Tag: Pueblo County
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North Creek wildfire reaches 10% containment, mandatory evacuation measures lifted
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mandatory evacuations for the Red Mountain Youth Camp and surrounding areas in Beulah have been lifted and moved to a pre-evacuation status as crews continue to battle the North Creek wildfire that sparked Saturday afternoon,…
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Colorado Supreme Court says judges may not force mediation in criminal cases
Resolving a question it had never addressed before, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that trial judges may not order the parties in a criminal case to participate in mediation to potentially reach a plea agreement. Although prosecutors and defendants can voluntarily decide to sit down with a neutral third party and discuss how…
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COVID-19 infections expected to increase across Colorado after Thanksgiving
Colorado public health and medical professionals expect a bump in already steadily increasing COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations across the state after the Thanksgiving holiday and through the winter season. But cases could be less severe than in past surges thanks to high immunity levels in the community, they said. “We’re going to see high…
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Pueblo man arrested for attempted tampering in primary election
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Police arrested a Pueblo man on Thursday for allegedly trying to tamper with a voting machine during Colorado’s primary election in June. Richard Patton, 31, was booked into the Pueblo County Judicial Center on charges of tampering with a voting machine and cybercrimes, according to the Pueblo Police Department. Patton was arrested without incident at…
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Bond set for man shot by Denver police in LoDo; DA asks for more time to file charges
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann on Tuesday asked the court for more time to file criminal charges against Jordan Tyler Trey Waddy, who was shot and wounded by officers along with five bystanders early Sunday morning after police say Waddy brandished a gun in the city’s Lower Downtown area. “The Denver Police Department is attempting to…
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Colorado Supreme Court to review constitutionality of mental health law, ‘straw purchases’ of guns
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear two appeals challenging the constitutionality of state law as being either vague or in violation of U.S. Supreme Court precedent. The cases have come to the state’s highest court by way of the Court of Appeals, where…
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Justice being denied in a Colorado county because of persistent evidence delays, prosecutor charges
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Brian Puerta told police he was bedded down at a truck stop in rural Huerfano County, snuggled up in a sleeping bag in the front passenger seat of his blue Buick when a stranger banged on the passenger window in the middle of the day…
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Colorado nonprofit targeted with redistricting lobbying complaint helped draft others’ map proposals
Days after a formal complaint accused a secretly funded nonprofit organization of violating redistricting lobbying disclosure laws, a video recording obtained by The Gazette reveals the same group helped craft maps proposed by the prominent Colorado Farm Bureau, contradicting what the Farm Bureau’s president told the state’s redistricting commissioners. The Farm Bureau president Carlyle Currier…
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Seven arrested following kidnapping investigation
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Seven people connected to to an alleged apartment kidnapping in 2017 were arrested Thursday following an extensive investigation by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, officials said. The suspects were charged with first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, according to a release from the state investigators bureau. The suspects have been identified as: Cosme…
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Pueblo man dead after head-on collision in Pueblo County
One man is dead after two vehicles collided head-on Friday night in Pueblo County. Law enforcement officials responded to a report of an accident on Highway 50, just east of Pueblo, shortly before 11 p.m., according to a release from the Colorado State Patrol. Upon their arrival, Troopers located two men, a 43-year-old man from…