On Aug. 30, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, CBI, announced that they had, alongside the La Junta Police Department, discovered around 143 grams of fentanyl, about 1,430 pills, following a search warrant at a La Junta house on Aug. 29, after receiving intelligence and leads linking the residence to criminal activity.
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.
The Colorado Judicial Branch’s dockets revealed upcoming court dates, including hearings, for the La Junta couple who allegedly left a baby with skull fractures and malnourished, who were arrested and quickly released around three days later after an Otero County judge reportedly gave them a cashless bond.