April 2023

Noise heard during police activity simply training drills, resident says police gave no warning of training exercise

The loud noises and law enforcement presence seen near Trinidad High School Saturday, April 22, was a training exercise, Trinidad Police Department said in a statement Monday. Residents in the THS vicinity reported hearing gunshots and loud booms Saturday, after TPD initiated the training with reportedly no public warning.

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Despite wet conditions, officials warn Colorado’s “moderate” wildfire season could quickly change

Ahead of a spring storm expected to dump several inches of moisture along the Front Range, the forecast for Colorado’s wildfire season appears “moderate,” though that could quickly change, officials warned Tuesday. The above-average snowpack and spring moisture won’t erase the risk of wildfire come summer, officials said during a presentation Tuesday on this year’s wildfire outlook.

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Body camera shows LASO deputies tasering bystander during 2022 traffic stop, victim plans to file federal civil rights suit against sheriff office

Benjamin Mandile The Chronicle-News Body camera footage shared with The Chronicle-News shows Las Animas County deputies tasering a bystander of a traffic stop in late-November… Login to continue reading Login…

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Trinidad passes emergency ord. after contractor bungles rate increases

Trinidad City Council passed an emergency ordinance last week, in response to a contractor reportedly bungling a utility rate increase study, after the city’s billing department noticed customers were being overcharged. The emergency ordinance, passed Tuesday, April 18, is the first step to readjust rates for water and sewer utilities since rate increases started April 1 after the passage of two city ordinances.

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