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by Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — The Trinidad City Council met for the last time in 2015, on Tuesday, December 22, for both a work session meeting and a special meeting, seeking to wrap up old business and clear the way for the incoming City Council in January 2016.  Les Downs, out…

Reality based budgeting puts city on positive footing for future growthby Bill KnowlesTRINIDAD — With a total general fund budget of $8.1 million, the City of Trinidad stands to end 2016 with a surplus while still covering all necessary services.  Services such as water, gas, electric, and sewer will see…

staff reportWALSENBURG —  Recently published reports indicate alcohol problems are nothing new at The Career Building Academy, with incidents reported to local law enforcement agencies as far back as May 2015. In mid-November, a Huerfano County sheriff’s deputy responded to the alternative high school located west of Walsenburg on a…

WJ Staff WALSENBURG — Colorado is suffering from a shortage of teachers.  All 178 school districts are affected.  Classes are canceled, schedules changed, class sizes increased, and curriculums altered due to the lack of staff. Huerfano RE-1 has been short staffed this year, and has made do with alternative licensed teachers,…

by Dorothy J. BestRATON — I know, I know, I know – the last thing you want to read this week is a column on New Year’s Resolutions.  Is this modern form of facing the replacement of last year’s calendar still valid?  Must we spend the first two weeks of…

Jury trial set for May 2016by Eric MullensWALSENBURG —  Following a two-hour preliminary hearing that saw three witnesses testify, Russell Bellah of Walsenburg was bound over for trial on a number of felony charges including attempt to commit first degree murder of two police officers. The preliminary hearing was held…

WALSENBURG— On Thursday, morning, December 24, Walsenburg police were paged out to check on a man slumped over the steering wheel in a black pickup at the corner of Kansas Ave and Tyler St. When officers attermpted to contact the man, he woke up and took off, quickly losing his…