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Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:34:02 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Pueblo Police Department was called to the 800 block of Euclid Avenue at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday to investigate an incident of aggravated motor vehicle theft.
The victim told police that he’d heard an unidentified vehicle that sounded like a ...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:46:44 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPolice made four arrests at two different residences in town Tuesday night and Wednesday after officers followed leads and information they gathered as part of an investigation.
Officers first responded to a home on the 1800 block of Blake Street, wh...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:54:03 GMTSt. Mary-Corwin Medical Center’s spiritual care department will offer a 12-week grief, loss and life transition support session aiding individuals in understanding and coping with personal phases of loss beginning in February.
Deacon Marco Vegas and ...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:55:42 GMTGov. John Hickenlooper announced that fitness icon and chairman of the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils, Jake Steinfeld, has selected Colorado to kick off its DON’T QUIT! fitness campaign.
The NFGFC will deliver $100,000 fitness ce...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:00:05 GMTBY TODD J. GILLMAN
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWSWASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s Cabinet is poised to become the first since 1988 without any Latino officials - a huge disappointment for members of the nation’s second-largest ethnic group - as reports indicate he’ll tap former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 19:31:23 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSHOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush was admitted to an intensive care unit on Wednesday, and his wife, Barbara, was hospitalized as a precaution, according to his spokesman.
The 92-year-old former president was admitted to the ICU at Houston ...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 19:50:04 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee has overwhelmingly approved President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary.
The Republican-led panel voted 26-1 Wednesday to recommend that the full Senate consider the choice of retired Ma...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:00:12 GMTBY JAMES ANDERSON
ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — Faced with complex rules on state spending, the governor of Colorado is proposing higher taxes on marijuana sales and on some homes owned by seniors to fully fund public schools.
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration says the m...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:38:04 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama firmly defended his decision to cut nearly three decades off convicted leaker Chelsea Manning’s prison term Wednesday, arguing in his final White House news conference that the former Army intelligence analyst had ...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:42:51 GMTBY PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Colorado Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously Wednesday morning to keep the water in the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo by approving the transfer of Black Hills Energy’s water rights for its old Downtown power station to the Puebl...