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Authorities seize over 1,400 fentanyl pills, meth, firearms, more, from La Junta house

On Aug. 30, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, CBI, announced that they had, alongside the La Junta Police Department, discovered around 143 grams of fentanyl, about 1,430 pills, following a search warrant at a La Junta house on Aug. 29, after receiving intelligence and leads linking the residence to criminal activity.  

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Pueblo coroner accused of hiding bodies ‘behind secret door’ over 15-year period in private mortuary, raised in Trinidad, graduated from THS

T’Naus Nieto The Chronicle-News Brian Cotter, the elected Pueblo County Coroner since 2015, made statewide headlines Thursday, Aug. 21, following a mandatory inspection from state officials (on Aug. 20), who…

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Details emerge regarding incident when presumably unhoused person ‘accosted’ TSC president with axe

Details emerged regarding the incident that took place on Jan. 4, when the Trinidad State College president, Rhonda Epper, and her husband were reportedly “accosted” by a presumably unhoused individual wielding an axe at the Boulevard Addition trail, which led to her sharing her story at City Hall on Jan. 7 to use as anecdotal evidence for addressing concerns for the unhoused population in Trinidad’s downtown.  

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