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Colorado AG warns voters to watch for election-related AI ‘deepfakes’
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Monday warned Colorado voters to be wary of election misinformation and disinformation created by artificial intelligence.
Comprehensive survey reveals struggles,experiences, perspectives of local high school students
As high school students throughout the region recently went back to school, the Colorado Department of Education’s ‘Healthy Kids Colorado Survey’ recently published its 2023 participation results for high school students, grades 9 through 12, for Region 6, which included Las Animas, Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Otero, and Prowers Counties.
Comprehensive survey reveals struggles,experiences, perspectives of local high school students
As high school students throughout the region recently went back to school, the Colorado Department of Education’s ‘Healthy Kids Colorado Survey’ recently published its 2023 participation results for high school students, grades 9 through 12, for Region 6, which included Las Animas, Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Otero, and Prowers Counties.
Huerfano County Government issues ‘boil order’ due to water contamination risk in Gardner wells
On August 29, The Huerfano County Government announced a boil order after its employees identified issues related to the Gardner wells which, with the loss in pressure in the distribution system, could have allowed disease-causing organisms to enter the water system.
Multiple outlets report Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center as ‘critical risk’ for closure
The Center for Healthcare and Quality and Payment Reform published data showing six rural hospitals in Colorado at ‘immediate risk’ of closure, including Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center in Walsenburg.
As childhood screen time increases, lowering physical activity, Trinidad Youth Club offers local children Jr. Bike Riders program
The Youth Club of Trinidad, as part of its Enrichment Clubs for Fall, started a ‘Jr.
As city council, community, discuss concerns over vagrants, unhoused people, dilapidated houses could be more concerning
During the last few Trinidad City Council meetings, representatives from the community, business owners, council members, and even the Trinidad Police Department discussed and conveyed concerns over the prominent presence of unhoused people and vagrants throughout the downtown area.
Peakview School in Walsenburg reports chickenpox exposure risk
On Monday August 26, Peakview School, a preschool through sixth-grade school in Walsenburg alerted parents that their children may have been exposed to chickenpox.