Category: Civics

It is important to know what your local city government, county commission, school boards, police and sheriff departments and all publicly funded entities are doing. With the demise of smaller local newspapers, much of the information the public is entitled to see goes unreported. We strive to fill the gap, by our reporting, to keep our community informed. As the adage says, “Think global, act local.”

D60 adopts Right-Serving Plan

Bradford, Bessemer Academy, and Beulah Heights elementary schools to be closed By LA CUCARACHA Pueblo School District 60 Board announced the closure of three Pueblo city schools by a three to two vote for the Right-Serving Plan. Pueblo D60 board meeting on January 27th, 2026, was the culmination of multiple community meetings, surveys, robocalls, and… Continue reading D60 adopts Right-Serving Plan

Striving to be a doctor

Pueblo East Sider studying medicine in Mexico By LA CUCARACHA Thanks to a scholarship fund established to memorialize the tragic loss of Isaiah Vialpando, Pueblo East Sider, Mayra Placencia, is in Guadalajara, Mexico, studying to become a medical doctor. Vialpando was murdered in Downtown Pueblo by a young man who mistakenly believed he was a… Continue reading Striving to be a doctor

Finding Chicano Roots

By La Cucaracha Staff What names have you called yourself or names others have called you? The question was posed by narrator Charlene Barrientos Ortiz. The responses from the audience started out tame — Mexican-American… Chicano… Spanish… Hispanic… Latino… LatinX… — then it got ugly — wetback, illegal, undocumented… That’s how the Calle Cultural Community… Continue reading Finding Chicano Roots

When youth lead…

We listen Pueblo Middle Schools march for justice Cucaracha News Staff Report The killing of Trayvon Martin in February 2012, became a spark that helped ignite a generation of young people who would later challenge many forms of state violence from police brutality to immigration enforcement.  Years later, on what would have been his 31st… Continue reading When youth lead…

Rest in Power!

PUEBLO, Colo.— The community has lost a giant, in the on-going fight for civil rights, human dignity and love and respect for all, in the death of the Rev. Robert “Boba” Lewis, 76. Rev. Lewis was an elementary school teacher who touched the hearts of hundreds young students and was a tireless advocate for social… Continue reading Rest in Power!

Cold as Ice

Guest Column By Joseph Alan SanchezSpecial to La Cucharacha News Most  Americans recognize the name ICE and the images of masked military men that dominated the major media in recent weeks. Despite the inescapable familiarity of the federal agency, many don’t know what the acronym spells out. It is the office of Immigration Customs Enforcement. … Continue reading Cold as Ice

Rat Tale

SERIES CONTINUED: “Rat Tale” is the third short story in a new La Cucaracha News feature – excerpts from books. A fourth and final installment will be posted in one week. To read the earlier installments, scroll down to “Hatched” and “Shadows.” By EMILIANO TRUJILLO Donald Jones was once one of Centennial’s best linebackers. He… Continue reading Rat Tale

What’s happening

Tisza Jauique: Recognizing the Inheritance of Chigonan Indigeniety SOAR is hosting Tlisza Jaurique for a virtual speaker event in February. Jaurique is the first Chicana woman to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York. She is a philosopher, activist, artist, and scholar whose work largely reflects her research… Continue reading What’s happening

Mendoza Makes Miami Believe

By Joseph Alan Sanchez What in the name of Jim Plunkett just happened in Miami? A young man named Fernando Mendoza just had the most remarkable night of his college football life while leading the unlikely-to-succeed Indiana Hoosiers to their first ever national gridiron championship. The Indiana senior year quarterback led his team to an… Continue reading Mendoza Makes Miami Believe