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In Pueblo, to-dos pile up as the city preps for its first mayor in generations
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Pueblo is going to elect a mayor this year for the first time since the 1950s, and six candidates are already in the running. But as the hopefuls polish their stump speeches and set up their campaign committees, City Hall also has plenty on its plate to prepare for the new full-time “strong mayor,” who…
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Pueblo takes early steps toward a new life without its old public utility
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It is by now a given that Pueblo’s civic leadership is fed up with Rapid City, S.D.-based utility Black Hills Energy, which provides most of the city’s residential power. The utility’s repeated rate hikes over the years alongside other contentious policies have rankled residents and local elected officials alike. The tension culminated in a vote…
