Despite being the safest and one of the easiest decisions a driver and passenger can make, Colorado (86%) still falls below the national average (90%) with seat belt use, and the younger the driver the greater the chance they aren’t buckling up. Teens, as both drivers and passengers, have the lowest rate of seat belt use of any group, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Another handful of Las Animas County-based nonprofits provided updates to the county board of commissioners on how recent funding has helped their work, along with brief overviews of the work each group conducts.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser wants the Colorado Supreme Court to wade into a murky river-access fight. Weiser this week filed a lengthy brief asking the state’s high court to intervene before a lower court takes up a case involving a fisherman who says he has a right to wade on a stretch of the Arkansas River and a landowner who says the riverbed is private property.
Today’s Quote “Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.” ~Thomas Paine ■ COMMUNITY EVENTS —THIS WEEK —LA COUNTY REPUBLICANS THURS. APR.
The Primero Bulldogs excelled in the High Altitude Challenge Track Meet held in Alamosa on Thursday, April 14. For the boys 800-meter run, senior Dalton Avis finished in 8th place overall.
A Colorado man spent nine days carrying a cross from Aguilar to Pueblo in an effort to raise awareness about the needs people with developmental disabilities hold.
Today’s Quote “Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” ~John Wooden ■ COMMUNITY EVENTS —THIS WEEK —CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEDS. APR.
Purgatoire River Call as of: 04/19/2022. Chilili Ditch: Priority #7, Appropriation Date: 04/30/1862.
An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after a family in Las Animas County reported the incident. Law enforcement charged Larry N.
Trinidad is one step closer to finding a replacement for its outgoing city manager after Trinidad City Council approved a resolution to contract with a search firm earlier this month. Trinidad City Council voted 7-0 at a regular meeting April 12 to hire KRW Associates, a Colorado Springs-based executive search firm, to help the city find a replacement for current city manager Mike Valentine, who’s retiring in July.