A Grab-n-Go evening meal pickup program is set to be offered from 5 to 6 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday at Liberty Point International, 484 S. Maher Dr., to accommodate students who are taking advantage of remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic.The Pueblo School District 70 Supper Program will be available to all Free meal packages will feature two days worth of breakfast and lunch meals. The program is open to all Pueblo School District 70 students."While this ..read more

A 27-year-old Pueblo woman is facing charges that include driving under the influence, child abuse and failure to remain at the scene of an accident following a two-car crash early Saturday.At 4:20 a.m., officers responded to the 1100 block of Craig Street on a report of a rollover crash.Police determined that a vehicle hit a parked car and then rolled, ending up on its roof."Witnesses said that a female and a child crawled out of the vehicle and left ..read more

Inside Coach Monte Pinkerton’s strength and conditioning class, the sound of clanking barbells was impossible to escape.Evidence that the assembled Pueblo County Hornets were delving into the first assignment of a day long in coming.Several hallways away, in a room filled only with the voice of educator Flo Downs, leadership students used their laptop computers to fill out a required CHSAA form.And inside the vast school gymnasium, Aubrey Vialpando ..read more

The Pueblo County School District 70 supper program, available to all D70 students, will be served at Liberty Point International and Vineland Middle School on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with pickup from 5 to 6 p.m.Food service personnel will be handing out two days’ worth of breakfasts and lunches on those days."While this program was designed for remote learning families in mind, it is also available to all D70 students," said food service director Brian Axworthy ..read more

FLORENCE —A 31-year-old medium-security inmate died at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Florence Correctional Complex Saturday.Inmate Brett Zimmer was found unresponsive at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Federal Correctional Institution, according to a press release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons public affairs office. Responding staff immediately initiated life-saving measures and requested emergency medical services.Although life-saving measures continued, Zimmer ..read more

In November, property owners who reside within the expansive Pueblo County School District 70 will be asked to improve all schools by approving a $75 million bond that would see no new tax increase implemented.Ballot Measure 4A would raise funds for schools in Pueblo West, the Mesa and the Mountain Region without a tax increase, through the restructuring of bond debt already on the books.If approved, the bond would provide more than $6 million for infection control and ..read more

The state of Colorado needs welders.And when Pueblo Community College needed funds to better train and provide these in-demand laborers, the state legislature responded with $1.3 million.Last week, PCC unveiled its revamped and vastly improved welding training facility funded by the Capital Development Committee through Sustainability of Rural Colorado legislation.The allocation allowed PCC to expand its shop by more than 1,600 square feet, giving staff and ..read more

Thanks to a $50,000 donation from Denver-based Pivot Energy, the first Renewable Energy Scholarship Fund has been established through the Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation.The scholarship fund is expected to support as many as 20 local students pursuing continued education and careers in the renewable energy industry.The two organizations also have committed to set up educational site tours at local community solar projects or in a classroom ..read more

Prolific prairie dogs populating Pueblo West are a cause for concern for some residents and valuable varmints to others.Some people view the burrowing rodents as pests that can spread plague and other diseases as they destroy their landscaping. Other people see the prairie dogs value to the ecosystem - among chief of which is the service they provided to federally protected Western burrowing owls.Recently a reader asked The Pueblo West View if there are any plans to ..read more

Diane Mitsch Bush, the Democratic candidate in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District race, made a virtual stop in Pueblo over the weekend to talk with local voters and lay out her platform.Mitsch Bush, a former state representative from Steamboat Springs, is facing Republican political newcomer Lauren Boebert in the race to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.The virtual event Mitsch Bush took part in on Saturday saw her hear from voters and take ..read more