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Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:30:07 GMTBY MIKE SPENCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINAll of us hope to enjoy good health. Most of us understand two keys to a healthy existence are to eat right and to exercise.
That’s only two thirds of the equation, however.
Getting the proper amount of sleep is also vital to maintaining good health....

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:42:02 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINAfter more than 40 years of work as a prosecutor and having worked for five different district attorneys, Jim Whitmire is calling it a career.
Whitmire began working as a prosecutor for the Pueblo DA’s office in the 1970s under then-District Attorney...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:56:03 GMTPueblo police on Sunday were dispatched to a home on the 1600 block of Englewood Drive on a report of property damage and learned that someone had shot out one of the home’s windows.
The homeowner stated to officers that she heard a loud noise around...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:58:03 GMTAnthony Lane Babich, 27, of the 1200 block of Eilers Avenue, was arrested Monday on suspicion of possession of a schedule II controlled substance. He was being held at Pueblo County jail in lieu of $2,500 bail.
Melanie Julia Corona, 27, of the 1600 b...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:03 GMTBY JULIE PACE
AP WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTWASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a Democratic appointee, says she’s directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees.
Yates said in a memo Monday that she is not convinced that...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:02:02 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — The Defense Department says the U.S. Navy sailor killed during a raid on al-Qaida base in Yemen was from Peoria, Illinois.
Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens died Jan. 28 in the Arabian Peninsula of Yemen, of wounds sus...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:02:03 GMTASSOCIATED PRESSSAN FRANCISCO — A man who President Donald Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud was registered to vote in multiple states during the 2016 presidential election, the Associated Press has learned.
Gregg Phillips, whose unsubstantiated cla...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:10:40 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINAfter several days of discussion and debate, and a succession of tweaks and adjustments, the 2016-17 amended budget for Pueblo City Schools (D60) was unanimously approved during a Monday morning special meeting.
By statute, the budget had to be adopt...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:10:40 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINSoutheastern Colorado legislators are proposing a bill that would continue the Southwest Chief Commission with plans to expand the passenger trail’s route to chug along the Front Range.
State Sens. Larry Crowder, R-Alamosa, and Leroy Garcia, D-Pueblo...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:14:03 GMTBY PETER STRESCINO
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPresident Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration has drawn mixed comments from Pueblo, Southern Colorado and Colorado’s federal legislators.
The president on Friday approved the broad executive order that suspended entry of all refugees to the...