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News/local from www.chieftain.com
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East Side police satellite opens\n - Eva Montoya says she knows there are Puebloans who are afraid to venture into the city\'s East Side neighborhoods.
Fountain rules OK\'d\n - The Colorado Water Quality Control Commission put tougher water quality limits on parts of Fountain Creek Monday.
Pueblo officials push for strict standards\n - Two top Pueblo governmental officials are supporting environmentalists who are arguing for stricter E. coli and selenium standards\n on Fountain Creek.
Cigarette use drops\n - Colorado is doing better than expected in cutting cigarette use, thanks to a state law and stricter local ordinances like\n Pueblo?s. Possibly more important, teen smoking also has been reduced.
Two women face theft charges in Piserchio case\n - The three women arrested in connection with the slaying of a Stonemoor Hills man were in court Monday.
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City OKs ATF task force pact\n - City Council gave its approval Monday night to an agreement with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to begin\n a task force in cooperation with Pueblo police to target gang violence and other violent crimes.
Snowfall carries needed moisture\n - A winter storm that stalled over Southern Colorado didn\'t leave much snow behind, but what fell Sunday and Monday brought\n much-needed moisture in the early days of what is usually the driest month of the year.
Commissioners: PW to get $3.5 million for roads\n - Pueblo County will have the $3.5 million it has promised for a Pueblo West roads project, and commissioners are tired of being\n asked about it.
Metro board meets tonight\n - The Pueblo West Metropolitan District board will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the district\'s offices, 109 E. Industrial Blvd.
Longtime home builder dies\n - Ralph Tack, a major home builder in Pueblo for 55 years, died Saturday. He was 87.
Grocery workers vote for contract\n - Holdout bargaining units around the state continue to ratify a new contract with Safeway and King Soopers, a United Food and\n Commercial Workers spokesman said. Colorado Springs and Denver Metro units approved the contract in voting that started last\n week.
Pueblo City Schools teachers in salary talks\n - A little more than a month into the new year, Pueblo City Schools teachers have not gotten the salary increase they?d expected\n and reportedly are in talks to try to recover it.
Measure would let grocers buy liquor stores\n - DENVER ? State Rep. Buffie McFadyen introduced a bill Monday that would allow grocery stores to buy nearby liquor stores and\n sell the stronger spirits that they stock.
Rio Grande still waiting on bug money\n - ALAMOSA ? Officials with the Rio Grande National Forest are still waiting to see whether their forest will benefit from $30\n million the Forest Service has set aside to fight bark beetle outbreaks statewide.
Democratic hopeful enters Fremont commission race\n - FLORENCE ? A third candidate ? this one the lone Democrat ? has announced his intention to run for the District 2 Fremont\n County Commission seat that will be up for grabs Nov. 2.
ASC to host Fort Garland lecture\n - ALAMOSA ? A pair of Adams State College professors will lecture Thursday on archaeological findings at Fort Garland.
LOCAL BRIEF\n - Chicano Caucus The Pueblo Chicano Democratic Caucus has scheduled its monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Democratic\n headquarters, 301 N. Santa Fe Ave.
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