March 2023

Colorado’s state water engineer has a message for the Nebraska officials doubling down on their commitment to a $567 million canal across the border: You can build it, but the water may not come. Colorado state engineer Kevin Rein acknowledges a historic compact gives Nebraska the right to build the canal at the South Platte River west of Julesburg.

A group of Western Slope lawmakers are asking the Biden administration to put the brakes on a rail project in the Uinta Basin. The letter, sent to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, cited the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio as one example of why the Uinta Basin Railway Project should not move forward.

An aging bridge at Exit 50 on Interstate 25 is set to be replaced and traffic impacts are expected during the construction. The Colorado Department of Transportation announced that a project to “improve the safety of two bridges to support increased traffic on the I-25 corridor,” is set to commence later this month.

Trinidad Police Department arrested two Trinidad residents on outstanding warrants for allegedly defrauding an 81-year-old resident of the state-run Trinidad State Nursing Home, according to an affidavit.

Colorado animal welfare regulators and Noah’s Ark Animal Welfare Association have come to a resolution to close all open investigations into animal welfare practices at the Trinidad-based shelter. Regulators from the Colorado Department of Agriculture Pet Animal Care Facilities Act Program (PAFCA) and NAAWA’s board of directors entered into the legally binding agreement in mid-February, according to the stipulation and final order.