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Record turnout at Denver Rustlers event as Larry Mizel selected Citizen of the West
The fact that a record crowd of movers, shakers and policymakers who were prepared to part with some big money at the Colorado State Fair wasn’t the only big news to report from the Denver Rustlers’ 42nd annual brunch and road trip to Pueblo. Today’s gathering at Shanahan’s Steakhouse also was the occasion for Stanton Dodge, chief legal…
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Colorado State Fair youth golf tournament celebrates 11 years
Twenty-eight teams tee off Friday at Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo for a tournament supporting 4-H, Future Farmers of America and capital improvements at the Colorado State Fair. Now in its 11th year, the Partners of Youth in Ag Golf Tournament — held with the Colorado State Fair Foundation — raises money for scholarships…
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TRAIL MIX | The state fair, politicians — and a side of beef
On a Friday night in late August, Pueblo is the center of Colorado’s political universe – and for about an hour, it all comes down to what happens inside the sawdust ring at the Livestock Pavilion Arena on the grounds of the Colorado State Fair. Lawmakers and politicians descend from around the state on the…
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FROM 2018: Rustlers, Pikes Peak Posse saddle up for Colorado State Fair’s junior livestock auction
Up and down the Front Range, hundreds of political, business and community leaders cleared their calendars and donned matching western shirts and cowboy hats Tuesday before heading to the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo. “This is one big, wonderful extended family,” said Larry Mizel, chairman and CEO of MDC Holdings…
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Pueblo Democrat Leroy Garcia launches reelection bid in Senate District 3
Assistant Senate Minority Leader Leroy Garcia, the Pueblo Democrat who took back one of the Senate seats lost to Republicans in Colorado’s 2013 recall elections, formally launched his campaign this week for a second term representing Senate District 3. Garcia, a paramedic, community college instructor and Marine Corps veteran, said in a statement he wants…
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Chris Wiseman returns to old job, temporarily, to run the State Fair
Retired Colorado Department of Agriculture veteran Chris Wiseman is returning to his old job as general manager of the State Fair until a new one be hired. He held the job from 2004 until he was named deputy ag commissioner in 2015. Wiseman retired in November. Wiseman will hold the job in the interim. Sarah…
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Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro resigning House seat to take Farm Service Agency post with Trump administration
Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro, a Pueblo Republican, plans to resign her seat on Nov. 12 after being appointed executive director of the Colorado Farm Service Agency by the Trump administration, she announced Friday night on Facebook. “I leave with mixed emotions, but I’m confident I’ll be able to continue my fight for agriculture and…
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Pueblo’s Rep. Clarice Navarro honored by State Fair Foundation
The Colorado State Fair Foundation gave state Rep. Clarice Navarro its Outstanding Service Award for her time, effort and leadership for the annual carnival, concerts, rodeos and various competitions in Pueblo. “It’s not every day that you get to experience racing pigs, sea lions or zip lining all in one location in Colorado, but it’s…
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FROM 2017: Denver Rustlers ride again to the Colorado State Fair to hobnob and help kids sell livestock
A do-gooder delegation of more than 300 state and metro Denver politicians and business leaders descended on Pueblo, the Home of Heroes, Tuesday for the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair. The Denver Rustlers rode again for the 33rd year. More than 300 Rustlers filled three luxury buses to Pueblo, with several statewide…