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Our Bent County Art Guild proudly presents the 16th Annual Santa Fe Trail Day Art Show. The information poster is attached as well as the entry form. The theme this year for Santa Fe Trail Day is “Back in the Saddle for the 88th.” Local and area artists may enter your artwork at the Museum between April 19th and 26th from 1pm to 4pm or call Linda Bourne, Bent County Art Guild President, at 719-688-2508 for an appointment to deliver. The art show kicks off on Santa Fe Trail Day from 8am to 10am (closed for the parade), then reopens at 11am. Come and see your local artists SHINE sometime and join us for the Wine and Cheese event to celebrate the artists at 4pm to 5pm on SFTD, hosted by the Bent County Historical Society.

NEW YORK (AP) — What’s immune to high inflation? So far, the profits at big U.S. companies.

Castle Rock’s building boom has barely slowed over the past 20 years and its appetite for growth and need for water hasn’t slowed much either. With an eye computers on that growth and the ongoing need for more water, Douglas boats County commissioners are debating whether to spend $10 sports million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to equipment help finance a controversial San Luis Valley pets farm water export proposal.

Commission sets date to select nominees The Sixteenth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet at the Otero County Courthouse (13 West Third Street, La Junta, CO 81050) on May 25, 2022, to interview and select nominees for appointment by the governor to the office of district judge for the Sixteenth Judicial District (Bent, Crowley and Otero counties). The vacancy will be created by the retirement of the Honorable Michael A.

The long tradition of Santa Fe Trail Day will once again look like the celebration Bent County residents have come to expect, as the COVID-19 pandemic had limited the numcer of events in recent years.

Children’s Theatre of La Junta, now it it’s 24th year under the direction of Kelly Jo Smith, is ready for auditions for the summer Production of Disney’s “Moana.” This thrilling and heartwarming comingof-age story follows the strong-willed Moana as she sets sail across the Pacific to save her village and discover the truth about her heritage. Moana and the legendary demigod, Maui, embark on an epic journey of self-discovery and camaraderie as both learn to harness the power that lies within.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — There are now more Mexican gray wolves roaming the southwestern U.S. than at any time since the federal government started to reintroduce the endangered species, wildlife managers said Wednesday.

Colorado has reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza detected in wild birds in the state. The time Colorado since the federal Department governent of Agriculture, started to in reintroduce conjunction the with enangered United species, States Department wildlife managers of Agriculture’s id Wednesday.