In a letter signed on Aug. 5 by all three Las Animas County Commissioners, the local officials urged Colorado’s General Assembly to reconsider the volume and scope of unfunded mandates, even asking the state’s Governor, Jared Polis, to exercise his veto power over them.
Colorado could see as many as three new immigrant detention centers open before the end of the year, potentially tripling the state’s detention capacity, according to internal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement planning documents, but La Junta will not be one them, at least for now.
On the late night of Aug. 17, at around 10 p.m., John Paul Romero, 57, also known as “Psycho Micheal,” was arrested for first-degree attempted murder, after an officer with the Trinidad Police Department discovered a man with bandages who claimed to have been stuck by a bullet in the forehead, while Romero was firing a 22. caliber pistol at him earlier that evening, leading to an investigation and subsequent arrest.
A homegrown agricultural innovation from the Arkansas Valley is in the running for one of the state’s most coveted titles: “The Coolest Thing Made in Colorado.”
During its regular meeting back on Aug.5, the Las Animas County Board of County Commissioners discussed the list of potential state legislation Colorado Counties Inc. would vote to approve by October of this year.
In a letter signed on Aug. 5 by all three Las Animas County Commissioners, the local officials urged Colorado’s General Assembly to reconsider the volume and scope of unfunded mandates, even asking the state’s Governor, Jared Polis, to exercise his veto power over them.
On Aug. 5, Las Animas County Commissioner Felix Lopez announced during the board’s regular meeting that he applied to become part of a state-wide board for the Behavioral Health Administration, which he hoped would help him bring funding back to rural areas.
A plane crashed into the Sierra Grande Volcano near Des Moines in Union County, N.M., Wednesday night at around 11 p.m., according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which has opened an investigation into the crash.
The Bent County Sheriff’s Office announced that on the early morning of Sunday Aug. 10, at around 5: 30 a.m., deputies responded to a “solo vehicle collision” on the intersection of Third street and Bent Ave. in Las Animas.
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