The National Popular Vote interstate compact is being considered by the Colorado legislature. Colorado Senate Bill 19042, if approved would make Col...

In an effort to become a little more cultured and expand our horizons, my wife and decided to go to the Biannual UCCS Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition...

The government shutdown is over – for three weeks. That’s how long the temporary funding will last before the country and a portion of the nation’s f...

Although I haven’t been on Facebook since May 2011, I understand there was some discussion on that social media outlet about the lack of coverage of ...

Our six month old grandson, Duke, got sick last week. My wife was visiting the grand-kids last Tuesday and his mother had noticed that Duke felt r...

I pulled a few meager coins out of my pocket and paid for some Christmas decorations that were marked 75% off. As soon as I got these from the store...

I enjoy writing the four part year-in-review series each year (Part three is in this paper). It reminds me how many things actually do go on in the...

On Christmas morning we open presents with kids and grandkids. Then, somwwhere around noon, they load up their stuff and head for the other half of...

We have so much. According to Gallup the median annual household income in the world is $9,733. According to recent numbers in the United States, ou...

I spent some time in Kansas last week. Traveling to my childhood home is always full of memories, always more good memories than bad. I also enjoyed p...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that life expectancy is down, in part due to the increase in drug overdoses. The most recen...

Lori grew up skiing. Her dad and mom could both ski. Her four siblings could ski. She went to college in Gunnison and at CU-Boulder, in part becau...

Richard Lee Poage died in Augusta, Kansas on November 8. Among other things he did during his life was to be the Head Football Coach at Trego Communi...

I am ashamed to admit I don’t remember much about Jeff. He started at semester when I was a sophomore at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. He ...

My wife and I decided to attend a Murder Mystery Dinner at the Briarhurst Manor in Manitou Springs to celebrate Halloween. The Manor was built in 18...

In a story first broken by Bloomberg News it was revealed that Facebook was at the center of a security breach that may have compromised the ...

In Pueblo County as of June 5, 2018 there were 111,792 registered voters. In Colorado there is no registration deadline so if you are not registered...

Sometimes things strike me as funny. Lori and I, son-in-law Danny, daughter Amber and four grandchildren of various sizes and shapes, ages two months...

In case you were wondering, the sun rose at 7:03 a.m. on Tuesday and set at 6:29 p.m. that same day. On December 21, the shortest day of the year beca...

Seconds and split-second decisions can make all the difference. Last Saturday we went to the Air Force – Nevada game. Nevada took a 7-0 lead and we...

Friday I will turn 66 years old. By and large I don’t mind birthdays. For some reason age 30 or age 40 (I don’t remember which) was a little tough. ...

“When I focus on what’s good today, I have a good day, and when I focus on what’s bad, I have a bad day. If I focus on a problem, the problem increa...

(Due to the length of the speech, some has been omitted) We're gathered together on these hallowed grounds to honor the memory of nearly 3,000 souls ...

In the last several weeks some interesting statistics were printed in the Pueblo Chieftain and titled "Pueblo Facts and Figures". For those ...

I had to make a quick stop Tuesday morning at a medical facility in Pueblo to pick up some paperwork. I was running a little behind as it was, so I ...

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.“ William Arthur Ward There are a lot of things I am gra...

I talked to Chieftain Editor Steve Henson recently and he told me the political debates the Chieftain has sponsored for the last thirty plus years w...

We are entering our tenth year as editors of the Greenhorn Valley View. Last year we won, I believe, 14 awards from the Colorado Press Assoc...

The temperature Saturday is supposed to get to ninety-three degrees in Colorado City. Sounds like perfect weather to hang out at Lake Beckwith doesn’...

The text message from our son-in-law arrived at 10:37 p.m. on Sunday night. He and our daughter, Amber, had arrived at the hospital in Castle Rock wh...

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