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Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:02:03 GMTCHIEFTAIN PHOTO/BRYAN KELSEN
A yellow Labrador retriever ignores 32-degree temperature and keeps an eye on the road while traveling eastbound on Union Avenue on Wednesday. Thursday’s weather calls for more sunshine with temperatures in the mid- to u...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:02 GMTA display case containing approximately 600 lighters was stolen from a North Side convenience store Tuesday morning.
Officers were dispatched to the theft at JR’s Country Store, 615 Eagleridge Blvd., around 9 a.m.
The store manager told police two me...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:55:03 GMTBY ALEX VEIGA
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSU.S. stocks posted solid gains Tuesday, propelling the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Nasdaq composite to all-time highs.
Mining and other materials sector companies rose more than the rest of the market. The sector could benefit from initiatives by...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 03:06:03 GMTA 2004 white Dodge Neon worth about $2,000 was stolen by an unknown person from the front of a residence on the 1600 block of Scranton Avenue Monday.
The vehicle was parked in the driveway of the home just after 7 a.m. and was running so it could de...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 04:20:03 GMTA Rally for Renewables is scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at City Hall, 1 City Hall Place, followed by the 7 p.m. City Council meeting, where council will vote for a resolution committing Pueblo to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035.
The Sierra Club ...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 04:20:03 GMTNational Geographic’s Years of Living Dangerously Season 2 Series Screening of “A Race Against Time” is scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, with a half-hour discussion and snacks to follow, at the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, Infozone (f...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 04:20:05 GMTThe Pueblo City Schools (D60) Science and Engineering Fair showcase is scheduled from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday in Central High School’s media center.
Additional STEM-related activities and hands-on experiments will be taking place in the cafeteria from 4 ...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 04:20:05 GMTThe Pueblo City-County Library District has partnered with Pueblo Community College to open a minibranch at the campus.
Library staff will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Dr. Mike Davis Academic Building on the corner of Orman and Arth...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 06:35:26 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINFive months after being placed on administrative leave for violating policy regarding advertising in schools, a popular Pueblo City Schools (D60) administrator was discharged during a regular board of education meeting Tuesday.
Preston Wenz, the prin...

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 06:35:33 GMTBY TRACY HARMON
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINBUENA VISTA — A three-time world champion pack burro racer and rancher who also was an actor and perennial political candidate died Saturday in Denver where he had been attending the National Western Stock Show.
Curtis Imrie, 70, died of an apparent ...