Author: The Chieftain Editorial Board

“Getting old isn’t for sissies,” actress Bette Davis reportedly said. And that’s true not only of people, but the communities in which they live. On March 22 in 1870, the town of Pueblo was officially incorporated. It was a much smaller community then than it is today, built upon a settlement that grew around El…

Concerns over the coronavirus have forced us all to rethink some of our priorities. However, life as we knew it before the virus doesn’t have to come to a complete standstill. For example, there’s no reason why plans to revitalize the Eilers, Bessemer and Grove neighborhoods need to be put on hold. The federal Environmental…

There’s a lot we don’t know yet about the coronavirus. However, there’s been no indication that the disease will have any impact on our country’s ability to produce toilet paper, soap, hand sanitizer or any of the many other products we consider essential to our daily lives. We thought this was worth bringing up in…

We want to be confident that Pueblo School District 60 has the guts to make tough decisions when tough decisions are required. D60?s recent announcement about keeping open three schools that had been on the target list for possible closure puts that confidence to the test, though. At a recent meeting, district officials said they…

The time when Pueblo residents will decide whether to start a city-run electricity service is fast approaching. The referendum is set for May 5, which means ballots will be sent to voters next month. It’s no exaggeration to say this will be one of the biggest decisions in the city’s history. If local residents approve…

Now is a pretty good time to be on the Cyclones bandwagon. After a thrilling victory over the weekend, the Pueblo West High School boys basketball team will be playing in the state semifinals Friday night in Denver. With a win there and another in the finals, the team will be getting some well deserved…

There’s a popular saying that the best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. Interpretations of that can vary, but it’s often understood to mean that you can tackle large and difficult tasks by breaking them down into small, manageable pieces and dealing with those pieces individually. That might be a…

Opportunity doesn’t always present itself in the most obvious places. And so we wonder if Pueblo might find new economic development opportunities in the relatively untapped field of marijuana research and development. Of course, Colorado State University-Pueblo already has the Institute of Cannabis Research, a taxpayer-funded institution that is dedicated to studying various aspects of…

Imagine if one person were responsible for all the murders committed in Pueblo. You would expect community leaders to use every available resource to track that person down and bring him or her to justice. Well, there isn’t one person who fits that description. There is, however, one cause of all the homicides our city…

At the rate things are going, the Pueblo City-County Library District is going to need a bigger trophy case. The Library Journal recently recognized the district as one of nine Colorado recipients of its Star Library Award. The journal, a 144-year-old trade publication for librarians, presents the awards to exceptional libraries throughout the country. Nationwide,…