Posts published in December 2015

by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — In a work session held last Tuesday afternoon, the City of Trinidad discussed several items that have been lingering for a while in dark corners of city hall awaiting some kind of resolution.  One such item is the multi-modal development. Walt Boulden, Executive Director for the…

by Colette M. Armijo RATON —  Raton High School’s National Honor Society (NHS) was proud to present a check in the amount of $475 to Raton High School’s Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).  These funds represent the proceeds from their recently held initiatives which included a dodgeball…

by Bill KnowlesWALSENBURG — With the reputation as a premier museum of contemporary art up and down the Front Range from Denver to Trinidad, the Museum of Friends has begun a capital improvement program (CIP) to further enhance the experience of visitors from all over the state. While awaiting the…

by Bill KnowlesWALSENBURG — With the reputation as a premier museum of contemporary art up and down the Front Range from Denver to Trinidad, the Museum of Friends has begun a capital improvement program (CIP) to further enhance the experience of visitors from all over the state. While awaiting the…

Vets hope to occupy Fort Wooton at completion of projectby Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — The Las Animas County Commission hammered out the last of the questions they had on a contract with Maxwell Builders, the contractor doing the jail conversion project.  Their concerns focused around language that would institute a penalty…

  Want the space to build a new judicial center by Brian Orr WALSENBURG — The Huerfano County Commissioners are sending a letter over to the Walsenburg City Council this week, formally asking the city for permission to shut down and rearrange a section of the downtown. For over a…

by Bill KnowlesHUERFANO — It is a merry Christmas for the Huerfano County Water Conservancy District, with an approval on December 3, of a $220,000 grant application by the Colorado Water Conservation Board in their hands.  The district will move on the project after the first of the year, according…

Sheriffs Department still investigating WESTON — On December 4 at approximately 3:30 pm, the Las Animas County Sheriff’s Department Office received a call from the Trinidad Communications Center of reports that two children had fallen through ice on a pond that was located on the Robinson Sawmill property off of County…

by David TesitorWALSENBURG —  Last May, a death threat was received at the Diocese of Pueblo offices concerning Father Jean-Marie Mondji, the Pastor of Saint Mary Catholic Community, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate.    After several months, a report was generated November 2, 2015.…