Tag: pueblo
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Front Range Passenger Rail pitches to Colorado Springs ahead of possible ballot measure
If all goes to plan, a measure for a sales tax to fund passenger rail service could be coming to Front Range ballots in 2026. “We have a plan that we think is viable, and we’ll actually be able to get things started,” said John Putnam, chair of the Front Range Passenger Rail District Board.…
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Colorado Springs, Pueblo brace for more windy weather, snow showers overnight
After Colorado Springs was buffeted by winds reaching 81 mph on Tuesday, the city should brace for another round, according to the National Weather Service. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, the temperature in the city was 45 degrees. However, with winds blowing at 25 mph and gusts hitting 43 mph, the wind chill made it…
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Southern Colorado library will host ‘Americans and the Holocaust’ traveling exhibit
Following a successful two-year tour of 50 libraries across the U.S., the “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibit is returning to Colorado. The display, which chronicles the country’s relationship with one of the largest mass killings in history, will spend five weeks at Rawlings Library in Pueblo. During its nationwide tour from 2021 to 2023,…
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‘An excruciating process’: U.S. government negotiating release of Pueblo man detained by Taliban
As a Pueblo-based man sits in isolated captivity at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan — a prisoner of the Taliban since last January — his family in the U.S. still does not know why he was detained, or when he will be able to come home. On or about Jan. 26, 2025, Dennis Coyle, an…
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Monument town council proposes changes to regional water district charter
In response to an ongoing disagreement about representation, the Town Council of Monument has drafted its own amendments to the charter creating the Fountain Creek Watershed District. “We’re due our own representation,” said councilman Marco Fiorito at a discussion about the change at a meeting Tuesday night. The watershed district is an organization comprised mostly…
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Monument town council proposes changes to regional water district charter
In response to an ongoing disagreement about representation, the Town Council of Monument has drafted its own amendments to the charter creating the Fountain Creek Watershed District. “We’re due our own representation,” said councilman Marco Fiorito at a discussion about the change at a meeting Tuesday night. The watershed district is an organization comprised mostly…
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2 killed in explosion at Pueblo County home on Thursday
An explosion and subsequent fire at a home in rural eastern Pueblo County killed a man and a woman, local officials announced in an update on Friday. Multiple fire and law enforcement agencies responded to an explosion at the home, near 57th Lane and Cherry Road in Boone, on Thursday, according to reporting from Gazette…
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Taste of Carolina hits home in southern Colorado
If you’re on Day 2 of a New Year’s resolution that involves healthy eating, feel free to disregard this. But if you’re craving tasty comfort food, you’ve come to the right spot. Bojangles, a staple of the Carolinas, arrived recently on the Front Range, with a store off Interstate 25 in Pueblo. You can’t go…
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Pueblo man convicted of June 2024 homicide sentenced to life behind bars
The man convicted of first-degree murder stemming from a June 2024 homicide in Pueblo was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday. David Martinez, 63, was found guilty of one count of first-degree murder and another count of attempted murder on Oct. 9 following a two-week jury trial in Pueblo…
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Colorado Springs breaks temperature record with 71-degree Christmas
Far from being a white Christmas, Colorado Springs and other cities in southern Colorado are seeing the hottest holiday on record. The National Weather Service in Pueblo reported Thursday afternoon that the high temperature reached 71 degrees at Colorado Springs Airport, shattering the previous record of 67 degrees, set in 1955 and 1971. At the…