It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Orlando Jess“ Sonny ” Abeyta, 84, who passed away at home, on February 22, 2022, from complications from diabetes, after he had been hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia.
Robert Monroe VanMatre, age 90, passed away at home, on March 14, 2022, in Colorado City, Colorado. Complete obituary to be published.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. South wind around 10 mph.
Fishers Peak Outfitters plans to hold a second hiking event at Fishers Peak State Park after its event in February saw people push their limits on the Challenge Trail. FPO will hold a hiking event Sunday (March 20) that will be essentially the same as its February event, but this time participants will hike the trail three times instead of two.
STATEWIDE — The luck of the Irish will only get you so far if you choose to drive impaired. CDOT is joining forces with local law enforcement and Colorado State Patrol for the St. Patrick’s Day Weekend enforcement, March 17-20. The message is clear — don’t risk it.
As Colorado Parks and Wildlife maps out wolf reintroduction, the agency is considering how to support wolverines, revisiting a stalled plan to reintroduce the rare carnivore in the state. The last time wildlife officials confirmed a wolverine in Colorado was June 2009, when a male, — tagged with a radio collar in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming and known as M56 — wandered south to Rocky Mountain National Park and even into the Collegiate Peaks outside Leadville.
Purgatoire River Call as of: 03/17/202. Chilili Ditch: Priority #7, Appropriation Date: 04/30/1862.
Today’s Quote “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” ~Nicolas Chamfort ■ COMMUNITY EVENTS —THIS WEEK —GRAND OPENING FRI. MAR.
Trinidad’s hometown king is at it again, this time preparing for a fight in Colorado Springs this weekend against an amateur fighter making his pro debut. Travis Aragon, Trinidad’s first professional MMA fighter with a 2-2 professional record, plans to take on Darnell Robinson Saturday at Battle Championship MMA No.
TRINIDAD — In the late summer of 2016, Neal Paul was on his way to work in the Denver suburbs when he heard the news on the radio. Temple Aaron, one of the oldest synagogues in the Rocky Mountain West and the oldest in Colorado, was for sale.