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Sun, 08 Jan 2017 02:41:17 GMTBY MATT HILDNER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINALAMOSA — On a morning better spent by the fire, Tammy Maestas was outside working.
As the letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service walked her route at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, the temperature was just about to nudge above minus 20.
Before sunris...

Sun, 08 Jan 2017 03:13:28 GMTBY JAMES ANDERSON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — With one eye on a $500 million state budget gap and the other on Washington, Gov. John Hickenlooper and a split Colorado Legislature enter the 2017 lawmaking session with little expectation of fiscal reform and plenty of uncertainty over tra...

Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:44:07 GMTBY ZACH HILLSTROM
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINResidents on the East Side of Pueblo were witness to a high speed chase Saturday morning, as police pursued three suspects believed to be involved in an attempted motor vehicle theft that led to shots fired on the 1700 block of Cypress Street.
Just b...

Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:46:02 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Pueblo County commissioners appointed five candidates Wednesday to serve on the Pueblo County Fair Board.
Eric Knight, board president, said 13 people applied for the position, the highest number of applicants in the history of the fair.
Thomas C...

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 04:32:28 GMTBY PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCity officials are expecting a crowd Wednesday night when they explain the full process for applying for a recreational marijuana store license.
City Clerk Gina Dutcher said 17 application packets have already been picked up from her office, and she...

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 02:44:03 GMTDalton James Overbey, 24, of the 200 block of East Beshoar Drive in Pueblo West, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possession of a schedule I substance. He was being held at jail in lieu of $6,000 bail.

Morgaine Alyssum Taylor, 31, address not ...

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 03:34:40 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINWith the folding of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program in Alamosa early last year, Parkview Medical Center’s SANE program is currently the only one serving Southern Colorado.
There is a SANE program that operates intermittently in Canon City, ...

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 03:34:40 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINSeasoned politicians and a newcomer will officially begin their new terms Tuesday on the steps of the Pueblo County Courthouse.
Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace is scheduled to lead the county’s swearing-in ceremony, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
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Sat, 07 Jan 2017 03:54:02 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINA nearly $300,000 project currently underway is removing debris from Fountain Creek, thereby mitigating flooding situations during major events.
The joint venture involves Pueblo County, the Fountain Creek Watershed District and the Lower Arkansas V...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:20:02 GMTBY ERRIN HAINES WHACK
ASSOCIATED PRESSCivil rights organizations are digging in to oppose the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as the country’s next attorney general.
Sessions’ hearing is set to begin Tuesday, and the Alabama Republican is expected to be confirmed in the GOP-controlled ...