Las Animas County has ranked in the top ten least tax burdened counties in Colorado, according to the most recent report from Smart Asset, which has been conducting the analysis since at least 2015. Las Animas County ranked as fourth on the 2022 top ten list — one spot higher than the 2020 analysis.
Statewide, third graders did almost as well on the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, tests this past spring as third graders did before the pandemic. This could be an encouraging sign after three disrupted school years, but older students in most grades and subjects did worse, even as test scores rebounded from very low levels in 2021.
When Colorado launches free preschool for 4-year-olds in 2023, it will join a half dozen other states that already offer universal preschool. All of them have encountered the same tricky task Colorado leaders now face as they try to knit together a disparate patchwork of public and private preschools into an equitable and high-quality statewide system.
Businesses in Trinidad’s Bell Block and the immediate surrounding area have raised issue with the recent closure of a parking lot behind the Champions Center, citing customer confusion and a general lack of parking within the city. The 25-space parking lot — located behind Main Street Live, Bella Luna Pizzeria, the Columbian Building and the Champions Center — recently had signs added that informs drivers the parking lot is for Champions Center use only.
There is a husband who misses you sadly, And finds the time long since you went; And thinks of you daily and hourly, But tries to be brave and content. But the tears I shed in silence, And I breathe a sigh of regret, For you were mine, and I remember Though all the world forgets.
Colorado Attorney General Attorney General Phil Weiser has announced that Colorado will receive more than $1 million after an optical lens company paid providers kickbacks to refer patients to the company, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Colorado Medicaid program. In the settlement, Essilor, a company that manufactures, markets and distributes optical lenses and equipment used to produce optical lenses, agreed to pay 35 states a total of $22 million plus interest.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released the Practical Guide for Operationalizing CDC’s School Guidance for the 2022-2023 school year and announced it will continue to provide free COVID-19 testing to schools. These steps build upon past best practices to protect in-person learning this school year.
A petition to recall state Sen. Kevin Priola has been approved, the Colorado Secretary of State’s office said Friday.
Chronicle-News Las Animas County has closed vehicle access to Simpson’s Rest this week for communications work being done in the area, according to a release sent Monday. “Per County Sheriff Derek Navarette, the county road that leads to Simpson’s Rest (CR 69.1) will be closed from Monday, Sept.
Chronicle-News Bombastic art cars from across the country were artfully bedecked, bedazzled, bent, sculpted and belabored over for the 2022 Artocade parade in downtown Trinidad Saturday. Spectators braved a rare cool Colorado mist while packing the sidewalks of downtown Main St.