Tag: Pueblo
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A checklist of 20 great (non-14er) summits on Colorado’s Front Range
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just because you set your sights lower than 14,000 feet doesn’t mean you’re setting a low bar. No, these aren’t the highest mountains on Colorado’s Front Range. But they could be called just as quintessential — much closer to home and providing a scenic, rewarding…
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Statewide housing report shows swelling inventory, but prices still hold
Real estate markets around the state are reporting what’s becoming a familiar pattern this year: the supply of homes on the market keeps increasing, but without any enthusiasm from homebuyers aimed at absorbing all of that inventory. And despite the added stock of homes available, prices are holding close to their previous levels, according to…
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‘The heart of Pueblo:’ A mural grows again along the Arkansas River
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One morning this spring, as dawn broke over the mountains in southern Colorado, Valrie Eisemann loaded her truck with paint and climbing gear and drove about 65 miles to her canvas: a concrete wall angling high above the Arkansas River. She arrived at her place…
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Generations of family have made Pueblo’s Mill Stop a must-stop | Craving Colorado
PUEBLO • It’s not your typical wait list. It’s Mark Mares’ wait list, a sheet of paper that grows all afternoon with names he knows. The owner of the Mill Stop Cafe does not have to ask most who pop their familiar faces through the door before joining the line spilling outside. It’s the common…
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Could Trump’s tariffs make Pueblo the ‘Pittsburgh of the West’ again? It’s complicated.
Traveling from Denver or Colorado Springs, the first impression of Pueblo for many is that of an industrial city, with smoke stacks and warehouses that would look more at home in Pittsburgh than the Mountain West. An expansive industrial complex dominates much of the southern Interstate 25 corridor and offers an intimate look at the city’s…
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Colorado seeks input on transition for coal towns
Two in-person and one virtual meeting are planned starting April 17
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Pueblo officials blame lax crime laws for shooting that left 3 officers wounded and a suspect dead
The Pueblo police chief and mayor placed blame on “soft-on-crime legislation” during a news conference after an officer-involved shooting the night before left three officers hospitalized and a suspect dead. Three Pueblo Police Department officers were shot by a suspect in an attempted murder case. Gunfire broke out around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday near West Mesa…
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King Soopers strike will begin Thursday, Colorado grocery workers union says
Grocery workers at many King Soopers locations across the Front Range will begin striking on Thursday, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced Monday morning. The strike will begin at all unionized King Soopers stores in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties, as well as stores in Boulder and Louisville. It’s still…
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are we most thankful for across this state’s great outdoors? It’s…
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Jim Bishop’s castle: A towering legacy forged through sickness and tragedy
Last year over the holidays, Valerie Bishop Moore was cooking while “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” played on the TV. Her father made a request. Jim Bishop wanted nothing to do with the Grinch. “He said, ‘Valerie, I need you to turn this off,’” the daughter recalled. “I was like: why, Dad? He said, ‘This…