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Fair Workweek Employment Standards Bill Gets Attention

(Denver, CO) -- Lawmakers are meeting in committee this week to focus on a bill that's getting a lot of attention. House Bill 23-1118...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Feb 12, 20233 min read

Bent County Meetings are Public

(Las Animas, CO) -- There's been some confusion that lately is starting to clear up a bit. County meetings for Bent County...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jan 22, 20232 min read

McClave Schools Push Bent County for Response on Agreement for Land

(Las Animas, CO) -- When Bent County Commissioners hold a special meeting Tuesday the 17th it will include members of the McClave...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jan 15, 20233 min read

Former Kiowa County Deputy's Jury Trial Starts This Week

(Eads, CO) -- It's another trip to court for former Kiowa County Deputy Quinten Stump. According to the Kiowa County District Court...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jan 2, 20231 min read

Lawsuit in Bent County, Legal Advice to be Sought Thursday

(Las Animas, CO) -- The Bent County attorney has been and will continue to be busy with two legal matters this week. Thursday, December...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Dec 29, 20221 min read

A Stop Sign Waits Ahead for Bent County Transit

(Lamar, CO) -- Bent County transit will not be merged into a regional transit effort. That was decided on a 7-to-4 vote of county...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Dec 28, 20223 min read

Resolution to Help Persons in Behavioral Crisis

(La Junta, CO) -- Otero County Commissioners took a step to insure that people experiencing a behavioral health crisis have...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Dec 19, 20221 min read

Life Behind Bars for Aragon

(La Junta, CO) -- Life in prison with no possibility for parole was the sentence handed down Friday for Edward Aragon. Aragon will...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Strep is NOT What You Want for Christmas, Reported Cases Up in Colorado

The following is a news release from the CDPHE STATEWIDE (Dec. 15, 2022) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Dec 17, 20223 min read

Merry On Maine in Eads, Colorado

The following photos of the Merry on Maine event in Eads are property of Anne Boswell and made only be re-used with permission. You may...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Dec 4, 20221 min read

Las Animas and Bent County Face Budget Deadline for Sheriff's Office Contract

(Las Animas, CO) -- "Las Animas is not Mayberry, I know there's some misconception about that..." Bent County Undersheriff Wick Turner...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Dec 4, 20223 min read

Just Because They Ask, Doesn't Mean You Have to Answer

(Anywhere Colorado) -- Covid changed a lot, didn't it? For one thing it changed the way meetings are conducted. I'll bet your 2019...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Nov 16, 20222 min read

Veterans' Day in Las Animas

The following is a contribution and news release from Kathleen Tomlin Veterans Day 2022 started out crisp and chilly as many dedicated...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Nov 14, 20223 min read

Disgust at Recent Allegations, Former Bent County Commissioner Goes on Record

(Las Animas, CO) -- Tom Wallace is a Bent County tax paying citizen and a former Bent County commissioner. He stood up at Thursday's...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Nov 10, 20223 min read

Guilty! The Third Time to Trial Completes the Seven Year Journey for Aragon

(La Junta, CO) -- Edward Aragon finally knows his fate. A jury in district court in Otero County returned a guilty of first degree...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Nov 9, 20221 min read

Aragon Murder Trial Wraps the Week with Investigator Testimony

(La Junta, CO) -- Edward Aragon could soon learn his fate as testimony wrapped up this week in his murder trial in Otero District...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Nov 5, 20224 min read

Is the Third Time the End Game for a Murder Trial in Otero County

(La Junta, CO) -- If you were a superstitious person, you might say the pending trial for Edward Aragon has been a cursed trial. This...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Oct 30, 20221 min read

Champney Due in Court for a Preliminary Hearing

(Las Animas, CO) -- Thursday, the man accused in the Ft. Lyon Fire from April of 2022 will be in court, this time for a preliminary...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Oct 19, 20222 min read

SE Colorado Company Makes List of Coolest Things in Colorado

(Rocky Ford, CO) -- You have to love a "good things are happening in our zip code story." Ok, maybe not your zip code or mine but...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Oct 16, 20221 min read

Colorado Prepares to Pay for Plastic Grocery Bags

(Colorado) -- Coloradoans should be getting ready to remember their reusable grocery bags when they go to the store or be ready to pay....

Anne Boswell Taylor

Oct 13, 20222 min read

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