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• Joe Garcia resigns as CSU-Pueblo president

  November 4, 2010 8:40 AM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - Colorado's Lt. Gov.-elect Joe Garcia has a new job, so he has resigned as president of Colorado State University-Pueblo. The CSU System Board of Governors accepted Garcia's resignation Wednesday, the day after Democrat John Hickenlooper won the governor's race. Hickenlooper chose Garcia as his running... more »

• Man arrested in death of his father

  September 15, 2010 2:09 PM

  Las Animas man faces charges in the death of his father. Police were called to a home in the 900 block of Vine in Las Animas Monday afternoon on a report of an out of control man. Officers said Joe Lucero, 78, had received injuries to his head and... more »

• Hickenlooper announces education policy for Colorado

  August 30, 2010 3:54 PM

  Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper is getting ready to unveil his education policy for Colorado. He'll be joined by his running mate, Colorado State University-Pueblo president Joe Garcia, at Monday's announcement at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton. Two years ago as mayor Hickenlooper started a preschool stipend program... more »

• Maes to pick Colorado lieutenant governor running mate

  August 16, 2010 8:22 AM

  GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes spent the weekend choosing a running mate. Spokesman Nate Strauch says Maes was interviewing four or five candidates, and he will have an announcement early in the week. The deadline for choosing a running mate under state law is Tuesday. Democratic candidate John... more »

• Dr. Joe Garcia to continue heading CSU-Pueblo

  August 11, 2010 1:46 PM

  Dr. Joe Garcia will continue in his duties as president of Colorado State University-Pueblo, while running for lieutenant governor of Colorado on the democratic ticket. The CSU Board of Governors voted Wednesday morning in Pueblo to allow Dr. Garcia to continue in his post, using vacation time and other... more »

• Gov. Bill Ritter at CSU-Pueblo Friday

  July 29, 2010 11:30 AM

  Gov. Bill Ritter will attend a ceremonial signing of articulation agreements between Colorado State University-Pueblo and 15 community colleges. The agreements allow for the smooth transfer of credits from the community colleges to the university. All 28 CSU-Pueblo majors are included in the agreements. According to CSU-Pueblo spokesperson Cora... more »

• Ex-Qwest CEO Nacchio to appeal new sentence

  July 8, 2010 8:16 AM

  Former Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joseph Nacchio plans to appeal his new sentence for insider trading. Lawyers didn't outline their arguments in a notice of appeal filed Wednesday in federal court in Denver. But during a re-sentencing hearing in June, Nacchio's attorney objected to a fine larger than... more »

• Biden to visit the gulf

  June 25, 2010 12:20 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Obama administration official tells The Associated Press that Vice President Joe Biden will travel to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday to review the efforts to combat the massive oil spill. Biden is expected to visit the National Incident Command Center in New Orleans and the... more »

• VP Biden says stimulus is working

  June 17, 2010 2:45 PM

  Vice President Joe Biden says the economic recovery act deserves credit for creating or saving upward of 2.8 million jobs so far, with thousands more projects coming soon in a busy summer of construction. At the White House Thursday, the vice president told reporters: "Folks, the act is working."... more »

• Lawyer: Nacchio received shoddy treatment on trip

  June 14, 2010 8:26 AM

  An attorney for Joe Nacchio says the former Qwest CEO spent eight days in solitary confinement, had no visitors for six weeks and was denied his medication for days during his round trip from a prison camp in Pennsylvania to Denver for a court hearing. Nacchio was convicted of... more »

• Guilty plea in David Letterman extortion case

  March 9, 2010 4:35 PM

  The man who tried to shake down David Letterman over his affairs with members of his staff will be going to jail for six months as part of a plea deal. In entering a guilty plea today, Joe Halderman admitted that he tried to extort $2 million from Letterman... more »

• NYC judge refuses to toss Letterman extortion case

  January 19, 2010 11:25 AM

  A judge has refused to throw out the criminal case against a TV producer who is accused of blackmailing David Letterman. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon ruled Tuesday on Robert "Joe" Halderman's bid to get his attempted grand larceny case dismissed. Prosecutors say Halderman demanded $2 million... more »

• New Colorado law against texting while driving takes effect Tuesday

  November 30, 2009 12:58 PM

  Colorado's no-texting law is set to take effect tomorrow. It will be illegal for Colorado drivers to send text messages, e-mail or tweet when behind the wheel. The new law also bars drivers under 18 from talking on their cell phones. But Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle says it's... more »

• AFA grad killed in Iraq

  September 9, 2009 5:44 PM

  An Air Force Academy graduate is the latest U.S. military casualty in Iraq. The Pentagon reports that 1st Lt. Joseph Helton, 24, from Monroe, Georgia, died of wounds he suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle in Baghdad Tuesday. He was assigned to the Sixth Security Forces Squadron... more »