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Father, son die in rafting accident on Arkansas River near Pueblo
The Pueblo County Coroner’s Office identified the two victims as 46-year-old Ricardo Valencia Sanchez and 16-year-old Jose Louis Valencia.
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Colorado State Fair re-imagined amid coronavirus
By The Pueblo Chieftain Coronavirus Primary category in which blog post is published
Supreme Court ruling on DACA brings more time, but no less uncertainty for Coloradans
By Tina Griego Coloradans Primary category in which blog post is published
Coronavirus cost Colorado’s solar industry thousands of jobs, but there’s one bright spot
By Mark Jaffe Energy Primary category in which blog post is published
Robberies dropped, fights between roommates spiked: How quarantine affected crime in Colorado
By Kevin Simpson Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
Six RVs to help rural Colorado’s opioid addiction are coming to a parking lot near you
Three of the vehicles have already begun visiting rural towns where there is no access to medication-assisted treatment for heroin or prescription opioids.
Army has destroyed half of mustard agent stored in Colorado
The plant started operating in September 2016 and has eliminated more than 220,000 munitions.
Most Colorado public school teachers are white, but almost half of their students are not. Can the state close the gap?
Colorado lawmakers want to explore what’s standing in the way of minority teacher candidates. One hurdle: licensure.
Colorado has a big shortage of volunteers to speak up for foster kids in court
That gap has sparked Colorado court appointed special advocates to make a plea for more volunteers -- they want 2,020 new ones in 2020
Thousands of Colorado kids at risk of falling behind aren’t enrolled in preschool, but schools are out of room
Gov. Polis wants to expand preschool to cover more of the 76,000 kids at risk of falling behind in kindergarten, but with some districts at capacity, BEST grant funds may provide wiggle room
As Colorado’s anti-abortion pregnancy centers strengthen, abortion-rights advocates work to “expose” alleged “fake clinics”
Colorado has more than 50 religious-based pregnancy centers that encourage women to carry babies to term. In some rural areas, they are the only option.
Cross-pollination between outdoor-grown marijuana and hemp is a budding conflict in Colorado, beyond
In Pueblo, the area of the state with the largest amount of outdoor-grown marijuana, the county regulators have been working to allow both hemp and cannabis cultivators to coexist
The Colorado State Fair has lost money for 21 straight years, audit finds
The audit also says the fair authority has no comprehensive marketing plan and no target audience despite spending $1.1 million per year on marketing
Pueblo saw hemp as an economic opportunity, so it pounced with taxpayer dollars and hopes of growing big business
Pueblo Economic Development Corp. sees hemp as a natural extension of southern Colorado’s ag and industrial heritage, and is laying down cash and tax credits to lure companies that agree to meet job-creation goals
