The 23rd Judicial District announced Tuesday, July 29, that Roy Allen Elliott Casaus, 33, out of Trinidad, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after a high-speed chase in Castle Rock, while driving a stolen vehicle, led him to crash into several patrol cars.
On the evening of July 30, the development manager for Willdan Engineering took to the Trinidad Middle School board room to provide an update on the over $5.5 million Fisher’s Peak Elementary School renovations during Trinidad School District No. 1’s regular board meeting.
Inka Jumisko, 29, was back at Las Animas County Courthouse Monday, July 28, for a preliminary hearing, after she was accused of vehicular homicide while under the influence (a class three felony), following a fatal RV crash on May 13 around midnight on I-25 in Trinidad.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of Medicaid reimbursement in low-income areas, rural healthcare services have faced reductions in services, with some even facing closures. For instance, Rocky Mountain Eye Center’s Trinidad location shut its doors in July 2024, with other clinics fighting to avoid a similar fate.
Representative for House District 47, Ty Winter, was presented with the Community Health Center Champion award on Wednesday, July 16, at the Sauld Family Health Center in Trinidad for his legislative work and advocacy to support community health centers.
On the early morning of Friday, July 25, at around 1:30 a.m., officers with the Trinidad Police Department arrested Joshua Stephen Batts, 38, out of Denver, who allegedly had possession of a firearm reported stolen from the Aurora Police Department, a truck reported stolen out of Pueblo, which was pulling a trailer that was reported stolen out of Trinidad.
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On Tuesday, July 22, the City of Trinidad announced that the improvements to the Trinidad Skatepark are set to begin on July 28, with the renovations done through Grindline Skateparks Inc.
Trinidad School District No. 1’s technology specialist Ryan Dornan took to City Hall Monday, July 21, for a special meeting to ask the City of Trinidad to submit, on the district’s behalf, for a Great Outdoors Colorado, GOCO, grant to fund its Miner track field renovations after Las Animas County officials informed the district they should approach the city first.
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