LA Junta Tribune
A former Japanese American internment camp in the southeastern corner of Colorado where more than 7,000 people were incarcerated during World War II could soon become a national park.
Legislation introduced Wednesday by Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., would designate Amache, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, as a national historic site. It is one of 10 military-style prisons where people of Japanese descent were incarcerated during the first months of World War II.
“The nation is better today because of the lessons we have learned from our past. Preserving Amache serves as one of those hard lessons for the people of Eastern Colorado and the rest of our nation,” Buck, who represents the district where Amache is located, said in a statement.
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Otero County opens applications for new small business COVID-19 relief
LA Junta Tribune
Additional help is on the way for Otero County businesses struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, as a new avenue to request that help opened Monday.
Otero County Economic Development Coordinator Danelle Berg said at the board of county commissioners meeting that a new COVID-19 relief grant program s application period just opened and that she is taking calls.
The grant is for businesses making less than $2.5 million in revenue annually. The bill provides $37 million in direct aid grants and annual fee waivers to struggling businesses, and also creates a grant program and allocates funds specifically for arts and cultural organizations as well as minority owned businesses, Berg said.