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Sat, 14 Jan 2017 06:30:14 GMTBY MIKE SPENCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINTo say that Christian Science has had a profound affect on David Price’s life would be an understatement.
Price has made the transition from successful criminal defense lawyer to Christian Science practitioner. He also serves as the church’s liaison ...

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 04:46:28 GMTTHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINColorado’s U.S. senators and the state’s 3rd Congressional District representative objected to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to deny claims that resulted from the Gold King Mine spill of August 2015.
Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gar...

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 05:04:34 GMTBY ALAN FRAM AND ANDREW TAYLOR
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Ascendant Republicans drove a budget through Congress on Friday that gives them an early but critical victory in their crusade to scrap President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
The vote trains the spotlight on whether they and Do...

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:41:39 GMTTHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPueblo state Rep. Clarice Navarro will be getting out the word on Pueblo Chiles as part of the Inauguration Day festivities Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Navarro, a Republican serving her third term in the Colorado House of Representatives, is on the ...

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:50:42 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINOne person was killed in a single-vehicle crash that happened early Friday morning on Interstate 25 south of Pueblo.
The crash occurred around 2:50 a.m. on I-25 near Mile Marker 72, between Walsenburg and Colorado City.
A 2013 Freightliner Sprinter v...

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 23:00:29 GMTPETER STRESCINOPueblo County Republican Party Chairman George A. Rivera announced that he will seek re-election to the position of party chairman at the party’s Biannual Reorganizational meeting scheduled Feb. 2.
Rivera took the party job in September 2015, and sai...

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:03:31 GMTBY KEVIN FREKING
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. John Lewis says he’s doesn’t consider Donald Trump a “legitimate president,” blaming the Russians for helping the Republican win the White House.
The Georgia congressman and leader in the civil rights movement of the 196...

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:19:43 GMTColorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers recently to introduce a Senate resolution objecting to the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, as well as efforts that undermine direct, bil...

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:19:45 GMTThe U.S. House of Representatives adopted the fiscal year 2017 congressional budget resolution Friday, which sets the pathway for a full repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Rep. Scott Tipton (Colo. 3rd District...

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:20:50 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe inventive and smile-inducing fruits of nine weeks of student labor were unveiled Thursday evening via the Pueblo Academy of the Arts’ Phoenix Film Festival.
Held in the South Side school’s auditorium, the festival beckoned visitors with, naturall...