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<br /> by a Walsenburg single mother of three children, con-YEAR IN REVIEW I DA report exonerates
<br /> tinued,Vallejos was terminated from the sheriff's office
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<br /> and charges were filed against him and he was arrested i in August 2016. Prosecution of the case was turned over sheriffs deputy n
<br /> acres.A voluntary evacuation order was issued for Ci- to the Colorado Attorney General's Office, with help
<br /> marron while the evacuation order for the Hummingg- from district attorney Jim Bullock of Otero County and Ocober 2017 shooting
<br /> bird Lane in Ute Park remained in effect. Highway 64 the Third Judicial District Attorney's Office under cur-
<br /> between Eagle Nest and Cimarron had been closed and rent DA Henry Solano. TRINIDAD—A report released by the 3rd Judicial
<br /> State Road 204, a dirt road, from Cimarron up to Ponil After two years of motions,the case was eventually District District Attorney clears sheriff's deputy
<br /> was also closed. assigned to prosecutor Janet Drake and Judge Jane Tid Henry Trujillo in the shooting death of Kristian Mar-
<br /> ball and began with a day and a half of jury selection on tinez.The fatal shooting took place around 9 pm Oct.
<br /> Monday,June 4,2018. 11,2017 in Valdez when, investigators say,Martinez
<br /> Pioneer Natural An eight-man, four-woman Huerfano District attacked SO Trujillo with a pitchfork.
<br /> Court jury was selected Tuesday morning and began
<br /> Resources LLC hearing opening statements by the prosecution and de- District Attorney Henry Solano cites Tennessee
<br /> fense attorney Ted McClintock. v.Garner,471 U.S. 1 (1985), and CRS 18-1-701 show-
<br /> announceS Sale to After two and half days of testimony the jury got the ing that sheriff's deputy Henry Trujillo acted in ac-
<br /> case late Thursday morning,June 7. They returned with cordance with federal,state,and local laws when he
<br /> Evergreen Natural Re- a guilty verdict a little more than two hours later. Con- acted in self-defense
<br /> viction of the class five felony carries a penalty of 1 to 3
<br /> sources, LLC for $79 M Years in state prison. Ute Park Fire aftermath
<br /> TRINIDAD — Dallas based Pioneer Natural Re- Las Animas County COLFAX—It has been just under two weeks since
<br /> sources, LLC announced they have sold their Raton Administrator fired the Ute Park Fire began and exploded into a monster
<br /> Basin assets for$79M to a group lead by Mark Sexton of a fire scorching 36,740 acres,at last report,on both
<br /> with the deal expected to close by the end of July. sides of Highway 64 between Ute Park and Cimar-
<br /> PNR had announced in February they would be during special meeting ron.
<br /> selling off their gas production in the Raton Basin Highway 64 finally reopened to traffic on Mon-
<br /> along the Colorado - New Mexico border. It is also TRINIDAD — Las Animas County Admin- day,June 11 giving travelers a first hand look at the
<br /> selling assets in South Texas Eagle Ford shale,includ- istrator Priscilla Fraser was terminated from fury of the fire. While some areas suffered
<br /> ing natural gas and oil production,assets in the West her position by a 3-0 vote of the County Com- extreme damage where the fire burned very hot,
<br /> Panhandle natural gas field in Texas,and other assets mission during a special meeting on Fri da others saw only scorching and still other areas were
<br /> in the non-Permian Basin. June 8. No reasons were ivengdurin the left completely untouched. The view in the canyon
<br /> Timothy L.Dove,PNR President and CEO,said, g g goes from a stark burnt scene to one of lush green
<br /> "I want to personally thank all of our Raton employ- nearly three minutes the commissioners dealt and then back to burn scar.
<br /> ees for their strong efforts, dedication and the value with the agenda item. Only time will tell how the view will change as
<br /> they have created for our shareholders. I am leased Fraser said it was an honor serving the cit- it's affected by the weather's wind and rain and the
<br /> that Evergreen plans to build on this success.' izens of Las Animas County. "I would also like coming seasons. One also has to wonder how the
<br /> The new company will be called Evergreen Nat- to state formally that this act, I believe, is be- vegetation will regrow.Will the shrubs and trees that
<br /> ural Resources LLC(ENR). cause of issues I continued to raise up about were only scorched find their way back in the com-
<br /> Sexton has ties to the this area and was a major payroll and about FIR (Human Resources)." ing summer months? Will the grass regrow in the
<br /> la er in Evergreen,when the company was sold to heavily burned top soil?
<br /> p y She also said, addressing the county com- I
<br /> PNR originally. ENR indicated they plan on keeping missioners "It has been an honor for the cit- NMDOT placed several thousand feet of Jersey
<br /> as many of the current staff that are willing to stay izens, and man of you good people, some of barrier along Hwy 64 to help control erosion and de-
<br /> during the transfer. you not so good people and this s reall ha- bris that will eventually come down the unstable
<br /> Y g P P Y hillsides.Many of the steeper hillsides are now com-
<br /> . rassment. So goodbye." With that she stood pletely bare of vegetation revealing sites that once
<br /> Ground breakin�i ushers• and left the commission chambers. were hidden behind a mask of foliage.
<br /> Fraser was selected to be the county admin- At this time the Cimarron River is running fairly
<br /> in new phase for Space istrator in 2017 following the resignation of clear with the hope that the rains will be gentle and
<br /> Leeann Fabec. bring oak brush growth much like it did after the
<br /> to Create project Track Fire. Song birds can also be heard even in
<br /> JUKE 31 some of the most barren areas of the burn scar.
<br /> TRINIDAD—On Monday afternoon,Trinidad cele-
<br /> brated the entry to the next phase in the Space to ,�UNE �$
<br /> Create project with a ground breaking ceremony and Heiple faces two
<br /> a party that lasted from 1-5 pm. Enthusiasm for the h in Steven Marijuana landlord gets
<br /> project and the ceremon that was attended by C arges Ste
<br /> around 250 people was infectious, even though high }
<br /> temperatures for the afternoon reached close to 100 Wages' killing two-year deferred felony
<br /> degrees.
<br /> WALSENBURG— In a brief district court appearance WALSENBURG— The owner of five properties located
<br /> Monday afternoon, Benjamin Heiple, 63, was formally on Huerfano County Road 510 that were the home to
<br /> Former Huerfano ocation off of Huin the erfano County 30,2018 Road 529.of en Wages at a j
<br /> seven individual illegal marijuana cultivation sites re-
<br /> Third Judical District Attorney Henry Solano has ceived a two-year Drug Felony 3 deferred sentence on a
<br /> lawman convicted of charged Heiple with first degree murder,a class one fel- plea bargain with the district attorney in district court
<br /> on, and forgery, a class five felony, in connection with here this week.
<br /> attempted sexual assault the case. Heiple appeared in court in custody and was Jahanshad(John)Gandomcar entered a guilty plea to
<br /> represented by state p o public defender Patrick McCarville. count three of a four count complaint during the after„
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