The Pueblo Ledger: new reporting Government Watch and Pueblo History from public records. https://puebloledger.com/ 2026-11-02T13:36:54-07:00 The Pueblo Ledger Beyond the City Taxes: Five Library, Pueblo West and Fire-District Questions on Pueblo County Ballots https://puebloledger.com/government-watch/pueblo-county-district-ballot-questions-2026/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Pueblo West's 1% fire tax would become permanent; library and parks waivers; a Rye 11.652-mill levy; an Edison annexation. What each ballot text says. Ballot Question 2B: What the Pueblo Zoo Sales Tax Would Raise, and for How Long https://puebloledger.com/government-watch/pueblo-zoo-tax-2b/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Pueblo's 2B asks for a 0.167% sales tax for the zoo from 2027 through 2031, up to $3.77 million in year one. What the ballot text says and doesn't. Ballot Question 2A: A Quarter-Cent Pueblo Sales Tax for Fire and Public-Safety Technology, With No End Date in the Text https://puebloledger.com/government-watch/pueblo-fire-tech-tax-2a/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Pueblo's 2A asks for a 0.25% sales tax for fire and public-safety technology from 2027, about $5.9M in year one. The published text shows no sunset. The December 1913 Snowstorm: What the Weather Record Shows for Pueblo https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-great-snowstorm-1913/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Pueblo's 12.5 inches on Dec. 4, 1913 is still the date record, and December 1913 ranks second among Pueblo Decembers. Local impacts remain unfound. The Colorado Theater's Sign Carried 1,000 Bulbs. The Theater Opened in 1926 on the Opera House Corner. https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-colorado-theater/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 The National Register form describes a 35-foot sign with 1,000 bulbs and a Publix movie house opened in 1926. County records show a 2024 sale. State Board Sends Pueblo West Charter School's Application Back to District 60 on a 5-4 Vote https://puebloledger.com/government-watch/pueblo-classical-academy-charter-remand/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Colorado's State Board voted 5-4 to remand Pueblo Classical Academy's charter application to District 60. The five denial reasons and what's next. Sixteen Inches in a Day: Pueblo's November 1985 Snowstorm https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-snowstorm-november-1985/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 The Weather Service lists 16.0 inches on Nov. 14, 1985 as Pueblo's biggest one-day snowfall. A 1985 UPI report called it 0.3 inch short of a record. Six Weeks Before the October Releases, the State Ordered Pueblo West to Fix How It Runs Its Sewage Plant https://puebloledger.com/government-watch/pueblo-west-plant-enforcement-record/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 A Sept. 1 state order cites 1.3 million gallons of spring overflow, E. coli violations and missed tests at the Pueblo West sewage plant. No penalty yet. Rotary Plows and Flangers: How Colorado Railroads Fought the Snow https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-rotary-plows-flangers/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 How steam rotary plows and snow flangers worked on Colorado railroads, from a Gazette column, Railfan & Railroad and the Colorado Railroad Museum. Pueblo's Parade of Lights Has Run for More Than 30 Years. No One Source Agrees on the First One. https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-parade-of-lights/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 The Pueblo Parade of Lights says it has run over 30 years, but annual counts from 2018 to 2025 conflict. What the records show and what is missing. Pueblo's Grand Opera House Burned in the Early Hours of March 1, 1922 https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-grand-opera-house-fire/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Three sources date the fire that destroyed Pueblo's Grand Opera House to March 1, 1922. The cold that night and the cause remain unconfirmed. Pueblo's "Home of Heroes" Name Rests on Four Medal of Honor Recipients https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-home-of-heroes/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 In 2000 Rep. McInnis told the House four of Pueblo's 100,000 people hold the Medal of Honor. The record on the nickname, the four men and the memorial. Pueblo West’s $1.29 Million UV Upgrade Put Bypass Pumping in the Contractor’s Scope https://puebloledger.com/government-watch/pueblo-west-uv-disinfection-upgrade/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Board records show Filanc Construction won Pueblo West's $1.29 million UV upgrade in June, with temporary bypass pumping in its scope. Pueblo Closed Theaters, Schools and Churches in October 1918, Two Days After a Liberty Loan Parade https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-influenza-1918/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Pueblo city commissioners ordered theaters, schools and churches closed on Oct. 3, 1918, as Spanish flu spread. Pueblo Lore reports 391 cases by Oct. 22. On November 7, 1959, the Supreme Court Backed an 80-Day Order That Sent Steelworkers Back to Work https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-steel-strike-1959/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 The Supreme Court affirmed an 80-day Taft-Hartley order on Nov. 7, 1959, in the steel strike that began July 15 and closed CF&I plants in Pueblo. October 1, 1949: When the Steelworkers Struck the Minnequa Mills https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-steel-strike-1949/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 A Pueblo Chieftain item reprinted in Pueblo Lore counts 8,300 idle steelworkers on Oct. 1, 1949. The Minnequa return-to-work date is not established. In the Winter of 1899, a Santa Fe Train Bound for Denver Turned Back to Pueblo https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-winter-1899-rails/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 A railroad historian's column says drifts near Monument turned a Santa Fe Denver train back to Pueblo in 1899. Other sources confirm the harsh winter. From the Pueblo West Plant to the Arkansas River: How a Discharge Travels https://puebloledger.com/government-watch/explainer-plant-to-arkansas/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 Map-based explainer: water from the Pueblo West plant outfall reaches the Arkansas via Pest House Gulch and Wild Horse Creek, about 3.6 miles away. Bojon Town: How a Parish Bought a Hill Where a Smelter Had Stood https://puebloledger.com/history/pueblo-history-bojon-town-eiler-heights/ 2026-11-01T12:00:00-07:00 After the 1921 flood damaged St. Mary's in the Grove, the parish bought 11 acres uphill, per the Star-Journal. Sources disagree on several dates.