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Editor’s note: The Pueblo Chieftain is able to provide exclusive local news thanks in part to the support of its subscribers. Now through Jan. 4, new subscribers can receive a year of news from the Chieftain for as little as $39. Support local news today at Chieftain.com/subscribe now. Pueblo City Council received an update Monday as to how the city’s $6.5 million in CARES Act funding was spent. Head of grant and resource development for the city of Pueblo Shelly Dunham, Pueblo City Chief of Staff Laura Solano and Mayor Nick Gradisar gave a presentation to council members during the wo...

I grew up reading The Pueblo Chieftain. An avid sports fan, I would clip photos from the sports section of my favorite athletes, Sammy Sosa and Michael Jordan. I would read box scores of local preps teams (in particular my alma mater Pueblo County High School). And as I got older, I would read The Chieftain to stay up-to-date on current news. In high school, in Florence Relph’s journalism class, I would imagine myself the sports editor of the paper someday. Fast forward some 16 years later, and I’m writing this in the editor’s office of The Pueblo Chieftain.

Take care of your holiday Christmas cactus The Pueblo Chieftain If you are a “plant person”, odds are you might be getting a gift of a Christmas Cactus from friends or family this holiday season. This is a great gift to bring some color indoors during the winter. In their native environment (in Brazil) these plants grow as epiphytes, which mean they grow in trees like orchids. Around here we grow them in pots as houseplants. As the name implies, these plants are cacti, so they want to be kept dry, right? Wrong. These cacti won’t do well in dry potting mix. You will want to water your Ch...