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Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:58:03 GMTThe Breast Center of Excellence at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center today said it recently has screened its first patient for breast cancer using state-of-the-art breast tomosynthesis scanning. This new technique leads the way in detecting breast cance...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:14:47 GMTBY PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPresident Donald Trump’s order for the Environmental Protection Agency to freeze its work with contractors should not affect the ongoing work at the Colorado Smelter Superfund study zone, according to Rep. Scott Tipton’s office.
Trump issued the free...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:15:08 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSPHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans to help him enact “great and lasting change” at a party retreat Thursday but offered few details. Later his spokesman said the president will seek a 20 percent tax on Mexican imports ...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:54:55 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Wildlife officials in Colorado are using bait to lure animals away from the highway, a move they hope will cut down on car accidents involving deer and elk.
The Daily Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2jtxnMt ) that Colorado Pa...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:42:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSBISMARCK, N.D. — The leader of the Standing Rock Sioux is urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his push for completion of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.
Tribal spokeswoman Sue Evans says Chairman Dave Archambault requested a meeting...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:08:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Mexico’s president says he’s informed the White House he has canceled a trip to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump amid tension over a border wall.
Trump had tweeted Thursday morning that if Mexico is unwilling to pay for a w...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:52:04 GMTBY ELLIOT SPAGAT AND ALICIA A. CALDWELL
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — The chief of the Border Patrol has left the agency that’s in charge of securing America’s borders with Mexico and Canada.
According to a U.S. official and a former official, Border Patrol agents have been told that Mark Morgan is no lon...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:52:03 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCapital projects, a leadership appointment, resolutions and recognition marked the agenda of the regular monthly meeting of the Pueblo City Schools (D60) board of education.
The approved expenditures included:
$74,138 from the capital projects fund ...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:08:23 GMTBY JONATHAN LEMIRE AND ERIC TUCKER
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — A spokesman said President Donald Trump will sign an executive action to commission an investigation into widespread voter fraud, raising the prospect of a federal government probe into a widely debunked claim and sparking alarm among ex...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:18:05 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — The top National Guard officer in Colorado is retiring.
Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the state’s adjutant general, will step down March 31. Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Edwards’ retirement Thursday.
Edwards has held the job since 2007...