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Pueblo Police are investigating a homicide of a 44-year-old Pueblo man which occurred during the early morning hours Sunday near the intersection of McCulley Avenue and Cedar Street. According to Capt. Tom Rummel, police were called to the scene at 1:15 a.m. Sunday by a resident who heard a gunshot, looked outside and saw a male laying in the street. Officers arrived to find the male with a gunshot wound to the chest. The male victim died at the scene. He was identified as David Lucio Tafoya, ...

Editors note: Reading this story without a subscription? Get a year of access to Chieftain.com for $39 now through March 18 by clicking here to subscribe. We appreciate your support of local journalism. Heading into November of 2020, Pueblo County funeral homes were weathering the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, navigating a new landscape while continuing to provide services of comfort and closure to Pueblo families saying their final goodbyes to loved ones. Funeral providers, at that point,...

March 8, 2021 at 3:30pm Local business development leaders say Arlington can compete with the emerging tech hubs of Austin and Miami. Those cities are attracting some Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and companies in search of a lower cost of living and doing business. Last year, Austin made deals with 39 companies, and Miami saw an influx of venture capital dollars and firms. But local cheerleaders of Arlington in general — and National Landing in particular — say the area is on par with these...

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Other similar units were used in New York City early on during the pandemic.  The unit, with capacity for 40 bodies, is near St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center.  Randy Evetts, public health director of the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, said Wednesday that COVID-19-related deaths have increased drastically in Pueblo County.  He said from April through October there was an average of one COVID-19 death every five days in Pueblo.  In November, the average shot up to 3-4 deat...

CSP said the crash happened on U.S. 50 at Swallows Road in Pueblo West. Lisel Weidenborner was pronounced dead at the scene. She was 39, according to Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter. The patrol said a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country driven by Weidenborner was turning westbound from the highway onto Swallows Road and pulled out in front of a 2009 Ford F-350 traveling east. The F-350 crashed into the side of the Chrysler, causing both vehicles to go off the highways eastbound shoulder.

Pueblo County activated its mobile morgue unit to help health care and funeral providers, the Pueblo County Coroner tweeted Tuesday. The semi-unit will be used to store bodies of recently deceased persons for short periods pending funeral arrangements. The Pueblo County coroner did not immediately respond to questions about why the mobile unit was deployed, if its in use or where it is located. The county reported five COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday, while 26 were reported last Wednesday. The ...

Pueblo County deploys refrigerated truck to store bodies as COVID-19 deaths increase statewide Pueblo has one of the highest COVID-19 death rates in Colorado, recording 141 fatalities per 100,000 people Pueblo County Coroner The Pueblo County Coroner has activated what it called a "Deployable Morgue Unit" to store the bodies of the dead inside this semi-truck as COVID-19 deaths increase statewide. By: JESSICA SEAMAN | The Denver Post Posted at 11:06 PM, Dec 15, 2020 and last u...