Fireworks to light up downtown Pueblo
Take a walk down by the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo or bring a lawn chair to watch the fireworks show scheduled for about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, July 4.
The HARP Authority suggests anyone who is looking to watch the show, which will be set off from the top of the Main Street parking garage, schedule dinner at a Riverwalk restaurant or find a way to patronize the downtown area.
Impossible Players offer pretzels for funds
The group will honor past recipients of awards from the group from 5 to 7 p.m., with awards from last season to be awarded from 7 to 9 p.m.
Colorado lawmakers ditch bill that threatened Comanche 3 closure timeline Sara Wilson, The Pueblo Chieftain
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A controversial Colorado Senate bill that would have codified emissions-reduction goals will not move forward this legislative session, and Pueblo leadership is happy to hear it.
Lead Democratic sponsors of SB21-200, Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, and Rep. Dominique Jackson, D-Aurora, have said they will no longer push for the bill’s passage following an impasse with Gov. Jared Polis, who has threatened a veto, and opposition from local elected officials.
A controversial Colorado Senate bill that would have codified emissions-reduction goals will not move forward this legislative session, and Pueblo leadership is happy to hear it.
Lead Democratic sponsors of SB21-200, Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, and Rep. Dominique Jackson, D-Aurora, have said they will no longer push for the bill’s passage following an impasse with Gov. Jared Polis, who has threatened a veto, and opposition from local elected officials.
Instead, they will try to incorporate some of the bill’s provisions, including the enforcement of emissions reductions across electric, oil, gas and industrial sectors, into another House bill.
The Pueblo Board of County Commissioners got a glimpse of preliminary design concepts for a new recreation center on the St. Charles Mesa, one of the projects Pueblo voted on during 2016 as part of the 1A ballot initiative.
Project Manager Mike Ricottone presented renderings of a sprawling campus that would have facilities to permanently house the county’s 4H Foundation activities and the Colorado State University Pueblo extension during Thursday’s morning work session.
“It helps Pueblo County. It includes everything – you can go out and walk safely, you can come out and drop your kids off and have a safe area,” he said.
Pueblo’s Board of County Commissioners approved a new contracting policy that would require bidding firms to meet pre-established minimum standards related to health insurance offerings, retirement benefits and a prevailing wage.
The responsible contracting policy will apply to large-scale capital improvement projects that cost at least $2.5 million. It comes after years of negotiating the exact terms.
County commissioners were adamant about passing the new policy before requests for proposals go out for the upcoming jail and Joe Martinez Boulevard extension project. I’m sure this board wants to ensure this policy and our values as a board are reflected in the biggest piece of capital construction in the county’s history,” Commissioner Chair Garrison Ortiz said during Tuesday s board meeting when the board first considered the policy. They officially passed it on Thursday.