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Nearly a year ago, voters in the city and county of Pueblo rejected efforts to roll back retail marijuana sales by margins greater than the vote to establish them in the first place. After a heated campaign, the decisive defeat of Propositions 200 and 300 sent a message that Pueblo voters were...

The headline of a post published in this space last year posed the question, "Is Pueblo the Drug Bust Capital of Colorado?" And in recent months, law enforcement in the community has answered this question with a resounding "Yes," particularly when it comes to marijuana crimes with an...

More than 365 marijuana plants, with an estimated street value of $1 million, were seized in Pueblo County on Monday as evidence in illegal grow investigations. Four people, "all with ties to Cuba," were arrested. Five weapons and other equipment were seized at two properties in eastern and...

Last year, two ballot initiatives seeking to undo the retail cannabis industry in both the city and county of Pueblo failed. It was the third time voters there indicated that they're OK with pot shops, rejecting a doomsday campaign adamant that legalization is to blame for crime, including gang...

A former Pepsi factory that sat vacant for a decade is being reincarnated as an indoor marijuana grow – one of the largest in the pot-friendly state of Colorado. Doyen Elements, a holding company that leases real estate properties out to legal cannabis companies, bought an old bottling plant...

The elaborately rigged electrical systems present at many of the 29 homes in Pueblo West and other areas of the county that the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office raided for illegal marijuana grows last year have, with the exception of one, been removed and the homes brought back to standards...

The Colorado Supreme Court won't hear a case that pits a Colorado county against three cities within its boundaries in a dispute over who has the authority to levy special sales taxes on retail marijuana. The decision, made June 19, means that the lower court's order against Adams County remains...

In Pueblo, pot pays for college (well, some of it). On June 20, 210 high school seniors got $2,000 each from the Pueblo County Scholarship Fund and the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative. In total, $420,000 was disbursed. That is believed to be the first cannabis tax-funded scholarship...

Pueblo is the first community in the world to provide a cannabis-funded scholarship to every graduating high school senior. Applications are now being accepted for the first full-year of funding of the new program. The Board of Pueblo County Commissioners on Monday approved a contract between...

Denver ― Budding scholars, rejoice. Commissioners in Pueblo County, Colorado, on Monday signed off on what they're calling the "world's first cannabis-funded scholarship." The fund of approximately $475,000 will be available for high school students in Pueblo County who wish to attend...

That request of responsible consumption is no longer just for those who drink alcohol. With the help of a Denver-based technology and software company, the Pueblo County commissioners are looking to create public service announcements that would not only convey that message, but also educate...

It's plain and simple: College is expensive and any type of financial assistance can help. Just ask Brandon Barber, a Colorado State University-Pueblo freshman studying criminology with a minor in computer science. He's also taking advantage of one of Pueblo County's newest scholarships – one...

Until a pending Front Range court battle is resolved, Pueblo County has been forced to put on hold $1.5 million in marijuana tax-funded projects, but that doesn't mean all marijuana tax-related projects are in limbo. County officials said Friday that several other projects are moving forward...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general did not provide a definitive plan during the first day of his confirmation hearing Tuesday for how he would direct the Justice Department to treat states' legalization of marijuana, but he said just enough to make Pueblo County...

Caught in the crosshairs of a pending Front Range court battle, Pueblo County is taking the lead in crafting compromise legislation at the state level to preserve its authority to impose a special 3.5 percent marijuana tax in the county. "This is one of our top priority pieces of legislation...

This past election, Pueblo voters once again gave their seal of approval to the county's retail marijuana system and, implicitly, the earmarked tax revenue it generates. The pro-pot campaign drove the message, highlighting all the needed projects that would get support from the county's...

Pueblo - The price of doing business in Pueblo just got a lot higher for potential retail marijuana business owners. City council voted this week to up the annual licensing fee to $10,000, and $15,000 for the initial license fee. Prior to that, both fees were $6,000. "This is what we're...

Pueblo, Colo. - Fifty applications for marijuana dispensaries are sitting and waiting for business owners to pick them up at the Pueblo City Clerk's Office. "They can get licensed probably even like April, May if they pass all inspections," said Pueblo City Clerk, Gina Dutcher. The City...

The Pueblo West Metropolitan District Board of Directors have placed restrictions on some Metro-owned parcels of land, noting that if sold, marijuana sales, processing or cultivation on the land would be prohibited. Board members have voiced their feelings — and heard concerns from many...

The Pueblo City Clerk's Office is bracing for a rush of applications to open recreational marijuana stores. City Council is going to write the rules at its Dec. 27 meeting on how many stores it will allow and how those applications will be judged; the clerk's office is expecting a crush of...