Tag: pueblo county
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How Colorado regions voted: Front Range for Harris, rural counties for Trump | Cronin and Loevy
Colorado maintained its position as among the most Democratic Party-oriented states in the 2024 presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris defeated Republican candidate Donald Trump by 11 percentage points in Colorado. She won about 54% of the vote, a little more than Obama’s nearly 54% in 2008 and slightly less than Joe Biden’s 55% four…
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SCOTUS gun rights decision does not affect man’s firearm conviction, appeals court rules
Colorado’s second-highest court declined to consider last week whether a man was convicted of a firearm offense under an unconstitutional law, noting the Colorado Supreme Court recently confirmed that changes in legal interpretation do not affect certain cases on appeal. A Pueblo County jury convicted Thomas Gene Rael in spring 2022 of being a prior…
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Colorado State Fair hires new general manager from Idaho
The Colorado Department of Agriculture and the Colorado State Fair Board of Authority on Monday announced the selection of Andrea Wiesenmeyer as the fair’s new general manager, according to a news release. A unanimous choice by the interview committee after a national search, Wiesenmeyer steps into the leadership role left vacant by Scott Stoller, who…
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Federal judge allows lawsuit to proceed against medical staff in Pueblo County jail
A federal judge on Monday dismissed claims that medical staff at the Pueblo County jail were deliberately indifferent to a detainee’s risk of suicide in the days before he died, but allowed other claims relating to the man’s physical pain to proceed. Jay Philip Pritchard entered the jail on Oct. 29, 2021, allegedly alerting multiple…
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Appeals court takes no issue with defense lawyer who admitted client’s guilt at trial
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded an attorney did not violate his client’s constitutional right to make key decisions about his defense when the lawyer unilaterally told the jury his client committed some of the charged crimes. The U.S. Supreme Court has provided guidance in recent years about when criminal defense attorneys may concede their…
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Oak Ridge fire reaches 25% containment,1,193 acres burned
The Oak Ridge fire west of Beulah in Pueblo County was 25% contained Thursday morning. According to Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team 3, the total acreage burned remained unchanged from the previous night but grew slightly to 1,193 Thursday evening from drier weather, warmer temperatures, and wind gusts of 20-25 mph. Containment remains unchanged.…
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Oak Ridge fire in Pueblo County grows to 1,147 acres, zero percent containment
The Oak Ridge fire burning in Pueblo County grew to 1,147 acres Friday evening as the blaze persists with zero percent containment nearly a week since its start. According to the Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team, the wildfire about 3 miles northwest of Beulah grew by 63 acres overnight Thursday into Friday morning. As the…
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Oak Ridge fire grows to 787 acres, zero percent contained
Residents in Middle Creek Canyon are under a mandatory evacuation notice as the Oak Ridge fire on the western edge of Pueblo County reached an estimated 787 acres with zero containment as of Tuesday evening. Pueblo County Sheriff David Lucero said during a Tuesday press conference that firefighters had expected the fire to grow significantly…
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Pueblo County judge wrongly incarcerated man awaiting sanity evaluation, Supreme Court rules
A Pueblo County judge incorrectly believed he had to put a defendant in jail until medical professionals could evaluate the man’s sanity, the Colorado Supreme Court concluded last week in ordering the release of Mario Arellano from incarceration. In November, Arellano drove his car into the food court of the Pueblo Mall and claimed he had planted…
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Colorado justices signal intervention in 4 ongoing cases, including jury trials for evictions and Ouray rape prosecution
The Colorado Supreme Court recently signaled it may intervene in four ongoing cases in the trial courts on subjects that include a tenant’s right to a jury trial in eviction proceedings, whether defendants should remain incarcerated pending a sanity evaluation and a judge’s decision to sanction prosecutors for late-disclosed evidence. Although most of the Supreme…