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Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:32:03 GMTBY ERIC TUCKER AND MARY CLARE JALONICK
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions cast himself as a strong protector of law and order at his confirmation hearing Tuesday, promising that as attorney general he would crack down on illegal immigration, gun violence and the “scourge of radical Islamic t...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:02:49 GMTBY ALAN FRAM
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Republicans will work on unraveling and replacing the health care law at the same time, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday as GOP leaders struggled to align their zeal to rapidly erase one of President Barack Obama’s proudest achieveme...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:36:38 GMTBY RICHARD LARDNER
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Senators signaled little opposition Tuesday to the nomination of James Mattis to be defense secretary, as national security experts recommended lawmakers amend the law and allow the retired Marine Corps general to head the Pentagon for P...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:39:09 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES — Debbie Reynolds’ death certificate confirms that the actress died of a stroke.
The Los Angeles County death certificate was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
Under cause of death it says “intracerebral hemorrhage,” a type of s...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:42:03 GMTTHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINU.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican, is asking for input from Colorado farmers on their priorities as the new session of Congress gets underway.
Gardner, who sits on the Energy & Natural Resources Committee, among others, asked the Colorado Farm Bur...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:21:13 GMTAs of Tuesday morning, approximately 3,000 San Isabel Electric Association members are without power following a day of extremely high winds.
The majority of the members are in the areas of the Rye, Apishapa and Aguilar substations. These substation...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:22:04 GMTTHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINColorado 3rd Congressional District Rep. Scott Tipton, a Republican, has been appointed to serve as vice chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. A member of the subcommittee during the 114th Congress, Ti...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:00:05 GMTBY DENNIS DARROW
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPueblo households and businesses continued their increased spending through November.
Spending was up 5.6 percent from a year earlier, according to city of Pueblo sales tax data.
The sales tax report for December is due early next month.
November’s i...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:00:08 GMTBY JEFF LETOFSKY
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINReginald (RJ) Vaughan is a stat stuffer.
He’s the kind of player who does a little bit of everything on the basketball court to help his team succeed.
Listed at 6-feet, 150 pounds, the Centennial High School senior has lit up opponents this season.
V...

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 06:30:06 GMTThe Board of Pueblo County Commissioners is seeking qualified candidates to serve on the Pueblo County Buy-Local Advisory Board.
Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. Friday and can be submitted by accessing the county’s website at county.pueb...