October 2022

RIVER C

Purgatoire River Call as of: 10/18/2022. Hoehne Ditch: Priority #15, Appropriation Date: 04/10/1864.

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Proposition 125: Coloradans will decide whether grocery stores should be allowed to sell wine starting next year

Coloradans have been able to buy fullstrength beer at all grocery and convenience stores since 2019, three years after the state legislature passed a law that changed how retail alcohol sales are regulated for the first time since the end of Prohibition. Now, it’s wine’s turn.

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THE FINE P

RINT “As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint all the beautiful things I see.” ~Vincent Van Gogh THIS WEEK LIBRARY’S OCT. ART WALL The Trinidad Carnegie Public Library will be featuring art works by local photographer Jennifer Oliver this month at the library, 202 N.

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Hearing date for accused LA County embezzler set for Nov. 16

A former Las Animas County employee accused of embezzling funds from the Las Animas County Clerk & Recorder’s Office will either enter into a plea deal or have their case reset for trial in mid-November, according to a district judge. Consuelo “Connie” Victoria Vigil (age 40) will either enter into a plea deal or have her case set for trial on Nov.

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Deadly fentanyl confiscated during Trinidad traffic stop — two now in custody for alleged drug pushing

Trinidad Police Department officers confiscated 85.5 grams of suspected fentanyl pills and fentanyl compound during a traffic stop this month, leading to the arrest of two suspected drug pushers. TPD arrested Jesse Gabriel Ortiz (age 48) and Nadia Borrego (age 22) Thursday, Oct.

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