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Data centers take, not give

March 3, 2026
By DEBORAH MARTINEZ MARTINEZ  In Southern Colorado, climate pollution is affecting the way people perceive the push to put large data centers in their communities. Data centers can consume as much electricity as 175,000 homes and there is concern for scarce water
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AIM Liberation of Wounded Knee — 1973

February 27, 2026
PINE RIDGE, S.D. — This year marks 53 years since members of AIM (American Indian Movement) occupied Wounded Knee, AND 136 years since the U.S. Army massacred 146 Lakota men, women and children at the site. Feb. 27, 2026, the anniversary of
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Aaron Gutierrez

February 19, 2026
Local Attorney and Community Leader Announces Candidacy for Colorado State Senate District 3 BY DEBORAH MARTINEZ MARTINEZ The March Pueblo Caucuses will see Aaron Gutierrez, a local business owner with deep roots in Pueblo, running for a seat in the Colorado State
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 Hatched: The Invasion

February 17, 2026
SERIES CONTINUED: “Hatched: The Invasion is the fourth and final short story in a new La Cucaracha feature — excerpts from books. To read the earlier installments, scroll down to “Rat Tale,” “Shadows,” and “Hatched.” By Emiliano Medina Trujillo Chuck could see
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Angela Giron enters commissioner’s race

February 13, 2026
By JUAN ESPINOSA When she announced her candidacy for Pueblo County Commissioner, former State Senator Angela Giron says she knew she was in for a fight. “I’m a fighter! I fight for what’s right and I don’t back down and that’s what
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Walk Out!

February 12, 2026
HUNDRED OF YOUTH PROTEST I.C.E. By JUAN ESPINOSA Photos by EL MOVIMIENTO SIGUE VOLUNTEERS Several hundred Pueblo high school students walked out of their schools Thursday (Feb. 12, 2026) to protest the murders, detention and deportation of immigrants, many of them U.S.
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D60 adopts Right-Serving Plan

February 11, 2026
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
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Striving to be a doctor

February 10, 2026
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
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