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Trinidad’s Main Street Pizzeria Has Fed Southern Colorado Road-Trippers Wood-Fired Pies For Years

Long drives across southern Colorado have a way of ending with one urgent question: where do we eat? In Trinidad, a small town just north of the New Mexico line, plenty of travelers have found the same answer on a brick-lined stretch of Main Street. A wood-fired oven glows near...

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Phelans sell area McDonald’s restaurants, announce retirement

RATON/TRINIDAD/ALAMOSA— Since Labor Day weekend in 2001, Darrel Lee Phelan Sr. and his wife, Gisela T. Phelan, have owned the McDonald’s restaurants serving the area. Recently, the World Journal sat down with Lee to talk about his military career, and during the interview he announced that Phelan Management Services Inc., which owns the McDonald’s restaurants in Trinidad, Alamosa and Raton, has sold the locations to Johney Thiara. Ownership is scheduled to transfer Nov. 16, 2026, and the Phelans also announced their official retirement.

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Former Third JudicialDistrict chief judge Jesse Manzanares dies

TRINIDAD — Former Third Judicial District Chief Judge Jesse Manzanares died Oct. 28 at his home in Trinidad. He was 87. This post is only available to members. Already have an account? Sign In. Monthly. $4.99 a month. See each week’s edition first thing on Thursday morning. Access...

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Santa Fe Trail changes draw Trinidad council debate

TRINIDAD — Nearly $280,000 in additional work on Trinidad’s Santa Fe Trail Multi-Use Path Project won Trinidad City Council approval Nov. 4, but not before a lengthy debate over drainage problems, project planning, and the city’s handling of grant deadlines. This post is only available to members.

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Post 11 pasta dinner draws strong turnout, raises more than $1,400

TRINIDAD — The Trinidad American Legion Post 11’s first Veterans Pasta Dinner Fundraiser was a big success Saturday, Nov. 7, drawing a larger-than-expected crowd and raising more than $1,400 in community and local veteran donations. Organizers reported more than 160 meals were sold in advance, with well over...

Trinidad, CO · 1d

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Trinidad welcomes medical equipment lending library

TRINIDAD — Jan Everhart stands in the middle of a basement room at the United Methodist Church in Trinidad, Colorado surrounded by medical equipment like walkers and canes, shower chairs, commodes and even an electric wheelchair. All have been donated for the new durable medical goods lending library that’s being sponsored by the United Methodist Church.

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TAD budgets for shortfall as ambulance dispute tests spending decisions

TRINIDAD — The Trinidad Ambulance District has millions of dollars in the bank, but that doesn’t mean next year’s bills will take care of themselves. The district’s proposed 2027 budget projects a $169,333 gap between General Fund revenue and spending, putting a familiar question before the board: how to maintain emergency medical services as costs rise and new revenue sources remain uncertain.

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