On Tuesday, Sept. 16, City Manager Tara Marshall announced the city’s financial report for this year’s second quarter, during the city’s regular meeting, revealing that although revenues were under budget for many of the city’s fund accounts, expenses were also under expended, which resulted in a net positive for many of the funds, with some exceptions.
Last weekend, from Sept. 19 to 20, Create Trinidad hosted its 2025 “Get Lit” literary festival, featuring many prominent authors from various locations. One of the headline writers and workshop hosts, award-winning poet Juan Morales, shared his thoughts on Trinidad becoming a hub for the regional writing community and the favorable impact of the arts.
While giving her report during the City’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16, City Manager Tara Marshall explained that the recent power outage in Trinidad was caused by a raccoon that “jumped” on a main circuit breaker.
Last month, The Chronicle-News broke a story regarding a fatal plane crash that took the lives of the pilot and passenger of a private plane traveling from Pueblo to Texas that lost communication near Trinidad and crashed into the Sierra Grande (an extinct stratovolcano) near Des Moines, in Northern New Mexico.
David J. Santistevan Jr.ContributorThe Chronicle-News Three big offensive plays of over 60 yards in the first quarter and 485 yards of total offense in total… Login to continue reading Login…
Joshua Drahan, 19, who had two active warrants, was arrested Thursday, Sept. 4, at the 100 block of West Cedar St., in Trinidad, after authorities contacted the young man and discovered over 8 grams of fentanyl and 0.4 grams of meth hidden in a black plastic container.
On Sept. 7, Sierra Taylor Braunns, 24, was arrested following a response from a Trinidad Police officer who was dispatched to a possible child abuse incident, which claimed a person saw a video of Braunns wrapping tape around her kids’ necks and head.
In a U.S District Court document from Sept. 9, Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell approved a motion, partially, for a civil action against Las Animas County Coroner, Dominic Verquer, to proceed, following claims he had improperly handled the remains of plaintiff Sheri Huff’s father, Fredrick Huff.
Last month, Mt. San Rafael Hospital announced, in a letter to its patients, that its clinics would no longer provide opioid management of chronic pain with listed exceptions.
T’Naus Nieto The Chronicle-News A Trinidad woman, Jessica Rascon, 41, was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 3, following an incident which alleged she assaulted her father and… Login to continue reading Login…