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Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:33:51 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that two individuals alleged to have stolen mail from the Pueblo West Post Office have been arrested.
Amy Quini, 34, and Johnathan Edington, 35, were arrested Friday at a bank on Pueblo’s North Side...

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:34:16 GMTBY JON POMPIA
AND ANTHONY A. MESTAS THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINWhat started out as a pinata at a protest has evolved into a blistering war of words, with allegations of racism and hate and a call for a local museum director to be dismissed.
On Friday afternoon, about 200 demonstrators converged at El Pueblo Hist...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:16:02 GMTBY MARY CLARE JALONICK
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to request a delay in the confirmation vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, a move that will push the panel’s vote back to Jan. 31.
The Judiciary panel w...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:30:03 GMTBY ALICIA A. CALDWELL
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will focus immigration enforcement efforts first on criminal immigrants in the country illegally, his administration said on Monday, offering hope to more than three-quarters of a million young immigrants protected...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:04:02 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe board of education of Pueblo City Schools (D60) will meet in a regular session starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the administration building, 315 W. 11th Street.
The meeting will be preceded with a 4 p.m. closed-door executive session, during which t...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:47:59 GMTWIRE SERVICESWASHINGTON - Donald Trump, whose relationship with Latinos already is frosty, has taken down the White House’s Spanish-language website, and in the process may have kicked off another fiery English-only debate.
It was unclear Monday whether the elimi...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:52:03 GMTBY ROBERT BURNS
AP NATIONAL SECURITY WRITERWASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday opened the door to cooperating with Russia “or anyone else” to combat the Islamic State group in Syria, suggesting it could reverse a previous refusal to coordinate military action with Moscow as long a...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 22:52:04 GMTBY PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINIf Black Hills Energy thought Colorado Public Utilities Commissioner Frances Koncilja was making biased comments against it, the utility should have immediately demanded that Koncilja take herself off the rate case instead of waiting until the PUC ma...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:30:12 GMTBY BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP TECHNOLOGY WRITERNEW YORK — Down is up. The sky is red. Dogs are birthing kittens. Facts? Nope. Try “alternative facts.”
The internet went wild after a top Trump adviser, Kellyanne Conway, said the administration was supplying the media with “alternative facts.” The...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:54:03 GMTBY GREG HADLEY
MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAUIn the span of a few years, WikiLeaks, the hacking organization responsible for some of the biggest leaks of classified information in recent history, enjoyed a surge in popularity among Republicans in the U.S. Now, that might be coming to a screechi...