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Valley Fitness Connects Patrons with Personal Trainers

Valley Fitness Connects Patrons with Personal Trainers

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Valley Fitness Connects Patrons with Personal Trainers

Terry Kraus
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Ben and Cheri Beck purchased Valley Fitness in 2014, and moved it to its current location in 2022.From the beginning, the style has been to make members feel at home. New members are shown how to use the equipment and make progress with proper usage of the equipment.Beck practices what he preaches.
Arrest Made in Deadly Shooting in Colorado City

Arrest Made in Deadly Shooting in Colorado City

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Arrest Made in Deadly Shooting in Colorado City

Gayle Perez, Pio
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Pueblo County Sheriff ’s deputies arrested a 22-year-old man in a deadly shooting Thursday night in Colorado City.Deputies responded to a home in the 3700 block of Colorado Boulevard just before 7:00 p.m. on a report of a shooting.
Mountain lions are roaming through Beulah in large groups. Several pets have been killed or injured. Courtesy Photo

Mountain lions are roaming through Beulah in large groups. Several pets have been killed or injured. Courtesy Photo

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Beulah has an Abundance of Mountain Lions

Shirley Pigg
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Mountain lions are creating havoc in the Beulah area as an abundance of them are interacting in the town. Several residents have reported pets being threatened or injured. Security cameras in nearly every area of Beulah have caught mountain lions casually strolling through the town.
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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado Offers Scholarships

Shirley Pigg
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Farm Credit of Southern Colorado supports the next generation of agricultural leaders through its annual scholarship program. For 2025, they will be awarding thirty scholarships totaling $50,000 to outstanding students across Southern Colorado.
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Planet Parade Among Special Celestial Events in 2025

Shirley Pigg
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The New Year, 2025, brings several stunning celestial events. The Quadrantid meteor show peaked just after sunset on January 3. This meteor shower, considered one of the best annual meteor showers, has a very short peak of only a few hours, according to NASA.
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VFC Adds New Board Members

Shirley Pigg
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
During the Volunteers for Community (VFC) board meeting of January 15, the board voted unanimously to add Dede Downs and Melvin Nigh to the board.Both Downs and Nigh have been doing extensive volunteer work in recent VFC projects and their value to the organization and community is great.
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Metro Contracts with A Squared to Reduce Energy Expenditures

Terry Kraus
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The Colorado City Metro District board approved the expenditure of $150,000 on a proposal from A Squared, which should dramatically reduce the amount of electricity used at the plant through computer programs starting and stopping motors rather than depending on manual starts and stops.

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Employed Struggle to Make Ends Meet

Terry Kraus
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
A first of its kind report in Colorado, funded by the 10 Colorado United Way agencies and Ent Credit Union, shows that 37% of Colorado families are struggling to get by. That number is higher in Pueblo County where 47% of the 67,480 households are income constrained.
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