The cross stands close to 26 feet tall and is about 1,800 pounds. It took five and a half pounds of concrete to hold up this holy grail in northern Las Animas County. It was put up just over a week before the Easter holiday and the Bowman family is very proud to have this gift of hope on their property on what is being called “The Hill of Healing.”
A senior judge presiding over a protracted legal battle between the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office and Huerfano County Sheriff Bruce Newman ruled that Sheriff Newman is in contempt of court for failing to abide by a preliminary injunction.
The Trinidad Police Department responded to or initiated some 227 incidents between Thursday, April 13, and Wednesday, April 19, including accidents, animal cruelty, harassment and suspicious incidents. The Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office saw some 107 calls for service during the same time, including traffic stops, accidents, assault, fraud and careless driving.
I am a digital immigrant. I was born into a world of rotary dial telephones and slide rules, cash registers that resembled slot machines, schools without air conditioning, encyclopedias that occupied an entire shelf in the book case and paper maps that unfolded to fill the front seat of the car.
The Trujillo Creek Fire that prompted the evacuations of a community southwest of Aguilar remained at 90% containment Wednesday, Las Animas County Emergency Management said Wednesday morning. Personnel from the Spanish Peaks-Bon Carbo Fire Protection District, The county saw some $1,600 in release fees last quarter.
The Segundo Kennedy Senior Center saw financial support from a local foundation this month which is expected to help bolster its services it offers twice a week. The Tercio Foundation, a local affiliate of The Moore Charitable Foundation, donated $2,000 to the Segundo-based center, which is expected to help support the nonprofit’s mission of providing meals, socialization opportunities and support services for Las Animas County senior citizens.
The Las Animas County Commissioners approved the Q1 2023 public trustee report during a regular session Tuesday. The report outlines foreclosures and releases conducted from January through March.
Many animals at Colorado Gators, an animal rescue in Alamosa County, died in a predawn fire Tuesday. Most of the snakes, lizards, tortoises, parrots and cats died in a fire that broke out in the reptile barn about 4:30 a.m., the Mosca rescue said in a Facebook post.
Colorado’s school finance act would boost K-12 funding next year to more than $9 billion — $150 million more than described in the recently finalized 2023-24 budget and a 7.5% increase from this year.
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