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The Steel City at long last gets a mayor — and a higher profile?
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It’s the original metropolis of southern Colorado, the gateway to the lower Arkansas Valley, and it can boast a number of things other cities in the state don’t have. A steel mill. A bona fide riverwalk, as well. And, arguably, the best homegrown chiles anywhere. (Take that, Hatch, N.M.!) Yet, for a city that has…
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Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro resigning House seat to take Farm Service Agency post with Trump administration
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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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Colorado Springs’ Suthers: Pueblo’s template for ‘strong mayor’?
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Puebloans are being asked on the Nov. 7 local ballot whether they want to elect a “strong mayor” to serve as their city’s chief exec. A city manager runs City Hall right now with the oversight of only the city council. As voters ponder the proposal, some observers are saying the city need look no…
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Wally Stealey, lobbyist and legendary Democratic operative, dies at 83
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Wallace “Wally” Stealey, who helped launch the political careers of many Democrats and was a legend as a Colorado lobbyist, died at his Pueblo home Friday morning of congestive heart failure. He was 83. Stealey was remembered as jovial, shrewd, well-connected and warm by colleagues and friends. Former Gov. Richard Lamm said Stealey was a…
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Breaking a glass ceiling in Pueblo County
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This week the Pueblo Board of County Commissioners appointed the county’s 35th attorney, and for the first time ever it’s a woman. Cynthia Mitchell, 42, is a Columbia University undergrad, Case Western Reserve University law school alumna, and no stranger to the legal issues of Pueblo County. She’s a Pueblo native and has worked in…
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A former fair chief turned hemp fan runs for commission in pot-friendly Pueblo County
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Former Colorado State Fair manager Chris Wiseman is jumping into Pueblo politics. The 12-year fair veteran isn’t new to the Colorado politics limelight. Being at the helm of the state fair has meant years of enduring pointed questions and political pandering over the event’s fate in calling Pueblo home. Before the fair, Wiseman, a Democrat,…
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Drumbeat continues for Pueblo to oust Black Hills as city’s utility
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What unifies Pueblo politicos of every stripe? Black Hills Energy. It seems elected officials in the Steel City can’t go wrong by lashing out at the Rapid City, S.D.-based public utility, which supplies the city most of its power – and has been widely excoriated for years of spiraling utility bills. Talk on the Pueblo…
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A changing of the guard at Pueblo’s much-unloved public utility
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The local face of Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Energy in Pueblo, company Vice President Christopher Burke, is out of the picture and has left the company. The reason? Not clear, but the Pueblo Chieftain’s Peter Roper, who brings us the news of Burke’s departure, suggests a likely basis for the reshuffling with this dry…
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Beware of those savings — they’ll cost you, Pueblo learns
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It’s not like there’s any love lost between Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Energy and the city of Pueblo, to which the investor-owned public utility provides power. The city’s elected leadership, including its City Council and legislative delegation, long have been at odds with Black Hills over its repeated rate hikes in recent years. The…
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Guaranteed jail time for Colorado drunk drivers has Pueblo sheriff worried
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A new sentencing that ensures the most habitual drunk drivers in Colorado get jail time and treatment might be good for public safety, but at least one Colorado sheriff said it’s an unfair financial burden dumped on him by the state. A fourth drunk-driving charge now ensures spends at least 90 days to 180 in…
