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• Daytime burglaries up in Pueblo

  December 3, 2012 6:35 PM

  When you go to sleep at night, you may worry about burglars, but it turns out daytime burglaries are the ones on the rise in Pueblo. There were 1483 reported by this time last year, and so far this year there have already been 1595. That's a 7.5% increase. It's... more »

• Chrysler sales up 20 percent

  July 3, 2012 8:58 AM

  DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler says its U.S. sales rose 20 percent in June on strong demand for the 300 sedan and other vehicles. Sales of Chrysler's best-seller, the Ram pickup, increased 12 percent as home building perked up. Sales of the Fiat 500 small car more than doubled over last... more »

• Price of stamps going up

  January 23, 2012 7:22 AM

  The price of first class postal stamps has gone up a penny. The United State Postal Service raised the price yesterday for the first time in more than two years. Postage for post cards now costs $.32, and letters to Canada or Mexico are now $.85 Remember the... more »

• CO schools luring more foreign students

  November 20, 2011 12:52 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A new Colorado law freeing state universities to recruit more international students has prompted schools to begin aggressively courting foreigners who want to study in the United States and pay higher tuition. The Daily Camera reports that Colorado State University is seriously considering hiring an... more »

• Arbitrators rule county grossly over-billed in clean-up

  October 5, 2010 1:54 PM

  An arbitrator has ruled Pueblo County was over-billed nearly $5.4 million for the clean-up of an old warehouse. The building at 6th St. and Elizabeth St. in Pueblo burned in October 2007. The property owner, Omar Maaliki hired Qualiclean to clean up the site, but when Maaliki stopped paying the... more »

• More college grads default on student loans

  September 13, 2010 3:45 PM

  The number of people defaulting on their federal student loans is climbing, and those who attend for-profit schools remain the most likely group to default, according to new government data released Monday. The U.S. Department of Education says numbers from fiscal year 2008 show 7 percent of borrowers of... more »

• Teenage girl arrested in assault on Greeley jogger

  September 3, 2010 9:45 AM

  Greeley police have arrested a 17-year-old girl in the assault of a jogger in a city park. Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych said Thursday that a 47-year-old Greeley woman was jogging in the park Aug. 24 when she saw a group of teens watching a girl beat up another girl.... more »

• Cotter uranium mill on track to close

  August 18, 2010 7:51 PM

  A uranium mill that has operated in Canon City for decades is now on track to permanently close. The Cotter Corporation now says it plans to shut down containment ponds that store millions of tons of toxic waste. Without containment ponds, the mill can't operate. The Cotter Uranium Mill sits... more »

• Louisiana shrimpers reporting clean 1st day catch

  August 17, 2010 8:14 AM

  Commercial shrimpers who spent much of the summer mopping up oil in the Gulf of Mexico say the first day back to doing what they normally do was a good one. Shrimpers indicate the first catch since BP's disastrous spill was plentiful and, just as importantly, free of oil.... more »

• Survey: Gas prices up about 4 cents

  August 16, 2010 9:10 AM

  A new survey finds the average price of regular gasoline in the United States has gone up 3.86 cents in the last three weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular rose to $2.77. Analyst Trilby Lundberg says the average... more »

• June traffic up at Denver International Airport

  August 6, 2010 8:38 AM

  Almost 4.8 million passengers traveled through Denver International Airport in June. That's up 1.7 percent from the same month last year. Through the first half of the year, about 25 million passengers used the airport. That's a 3.4 percent increase from the first six months of 2009. Even though... more »

• Colorado gas prices below national average

  July 7, 2010 9:47 AM

  Next time you gas-up you're in for a nice surprise--the price has gone down. Average retail gas prices in Colorado have fallen 2.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.64. The national average is $2.72. But Patrick DeHaan, Senior Petroleum Analyst for GasBuddy.com says it's too... more »

• Census: Americans are on the move

  May 10, 2010 9:32 AM

  Americans are changing addresses again--but they're not going very far. Census figures released Monday show that 12.5 percent of the U.S. population, or 37.1 million people, moved to a new home last year. That's up from a 60-year low of 11.9 percent, or 35.2 million, in 2008. The... more »

• New jobless claims increase unexpectedly

  April 8, 2010 9:14 AM

  The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits rose last week, a sign that jobs remain scarce even as the economy recovers. The Labor Department said first-time claims increased by 18,000 to a seasonally adjusted 460,000. That's worse than economists' estimates of a drop to 435,000, according to... more »

• `Hurt Locker,' `Hangover,' `Up' win editing honors

  February 15, 2010 11:38 AM

  The war story "The Hurt Locker," the bachelor bash "The Hangover" and the animated tale "Up" have earned top honors from the American Cinema Editors. The group honored "The Hurt Locker" for best editing on a dramatic feature film, while "The Hangover" won in the comedy or musical category and... more »

• Cleanup restarts at site of massive Pueblo fire

  January 12, 2010 12:23 PM

  Clean-up work has started once again in Pueblo, where an old cold storage building burned to the ground. The fire happened in Oct. 2007 at the corner of 6th and Elizabeth. Pueblo County has spent millions of dollars to clean up the site, which still contains materials contaminated with asbestos.... more »

• Rocky Mountain National Park nears 3 million visitors

  December 17, 2009 11:28 AM

  Visitor numbers at Rocky Mountain National Park are up 2.5 percent over last year and could top 3 million for the first time since 2003. Park officials say more than 2.93 million people have entered this year. December visits would have to total about 61,000 to reach 3 million for... more »

• Construction begins a year after deadly explosion

  November 13, 2009 11:35 AM

  It was one year ago, a natural gas explosion destroyed the Branch Inn in historic downtown Pueblo. Now there are plans to rebuild in that area. The explosion happened on November 13, 2008 around 2 p.m. The Branch Inn, which was located on the corner of Union Ave. and C... more »