Pueblo City Council declares October Code Compliance Month

PUEBLO — A group that helps keep Pueblo clean is being honored this month. The Pueblo City Council has declared October as Code Compliance Month in the city.

Pueblo Code Enforcement is a team of 20 people that cleans up properties along with enforcing codes or ordinances that affect the following:

buildings
the environment
any inconvenience

“So code enforcement is important in that it helps preserve property values, promotes safety, promotes health,” said Karen Willson with Pueblo Code Enforcement.
Through October, Pueblo Code Enforcement handled nearly 1,100 complaints or violations, up nearly 40 percent from this time last year.

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‘It was chaotic’: Former UCCS leader files federal complaint against school after deadly campus shooting

Following a deadly attack at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) in February, a former school leader filed a federal complaint against the university, alleging the college was unprepared for the crisis.

‘It was chaotic’: Former UCCS leader files federal complaint against school after deadly shooting

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