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Wed, 08 Feb 2017 04:08:05 GMTSt. Mary-Corwin Medical Center invites patients and family members of patients who recently have been treated at the hospital to nominate a physician or physicians for the Above and Beyond Award as part of the upcoming Doctor’s Day celebration.
The a...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 04:08:06 GMTNominations are being sought for the Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo’s annual Earth Day Awards that honor Pueblo’s environmental heroes.
This year’s winners will be honored at the annual Earth Day Celebration Dinner on April 22 at the Sangre de Cr...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 04:42:03 GMTBY ANDREW TAYLOR
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has earned a rare rebuke by the Senate for quoting Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor.
The Massachusetts Democrat ran afoul of the chamber’s arcane rules by reading a three-decade-old letter from Dr. Martin Lut...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 04:56:27 GMTThe city of Pueblo in conjunction with the El Pueblo History Museum will host the third and final community engagement meeting for the draft El Pueblo Pavilion Master Plan scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the museum, 301 N. Union Ave.
The me...

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:33:35 GMTBY TRACY HARMON
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCANON CITY — A judge imposed a $250 fine Tuesday during a sanctions hearing for a public defender who was found in contempt of court in Fremont County District Court.
Deputy Public Defender Jonah Wexler was found in contempt of court by Fremont Count...

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:36:03 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINMuch the same way auto thefts have been on the rise in Pueblo, the police department said it is beginning to see a rise in the theft of trailers throughout the city.
Police reported that there were 48 trailer thefts recorded last year, up from the 29...

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:38:03 GMTThe fourth annual Pueblo Community College Foundation Scholarship Book Sale is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the commons area of the Mike Davis Academic Building, 900 W. Orman Ave. (corner of Orman and Arthur avenues).
Cost is...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:59:33 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINLife, more than 90 future leaders learned, is all about choices.

Specifically, making those that will enhance, not hinder, one’s walk on Earth.

“My Choices” was the theme for Tuesday’s session of MYLIFE, a “junior version” of Leadership Pueblo de...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:02:08 GMTBY PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINStauter Park will be closed to the public most of Wednesday and Thursday while crews from the federal Environmental Protection Agency take soil samples as part of the Colorado Smelter Superfund study zone.
The much-used park, located on Abriendo Aven...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:02:08 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPueblo County’s top priority in facing the possibility of losing a special sales tax on retail marijuana is finding a remedy, a county spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The Pueblo Chieftain asked the county what would happen to the tax money that has alread...