The Colorado Department of Transportation agreed with all 20 recommendations made by State Auditor Kerri Hunter regarding the lack of oversight on $3.5 billion spent on projects. The 138-page audit specifically reviewed “alternative delivery contracting methods,” commonly defined as selecting a team to develop, procure and design a transportation project.
While golf is generally a game associated with older residents who have bounds of money, a recent golf clinic is trying to bring more local residents of all ages to the sport and reduce perceived barriers to play. Some 27 local youth from the Trinidad Youth Club participated in a golf clinic at the Trinidad Municipal Golf Course March 21 and March 22, where they learned the basics of the sport, including safety on the course.
The Trinidad Police Department saw some 240 incidents between Thursday, March 30, and Wednesday, April 5, including vehicle accidents, fights, animal control calls and harassment. The Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office saw some 132 incidents during the same time period, including, theft, vehicle incidents and animal abuse.
History buffs, or anyone interested in the canons of Fox West Theatre history, will have an opportunity to enter a time capsule when the Fox West Theatre Alliance unveils nearly 100 pieces of theatre artifacts this weekend.
Checks in the mail? An income tax cut? Property tax relief? State government is expected this year to collect $2.7 billion in tax revenue above Colorado’s constitutional cap on government spending, according to the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting, money that the Democratic majority in the legislature will have to decide how to refund. The decision has to be made before the 2023 legislative session ends May 8, meaning lawmakers will have to act fast on the big-ticket item.
First lady Jill Biden praised Colorado lawmakers for working across party lines to become a model in providing residents options to get workforce training in a visit Monday to the state’s Capitol. Biden visited Colorado as part of a national tour to highlight President Joe Biden’s investments and commitment to workforce training and how states have used federal money to prop up programs to help Americans.
Representatives of the Scenic Highway of Legends board will need to look elsewhere for funding to support a SH-12 wayfinding signage installation project after county officials declined a request for additional financial support.
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts related to charges he paid hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels through a lawyer seven years ago and covered it up as a legal expense before being elected president.
A local elementary school saw its students support their global neighbors by raising over $500 to benefit victims of earthquakes that rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria in early-February. Students at Fisher’s Peak Elementary collected $541 between Feb.