Governments is sponsoring a Senior Fair in Trinidad on Wednesday, June 14, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Harry Sayre Senior Center at 1222 San Pedro Ave. The event will feature information on identity theft protection an…
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“Unless you are going to the courts, probation, or driver’s license; you will be unable to conduct any business in the building today.”
—Ed. Note: James Fernandez was the Trinidad utilities superintendent from 1977 until late 2013 and worked for the City of Trinidad for 42 years. Fernandez wants to address last week’s opinion from Trinidad City Manager Gabe Engeland, headlined “City manager wants to dispel rumors centered ar…
Recently there have been rumors circulating about the waste water plant as well as other utilities and services provide by the City of Trinidad.
Let me begin with full disclosure: I am the Executive Director of the Trinidad Ambulance District. However, I write today as a private citizen, to support question 5B on the Las Animas County ballot. What the district is asking the voters to approve is most commonly referred to as “de-Bruc…
My name is Elizabeth Jameson, I am the principal of Aguilar Jr/Sr High School. I would like to clarify some misconceptions of previous articles published (in the Thursday and Friday editions of The Chronicle-News) about Aguilar School District.
In 1624 John Donne, an English poet, penned an Ode that begins by saying “No man is an island” suggesting that we are all interrelated parts of the human community.
Being a city boy, I grew up listening to Rock and Roll. I never was involved with the county fairs in Texas. When I went to photograph The Las Animas County Fair I expected to see a lot of great livestock, but what I saw and took photographs of were the great young people that were working a…
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Goosey Loosey, Ducky Lucky No. 1 and Ducky Lucky No. 2 seem to be waiting patiently for Foxy Loxy to join them at Central Park on Thursday, February 7. In light of Trinidad’s remote location along Colorado’s Front Range, it would not be unusual for Foxy Loxy or any number of other wild predators to stroll by on any given day. And “No,” Chicken Little — the sky is not falling.
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