January 2023

Trinidad Mayor Phil Rico recognized the Trinidad School District No. 1 Board of Education for their commitment to providing education to Trinidad students, noting that the current era for school boards can be a challenging time. He said that excellence in the classrooms begins with excellence in the board room. Mayor Rico read a proclamation during the school board’s January meeting, proclaiming January 2023 to be “Board of Education Appreciation Month,” and “urged all citizens” to join the city council and City of Trinidad in “recognizing the dedication and hard work of local school board members in preparing today’s students...”

The sale and attempted sale of so-called assault weapons would be banned in Colorado under a bill set to be introduced by Democrats in the legislature this year. But possession of such firearms in the state would still be allowed.

Trinidad will focus on developing a smaller section of the Purgatoire River as its contractor develops conceptual plans for suggested improvements, the city and its contractor announced this month. While the visioning plan, a project that started receiving public input in 2021, still encompasses the original scope of Interstate 25 to the Linden Street Bridge, The Greenway Foundation and the Architerra Group (the city’s two contractors for the project), will focus the conceptual design plans in the short term from Interstate 25 to the Commercial Street Bridge, Jeff Shoemaker, former executive director of The Greenway Foundation said.