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The S&P 500 had its worst year since 2008 and saw its third annual decline since 2018. The blue chip index closed out 2022 at 3,839.50, a 19.4% loss over the year, after closing 2021 at 4,766.18, representing 27% in gains.

Food prices soared in 2022, and so far there are few solutions on the horizon for 2023. The latest Consumer Price Index Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that grocery prices increased 12% in the previous 12 months, far higher than the already elevated inflation rate.

Trinidad City Council approved an ordinance laying out rules and regulations for customer-generated power, providing the public the most specific guidance it has since customers started self-generating power. Councilmembers voted unanimously Tuesday, Jan.

The 2023 legislative session in Colorado begins Monday with Democrats firmly in control of both the House and Senate. While state lawmakers are still working on the fine print of their policy proposals, there are new dynamics at play at the Capitol that will define how the session unfolds.

Las Animas County did not impose the plastic bag fee that went into effect Jan. 1, the county said last week.

“It’s the best job I’ve ever had,” Chief Third Judicial District Court Judge Leslie J. Gerbracht said at a round wooden table perched in her third floor office next to a collection of large, saintly looking lawbooks, as she looked back on her 16 years serving the residents of Colorado’s Third Judicial District.

There’s a new buzz in town and it is ready to serve the cannabis needs of both locals and travelers alike amidst what some say is the end of the “Green Rush.” The Buzz Dispensary, a marijuana retailer located at 417 N. Commercial Street in Trinidad, opened its doors in late-November, replacing a Canna City location.