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Bear Breaks Into Colorado Home, Injures 82-Year-Old Woman
A bear broke into a Colorado home. No, that's not the start of a joke. It happened. And the bear, who was a young one, injured the 82-year-old woman inside. It was just after midnight Friday, Aug. 11 in Boncarbo, a community near Trinidad. She woke to the sound of...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife hunting bear that bit camper in Trinidad
(TRINIDAD, Colo.) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is searching for a black bear that bit a man late Saturday night on Aug. 5. CPW was notified of a bear attack at a campground in the Purgatoire River bottoms east of Interstate 25 after 10 p.m. The man told CPW officers he was relaxing in […]
Summit trail to Fishers Peak could soon be realized
A highly anticipated trail project in southern Colorado could cross the finish line in the coming months. Fishers Peak State Park Manager Crystal Dreiling said builders will soon return to the mountain, where they'll be "fine tuning and cleaning up" the majority of the summit trail roughed-in last fall before continuing the final three miles to the top after Aug. 1. That's when the seasonal closure for raptor nesting lifts on the upper cliffs of Trinidad's iconic backdrop above 9,600 feet.
A Colorado Preservation SnapShot
Take a Closer Look at the Well Hotel & Taproom in Trinidad, Colorado. The Well Hotel & Taproom formerly known as the “Bloom Block,” was built in 1888 by Frank Bloom. The interior was recently renovated and is now a hotel and self-serve taproom in Trinidad. Colorado Preservation is helping to preserve the building’s historic Main Street façade.
ArtoCade 2023 canceled, Art Cartopia closing its doors
(TRINIDAD, Colo.) — One of the most unique experiences Southern Colorado has to offer, Art Cartopia in Trinidad, is shutting its doors and announcing the cancelation of its annual festival and parade, ArtoCade. ArtoCade made the announcement on its Facebook page on Friday, June 23, and said the closure...
Sister Blandina Wellness Gardens set to reopen
(TRINIDAD, Colo.) — The Sister Blandina Wellness Gardens is hosting a free community celebration this Thursday, June 15, to celebrate the reopening of the gardens after they were temporarily closed as a safety measure during the selective demolition and preservation of Schneider’s Brewery nearby. The celebration is taking place in the gardens from 4:30 p.m. […]
Happy Trails: A marvelous tour of trails around Fishers Peak
The path to the top of Fishers Peak, one of southern Colorado’s most recognized promontories, could be finished and opened late this summer. It'll be seasonally closed March through July for falcons nesting in the uppermost cliffs. But one doesn't need to wait until then to finally explore the...
Touring the new trails at Fishers Peak State Park
TRINIDAD • Hiking through the pinon-juniper forest above town, three women reach a place they’ve been before. Now, the scene looks different. “This is all new,” says one, Kristina Birt. Now at this junction of Fishers Peak State Park, the trails keep going. The available mileage has...
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