Brooke GollaherContributorThe Chronicle- News For the past twenty years, the youth ministry at First Christian Church in Trinidad, Colorado has been a beacon of hope… Login to continue reading Login…
On Aug. 18, Marcus Festi, 29, the Trinidad man who was initially charged with nearly 130 counts of sexual exploitation and sexual assault against a child, had an arraignment hearing (defendant makes plea of guilty or not guilty) at the Las Animas County Courthouse. However, courts granted Festi a new arraignment hearing for Oct. 27, 2025.
During its regular meeting, the Trinidad City Council unanimously approved a change order for the Trinidad Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $210,427.29, which will increase the square footage of the north and south side tanks.
T’Naus Nieto The Chronicle-News Brian Cotter, the elected Pueblo County Coroner since 2015, made statewide headlines Thursday, Aug. 21, following a mandatory inspection from state officials (on Aug. 20), who…
A plane crashed into the Sierra Grande Volcano near Des Moines in Union County, N.M., Wednesday night at around 11 p.m., according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which has opened an investigation into the crash.
“If you really want to get serious about the problem and get rid of all the undesirables,” citizen Roy Miller said during the Trinidad City Council’s regular meeting Tuesday, Aug. 5. “Back in World War II in Germany, they had it down to a science— ‘The Final Solution.’”
On Friday, Aug. 1, Dawn Garcia was arrested and held under a $30,000 bond after authorities alleged she had smuggled methamphetamine into the Trinidad Correctional Facility to give to an inmate back in mid-June.
Nancy EllisContributorThe Chronicle-News Autumn Hunnicutt, a painter of luminous oil images of people, animals, plants and cyclical patterns of nature, ruminates sometimes about feeling stuck… Login to continue reading Login…
During a special meeting of the Las Animas County Board of County Commissioners, officials considered a potential sales tax measure for the Trinidad Youth Club, which they ultimately rejected, citing concerns with the proposed ballot language, among other issues.
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.