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Man who stabbed victim 13 times in local parking lot sentenced to 8 years in prison
A homeless man who stabbed a New Mexico man 13 times during an altercation in a department store parking lot in Trinidad last year has been sentenced to eight years in the Colorado Department of Corrections to be followed by parole.
Prescribed burns, wildfire mitigation planned for Comanche National Grasslands in southeast region of state for next few weeks
Officials at the Comanche National Grassland announced this month that they plan to conduct prescribed burns in Southeast Colorado to run through mid-April as conditions permit. The burns started earlier this month and include planned burns in Las Animas, Crowley, Baca and Otero counties to include 4,200 acres.
Pat on Patrol: Talking to friends, neighbors in Trinidad
—Editor’s note: Since the COVID-19 pandemic put a monkey wrench into the plans of many people that has kept them from getting out and about and socializing with each other, you’ll be pleased, no doubt, to see that some things are slowly beginning to return to normal. After a brief hiatus from her appointed rounds, our gal Pat Fletcher, creator and author of the Man in the Street Interviews, has once again returned to the streets of Trinidad on a quest to find out what all our friends and neighbors are doing and thinking. Now, let’s see what she found out for us, shall we?
Lake Pueblo State Park boat ramps operating hours to adjust for summer
PUEBLO — Operating hours for the boat ramps at Lake Pueblo State Park, the busiest park in Colorado, will adjust April 1 to the summer schedule of 5 a.m. to midnight.
City, county crime report for March 17 — 23
Trinidad Police Department responded to or initiated some 216 calls between Thursday, March 17 and Wednesday, including hit and runs, auto theft and malicious mischief. The Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office responded to or initiated 150 incidents in the same time period, including DUIs, domestic calls, subject and traffic stops and a weed fire.
Locals hear trail updates during trail alliance meeting
It was a full house at the Mutiny Information Café in downtown Trinidad Saturday, Mar. 12, as the Trinidad Trails Alliance (TTA) hosted their monthly event — indoors this month due to snow. Over 25 people gathered to hear updates from the TTA, a local volunteer organization, whose mission it is to help build and maintain public trails in and around Trinidad.
Candidates take issue with email sent in Trinidad Ambulance Board election
Candidates in the 2022 Trinidad Ambulance District Board of Directors special election have raised concern with an email sent to candidates this month, suggesting the candidates speak amongst themselves to decide who would drop out of the race in an effort to save the district money by not holding an election.
Ambulance district election forum to be held Sunday
Tom Murphy announced a candidate forum will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 27 for the upcoming Trinidad Ambulance District Board of Directors election and that it will be livestreamed on cable channel 71 and Trinidad Times TV 71 on YouTube.
THS weight room receives help from district alumna, other Miner sport fans
Trinidad High School has seen what started out as post-athletic practice conversations turn into “a dream come true,” almost overnight, the district said. Donnelly Gym’s weight room saw a “major” upgrade through what the district has called “generous” donations from a THS alumna.