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Sun, 29 Jan 2017 03:06:03 GMTBY ZACH HILLSTROM
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe two-word motto for the Boy Scouts of America is one so simple and straightforward that it’s long withstood the test of time: Be prepared.
That affinity toward preparedness was on full display at Southern Colorado Family Medicine at the St. Mary-C...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 03:07:36 GMTBY ZACH HILLSTROM
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Pueblo Police Department was called to the 1200 block of Cartaret Avenue at approximately 8 a.m. Friday to investigate an incident of motor vehicle theft.
The victim told police she had left her 1999 Acura Integra, valued at $5,000, running to wa...

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 23:44:03 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINIn 1972, Pat Mascarenas said she was a 20-year-old, single, young, naive girl who just wanted to make money and spend it.
“So I walked into this courthouse. I was overwhelmed, the magnitude of the building. It just blew me away because I really never...

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:56:05 GMTHOWARD - The Colorado State Patrol is investigating an accident that led to the death of a pedestrian on U.S. 50 here Friday evening.
According to Trooper Tim Ortiz, the accident occurred at 7:17 p.m. when an eastbound 2004 Dodge Durango driven by Ch...

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 06:30:03 GMTCANON CITY — The Friends of the Museum & History Center group is slated host an annual meeting at 1 p.m. Feb. 4, at the Royal Gorge Regional Museum, 612 U.S. 50.
The event will feature a panel presentation, “Colorado Penitentiary Remembrances — The W...

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 03:56:03 GMTEl Pueblo History Museum, in collaboration with the Colorado Arts and Artists Development Associates and in celebration of Black History Month, will host an evening of stories, poetry and music for the African American Experience, scheduled for 5 p.m...

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:10:03 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINA new retail center will fill a void at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
The university’s foundation will build a $2.4 million complex that will house a pizza restaurant and other businesses near the Belmont campus.
“For the longest time our univers...

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 05:18:09 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINIf you were curious about powering a battery with fruit, making a batch of “glitter slime” or the effects of heat on bismuth, Central High School was the place to be Friday.
Friday afternoon, more than 225 scientific-minded students in grades 3 throu...

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 05:18:09 GMTBY PETER STRESCINO
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPerennial Republican candidate Brian Mater has requested Colorado Opens Record Act information on several working aspects of El Pueblo History Museum, concerning the use of that facility in a rally opposing President Donald Trump that included the sm...

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 05:21:18 GMTWIRE SERVICESWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive action Friday ordering strict new screening for refugees to keep “radical Islamic terrorists” out of the United States, ushering in the most sweeping changes in more than 40 years to how the U.S...