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Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:58:03 GMTNumerous belongings were stolen in a burglary Thursday morning at a home on the 1000 block of West 19th Street.
Officers were dispatched to a burglary in progress about 10 a.m. and upon arriving on scene and clearing the home, they did not find anybo...

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:00:02 GMTTHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPueblo Chile may get a license to grow.
A license plate, that is.
The proposal to put the area’s signature pepper on more than just dinner plates passed its first test Thursday when it made it through the Colorado House of Representatives Transportat...

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:48:08 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINStatewide traffic fatalities have risen by about 24 percent since 2014 and motorcycle fatalities reached an all-time record last year, according to preliminary data provided by the Colorado Department of Transportation.
In 2016, there were 605 traffi...

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:48:08 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINBased on an observational study conducted last summer, Pueblo County had the worst seat belt usage rate of any county in the state.
Law enforcement officers were stationed at 44 different intersections in Pueblo County in the summer and observed whe...

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:48:08 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINTwo Colorado State University-Pueblo students are from one of the seven nations where citizens are barred from entry into the U.S. as part of President Donald Trump’s executive order.
“We have been working with two students who have legally entered t...

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:53:37 GMTBY ZACH HILLSTROM
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Boys & Girls Club of Pueblo County announced Thursday that President and Chief Executive Officer Melanie Bravo will be leaving the club to accept a new position with Boys & Girls Club of America.
Bravo — who’s served as the club’s president and C...

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 22:06:56 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINColorado State University-Pueblo was the only Colorado higher education institution to be recognized by a national magazine that showcased the top 50 schools for Latino students.
The university was included in the Latino Leaders Magazine November/Dec...

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 22:18:59 GMTCHIEFTAIN PHOTO/JOHN JAQUES
Wanda Harmon, 80, was bundled up against the cold Thursday as she waits for a bus outside the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library. The temperature dipped to a low of 21 degrees and didn’t get above 26 Thursday, while toda...

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 19:06:03 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINBlack Hills Energy is warning its customers about a burglary scam that’s being executed in which individuals pose as employees of the electric utility and tell residents they need to check electrical equipment around their home.
The company said it h...

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:06:05 GMTBY RANDALL CHASE
ASSOCIATED PRESSSMYRNA, Del. — Police breached a building at Delaware’s largest prison early Thursday, ending a nearly 24-hour hostage standoff that left one corrections employee dead.
Inmates assumed control of the building at the James T. Vaughn Correction Center...