by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — Over recent months, complaints of noncompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) under Title II, have been building against the local public housing authority, until officials from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) visited housing authority projects in Trinidad, Thursday, July 23 to act on those…
Posts published in August 2015
by Joe TarabinoSOUTHERN CO/ NORTHERN NM — Tourism trends in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico are “a riddle…inside an enigma”. Even though numbers at both the Colorado and New Mexico State Welcome/Information Centers have been down in recent years, other visitation indicators are up. For example, Cy Michaels of La Quinta…
by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — Announcing from the Las Animas County Courthouse Square on Thursday, Aug. 5, Las Animas County Sheriff James Casias, a Democrat, stated his intention to seek the District 35 State Senate seat in Denver. The seat is currently held by Republican Larry Crowder. “Democrats in the 35th…
by Bill KnowlesWALSENBURG — Water is the one thing Walsenburg has in some abundance. Dave Johnston wants to use some of that excess capacity. In a water fat year, the City of Walsenburg finds it has an over abundance of water. The city has capacity in both water treatment and…
by Joy Gipson TRINIDAD — Part of North Commercial Street in Trinidad may be inaccessible, but the businesses on those blocks are still open and the parking situation is not as bad as it may look. Parking is available on the Commercial Street Bridge which gives access to…
by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — The announcement from Governor John Hickenlooper Monday July 27, 2015 at an artists’ community in Loveland will help establish a first-of-its-kind artist housing project in Trinidad. The state will help by sponsoring a $50 million dollar, eight-year plan to create the artist housing in nine rural…
TRINIDAD– Earlier this summer, the city of Trinidad was named among Colorado’s Top 10 most eye-appealing places by TheCultureTrip.com website. The Culture Trip is a one stop website for the best of America’s art, design,culture, travel and more. The website ranks cities and towns throughout the United States for beauty and livability.…
by William J. Bechaver SOUTHERN COLORADO — The world of Ranch Rodeo is expanding, and the grassroots event is growing in popularity. For those of us who have attended one of these premier events, it’s the most fun that can be had on 40 legs! This summer, we’ve had four…
by Nancy ChristoffersonSTONEWALL — The valley of the stone wall is aptly named, but it easily could have been named Russellville or Storzburgh or perhaps Valle de Purgatorio. In fact, in the early 1870s, it was known as St. John’s Valley, or Valle de San Juan, in honor of the…
by Eric MullensWALSENBURG — One year and two days after her arrest for child abuse resulting in death, Marissa Jackson broke down in district court Wednesday morning leaving a plea bargain on the table for at least the next two weeks. The case was called for formal arraignment of the…