The Chieftain

Not being afraid is what actor Danny Glover said has allowed him to successfully blend his acting talent with his passion for activism.

DENVER — A bill that has divided rafters and private property owners was the subject of hours of testimony Monday  in a Senate committee Monday.

The Dolores Huerta Preparatory High school board of directors lost another member Monday with the sudden resignation of Ted Hernandez.

Keith Swerdfeger has been a Pueblo contractor for more than 40 years and that showed Monday as a crowd of about 100 people — builders, developers, business people and fellow Republicans — turned out to applaud his candidacy for the state House District 47 seat.

A Del Norte man, John W. Hargis Sr., has filed candidate papers to join the race for the 3rd Congressional District as an independent candidate.

DENVER — A former Alamosa Housing Authority maintenance worker who has admitted he embezzled $461,150 regrets the choice he made.

DENVER — The House passed a bill on Monday that would require local governments to notify the military about land-use discussions within two miles of military installations.

DENVER — The Senate passed a bill Monday that would allow patrons of the Colorado State Fair to carry their alcoholic drinks anywhere on the Fairgrounds.

A heavy, wet snow dumped lots of moisture on the Upper Arkansas River Valley and the Spanish Peaks area overnight Sunday.

Jeff Chostner is a former president of the East High School Alumni Association. A reporter erred Saturday by identifying Chostner as the association’s current president.

Fundraiser Food purchases between 5 and 8 p.m. Friday at Wendy's on North Elizabeth Street will help the Calvary Mothers of Preschoolers, a parent group for pregnant women and mothers of children through the first grade. MOPS is an international organization with a mission of steering members to Christ.

The condition of a 64-year-old Pueblo man who crashed Saturday into a stone wall of the Elmwood Golf Course has improved.

Flows in the Arkansas River nearly tripled overnight Sunday as winter water storage ended.

Black Hills Energy has reached a 40-year deal with the Pueblo Board of Water Works for a plan to supply water to a new electric power plant northwest of Pueblo Memorial Airport.

A well-known, veteran Pueblo police officer died Monday afternoon while jogging in Pueblo West.

Area residents will have a chance Thursday to tell the Department of Defense what they think about a plan to blow up as many as 125,000 chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.

WALSENBURG — New blood has brought to life the Huerfano County High School building more than a century after it was built.

A 64-year-old man who crashed into the perimeter stone wall of Elmwood Golf Course remained in serious condition Sunday.

Here is the scheduled highway construction this week in the Southern Colorado region, weather permitting.

Area residents will have a chance Thursday to tell the Department of Defense what they think about a plan to blow up as many as 125,000 chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.