September 2022

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atch Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. South southeast wind around 10 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

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Colorado teacher salaries are up — housing prices are up even more

Colorado teachers earning average salaries can afford to buy fewer than a fifth of the homes in their school districts — and homeownership is more out of reach in districts with higher wages. But raising wages alone won’t fix the problem, according to a new report from the Keystone Policy Center that says the government needs to consider new housing policies to help teachers and other middle-income public sector workers live where they work.

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Labor Day Parade fills downtown Trinidad with floats, honking horns, families and good times

Benjamin Mandile Reporter The Chronicle-News The annual Trinidad Roundup Association Labor Day Parade drew hundreds of people to downtown Trinidad to celebrate the holiday with neighbors and friends. The parade route took participants across town — starting on Arizona Avenue, working its way past Trinidad City Hall and up Main Street, before ending on Linden Avenue — Monday, Sept.

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Rodeo returns with bareback riding, calf roping, stick horse races, other Western fun

Benjamin Mandile Reporter The Chronicle-News The Trinidad Roundup Association Rodeo returned for its 112th year, with two days filled with western fun and entertainment, over the Labor Day Weekend. The rodeo, organized by the TRA and held at the Las Animas County Fairgrounds, saw nearly 1,000 attendees between Sunday and Monday, according to organizers, with some 800 tickets purchased.

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Hemp in Colorado: A seed, fiber frenzy intertwined with cannabis

Part 3 of 3 Parts… Part 1 ran Monday, Sept. 5 Part 2 ran Tuesday, Sept. 6 If you are looking for an article about the highs and lows of marijuana, you may be in the wrong location. Though intricately intertwined with the marijuana industry, the hemp industry has its own regulatory system and laws regarding sale and consumption. The only individuals getting high in this article are possibly cows.

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Colorado adopts new rules to increase access to notary services for deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind individuals

DENVER — The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has permanently adopted a new amendment to Notary Program Rule 2.3 following an August 16 public rulemaking hearing conducted with in-person and virtual attendance. The rule change allows greater access to notary services for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind by authorizing the use of interpreters during notarial acts.

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atch Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 86. West wind around 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. East southeast wind around 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

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