Bent County

The County Line Rivals returned to the mats this weekend after and long and restful Christmas break. The team traveled down the road a few miles to Lamar. Being down a few kids to injuries hindered the team score for the Rivals, as they earned into 4^thplace with 107 points behind Crowley County, Yuma, and Lamar. The home team ran away with the 1^st place trophy with 278 points.

The Bent's Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association annual meeting will be held Saturday, January 11, at the J. W. Rawlings Heritage Center and Museum, 560 Bent Avenue, in Las Animas. The meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m. with a general business meeting followed by a catered lunch.  

After lunch, there will an update about the Santa Fe Trail Association by Joanne Vancoevern, Association Manager, and Deb Goodrich, Publicity Chair, who will discuss the present and future plans of the Association.

The County Line Rivals shined as a team again this weekend against a plethora of very tough northern teams. The group traveled to Wray on Saturday to join 16 other teams on the mats. At the end of a very long day, the Rivals came out in second place behind the reigning 2A team champions, Wray.

The Bent County Sheriff's Office is investigating following a fire Saturday in the 1700 block of 8^th Street in Las Animas.

One person was found dead at the home, and BCSO has termed the location as "an active crime scene" in a social media post. The person's identity has not been released.

Eighth Street between Park and McAfee Avenues, as well as the intersection of 8^{th S}treet and McBride Avenue are closed and not expected to reopen until at least Monday.

Well it's not a sprint, it's a marathon and two weeks into the 2019-20 wrestling season the Rivals are rolling right along.  It was a 4^thplace finish in a 24-team field that County Line finished up with and although no 1^stplace winners it was a pretty solid field of medalist as we had 2 - 2^ndplace; 4 - 3^rdplace; and 1 - 4^thplace finisher.  The Rivals racked up 125 points for 4^thplace losing to 1^stplace, Lyons and Peyton tying for 1^stwith 138 points, and Yuma getting 135.5 for 3^rd

A new Colorado state record high temperature has been validated from earlier in the year.

Leland R. Stoker

May 30, 1937 - 2019

Leland Ray Stoker was born to Raymond and Ethel Stoker May 30, 1937, in Las Animas and raised in Haswell. Leland had two brothers and two sisters.

He met his wife of 57 years after a basketball game in 1958, and in August of 1959 they were married. Leland and Donna had three children, Mark, Aaron, and Cindy.

Railroad trestle is closed after one man was hit by a passenger train, sustaining serious injuries.

Some shoreline areas at John Martin Reservoir in Bent County, Colorado, are closed to protect nesting Least Terns and Piping Plovers.