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.
The judge looked over his bench Monday at the attorney before him and posed a question that has consumed the nation’s abortion policy debate in the exactly 10 months since the U.S. Supreme Court blew that policy to smithereens and unleashed a torrent of new laws and lawsuits seeking to reshape the landscape.
Coloradans with health coverage through Medicaid are facing a looming requirement for the first time in three years: Over the coming 12 months, they will need to prove they are still eligible for the program. This wasn’t the case during the height of the COVID pandemic, when the federal government told states not to disenroll anyone from Medicaid.
The victim of a fatal crash on Las Animas County Road 75 in mid-April has been identified as a 17-year-old from Trinidad. Las Animas County Coroner Junie Verquer identified the victim as Corbyn Ruelas of Trinidad.
The first Colorado bat infected with white-nose syndrome was found near La Junta, state wildlife officials announced, raising fears of a disastrous spread of the fungus- caused disease wreaking havoc in an important species across dozens of states. Colorado officials have found the widespread bat-killing fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, known as Pd, in the state before, but they had never confirmed a bat infected with the disease the fungus causes.
Las Animas County residents can expect increased noise and dust May 7 through May 17 due to aviation training at Pinion Canyon Maneuver Site east of Trinidad. Fort Carson Public Affairs said the training for the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, is required to prepare those soldiers for “any potential mission they may be called upon to support around the globe.” The brigade deployed to “U.S.
“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us” ~ Virginia Satir Public Service HELP FOR VETERANS The American Legion Post 11 has grant funds available to assist Colorado veterans in need of material or financial assistance. Info: Gerald Renner, 719-680-4563.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect veterans’ rights.
Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that he violated anti-discrimination laws by refusing to create a cake celebrating a gender transition.
With freezing temperatures and sand everywhere, the robot worked its way through an obstacle course; then it did it four more times, on its own. The 2023 Colorado Space Grant Consortium Robotics Challenge, held annually at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa, challenges teams to develop autonomous robots and test them in a friendly challenge.