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LA Junta Tribune La Junta City Council voted unanimously its Monday meeting to issue a one-time donation of $1,000 to the Arkansas Valley Court Appointed Special Advocate organization, which is a nonprofit in the valley that serves abused and neglected children. Cynthia Sollenbarger of Arkansas Valley CASA attended the council meeting to request a donation as part of a round of fundraising she is participating in for the organization. Sollenbarger said that despite a very challenging year due to limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been the valley court-appointed advocate ...

LA Junta Tribune Former Rocky Ford police officer James Lopez Jr. was sentenced to five years probation and 60 days in Otero County Jail on Feb. 2 after Lopez pled guilty to one count of perjury in the first degree, a Class 4 felony. Lopez faced four other criminal charges across two more cases that the court dropped upon recommendation at the Feb. 2 sentencing hearing. In one case, Lopez faced one count of possession with intent to manufacture or distribute marijuana or marijuana concentrate, a Level 3 drug felony, and one count of first degree official misconduct, a Class 2 misdemeanor. I...

New Otero County commissioners swore their oaths of office on Tuesday and incumbent officials renewed theirs. Sixteenth Judicial District Chief Judge Mark MacDonnell performed the swearing-in ceremonies for Otero and Bent county officials while District Judge Michael Schiferl swore in Crowley County officials. William Culver, who served as deputy district attorney under District Attorney James Bullock for approximately eight years, also swore his oath, succeeding Bullock as district attorney of the 16th Judicial District. Incumbent Commissioner Jim Baldwin, who ran for reelection unoppose...