Tag: Pueblo
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20 curiosities along Interstate 25 in Colorado — from ancient cone, to ‘Batman building,’ to Natural Fort
Coming from New Mexico or Wyoming, Interstate 25 travelers into Colorado are greeted by that familiar sign. “Welcome to Colorful Colorado.” Travel the extent of that interstate running through the Front Range, and it’s easy to understand the moniker. From Fishers Peak in Trinidad, to Greenhorn Mountain closer to Pueblo, to Castle Rock and the…
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The rise, fall and resurrection of Colorado’s ‘Castle of the Plains’
LA JUNTA • It is out near a crossroads in southeast Colorado, somewhere between parched fields and dusty towns abandoned by industries that built them, between struggling farms and crumbling homes and wide-open grasslands that go unchanged, preserved, appearing just as they did in the days of wagons over the Santa Fe Trail. It is…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls as payrolls surge to record
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in February to its lowest level in two years as payrolls surged to a record high, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic The 4% jobless rate, down from 4.2% in January, is the lowest since February 2020, just before…
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7 ‘endangered places’ saved in Colorado by program celebrating milestone
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In late 1998, a bunch of nerds gathered for beers at Denver’s Wynkoop Brewing Co. They represented agencies big and small from around the state dedicated to preserving history. “It was a pretty lively conversation from the very beginning,” one in attendance, Kim Grant, recalls.…
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Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s private sector has recovered all of the jobs lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Since May 2020, the state has added 370,000 private sector payroll jobs, compared to losses totaling 358,800 in March…
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Race for Senate President Leroy Garcia’s seat heats up, recalled legislator joins contest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Among the seven candidates so far who want to succeed outgoing Senate President Leroy Garcia is a familiar name: former state Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo, whom voters recalled in 2013. And next Saturday’s election is starting to shape up as a battle between endorsers:…
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Venture capital surges to record levels in Colorado Springs, state and U.S.
Investments in startup companies surged to record levels last year in Colorado Springs, the state and the nation, according to a report . Colorado Springs venture capital investments accelerate in third quarter Most of the $208.9 million invested in Colorado Springs startups last year went to Quantum Metric, which landed a record $200 million in…
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2 lotto winners in Monument, Pueblo to split Colorado’s largest jackpot in decades
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Coloradans won the $25 million Colorado Lotto+ jackpot on Wednesday. The winning tickets were purchased at a Safeway Fuel in Monument and at a Winners Corner in Pueblo, according to Colorado Lottery. The two winners…
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Q&A with Josette Jaramillo | Reframing the conversation to workplace issues
Josette Jaramillo was elected this fall to a second four-year term as president of the Colorado AFL-CIO, a federation of some 185 unions with 130,000 members in the state. A supervisor with the Pueblo County Department of Human Services’ Child Welfare division, Jaramillo is a longtime member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls for fifth consecutive month
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in November for a fifth consecutive month , the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The state’s 5.1% jobless rate last month was down from 5.4% in October; it has dropped a full percentage point since July as 30,000 more people held jobs in November than did four months…