Tag: Las Animas County
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Body found in abandoned building near Ludlow Massacre Memorial Site
According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, a body was found in an abandoned building near the Ludlow Massacre Memorial Site about 15 miles north of Trinidad. A visitor, presumably of the memorial site, came across the body at about 1:42 p.m. on May 17, notifying authorities. Unspecified circumstances have resulted in the death being…
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Partial containment gained on blaze that grew rapidly in remote Colorado, prompting disaster emergency declaration
According to the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, some containment has been gained on the Poitrey Canyon Fire that’s burning in Las Animas County. The blaze started last Friday northwest of the town of Kim and is believed to be human-caused. It quickly grew to over 2,000 acres, last reported at a size…
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EPA takes joint control of gasoline spill cleanup on Southern Ute land
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has assumed joint oversight of the cleanup from a 97,000-gallon gasoline pipeline rupture on Southern Ute lands, the tribe announced on Friday. The move, nearly a year after the Dec. 5, 2024 leak, comes after the agency issued Enterprise Products LLC a formal notice of non-compliance for improper handling of…
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Reward doubles in poaching case involving 4 bull elk shot and left to rot
The search continues for a suspect in a poaching case that involved the deaths of four large bull elk in Southern Colorado a couple months ago. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, their agency along with Operation Game Thief is seeking the public’s help in identifying a party that could be responsible for the killings,…
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Officials investigating poaching of four bull elk in Las Animas County
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest or citation related to four poached and abandoned large bull elk carcasses left on four ranches in Las Animas County, according to a release from the agency Wednesday. Of the poached elk, one was shot and abandoned whole,…