Newsletter-Mid-Week

Woman accused of vehicular homicide, following fatal crash on I-25 in Trinidad, receives new hearing 

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.  

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Trinidad School District No. 1 approaches county for grant application for Miner field renovation, after claiming they made no progress through city 

During the Las Animas County Board of County Commissioners meeting Tuesday, July 15, representatives from Trinidad School District No. 1, which included newly appointed superintendent Olivia Bachicha and education technology specialist Ryan Dornan, spoke with county officials about the need to renovate the Miner field, and requested the county apply for a GOCO grant to fund the project, since the district wouldn’t be eligible to do so and claimed they were unable gain grant application support through the Trinidad City Council.  

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