Tag: pueblo county
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Award-winning documentarian explores Pueblo’s dire agricultural community, set to premiere in Colorado Springs
The water is vanishing. The developers are hungry. And the kids might not want to carry on their family’s farming tradition. The U.S. loses about 2,000 acres of land each day, according to Palmer Land Conservancy, a Colorado Springs nonprofit that works to protect the land. Some of that loss is to the south of…
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COVID-19 an ‘occupational disease’ triggering workers’ comp benefits, appeals court rules
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled for the first time on Thursday that COVID-19 is an “occupational disease” that entitled the widow of a deceased nursing home employee to workers’ compensation benefits. Vincent Gaines was a floor technician at the University Park Care Center in Pueblo County, operated by Life Care Centers of America. Although there was no evidence…
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Colorado House speaker turns away Israeli families, proposal requiring pet registration is likely dead | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Feb. 6, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A delegation of Israeli officials and representatives of six families of hostages and victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was turned away Monday by House Speaker Julie McCluskie. That wasn’t how it was supposed to happen, according to Rep. Ron Weinberg, R-Loveland,…
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Federal judge, again, declines to dismiss lawsuit against Pueblo deputies in man’s killing
For the second time, a federal judge last week refused to dismiss the excessive force claims against a Pueblo County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man outside a middle school after the man accidently tried to get into a car he mistook for his own. Kristy Ward Stamp, mother of the late Richard Ward,…
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Colorado unemployment jumps amid tighter pandemic restrictions
Colorado’s unemployment rate surged two full percentage points to 8.4% in December as tighter pandemic restrictions took hold, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The state’s jobless rate was the highest since 10.6% in June and was above the national rate of 6.7%; the state rate had remained unchanged at 6.4% between September…
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Alert canceled for Pueblo County woman who was reported missing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has canceled an alert for a missing Pueblo County woman, according to Gazette news partner KKTV. No other information was released by CBI. The alert was issued Thursday around 8:30 p.m. by the CBI for Arlene Carter, 81. Carter was…
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Alert canceled for Pueblo County woman who was reported missing
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has canceled an alert for a missing Pueblo County woman, according to Gazette news partner KKTV. No other information was released by CBI. The alert was issued Thursday around 8:30 p.m. by the CBI for Arlene Carter, 81. Carter was last seen walking near 34th Lane and Ford Road, which…
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Colorado Springs chamber joins coalition to push certified business program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC has joined a coalition of 45 groups asking Gov. Jared Polis and state health officials to expand a program statewide that would allow certified businesses to operate with few COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The Colorado Department of Public Health and…
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Colorado Springs chamber joins coalition to push certified business program
The Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC has joined a coalition of 45 groups asking Gov. Jared Polis and state health officials to expand a program statewide that would allow certified businesses to operate with few COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is evaluating a program, called the Variance Protection 5…