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  • Register your cell phone for 9-1-1 emergency notification

    April 22, 2011 6:27 PM

    When there's an emergency in your neighborhood, like the one earlier this week in Monument, your home phone may ring with vital information. But what about your cell phone? You can get those calls on your mobile phone too, but you have to register. In El Paso and... more »
  • Smartphone user spells "Android" to win competition

    February 15, 2011 5:53 PM

    Like a lot of teenagers 13-year old Adnan Syed has a smartphone. An Android in fact. So Tuesday afternoon at a school district spelling bee in Pueblo, Syed breezed through the final word of the competition. "Android, A-N-D-R-O-I-D, Android." With that word Syed became the champion of the 35th... more »
  • Inventor pledges $100,000 donation to Pueblo club

    September 29, 2010 1:40 PM

    A generous gift for the Boys & Girls club of Pueblo County. On Wednesday morning, a man who invented a cell phone cover announced he would donate $100,000 to the center. Jeff Valdez owns the company based out of Cripple Creek, which produces a cell phone cover called mySnark. The... more »
  • Researchers find genetic link to ovarian cancer

    September 10, 2010 10:12 AM

    Johns Hopkins University scientists have identified two genes critical to ovarian clear cell carcinoma, one of the most aggressive form of the disease. Those genetic mutations may cause 10-percent of ovarian cancer cases. The discovery could lead to new treatments for ovarian cancer and better understanding of the... more »
  • Appeals court allows stem cell funding for now

    September 9, 2010 2:22 PM

    A federal appeals court is permitting federal funding of stem cell research to proceed temporarily until the court rules on the merits of the Obama administration's position in the case. The government is asking the appeals court in Washington to strike down a preliminary order by U.S. District Judge... more »
  • Teenage girl arrested in assault on Greeley jogger

    September 3, 2010 9:45 AM

    Greeley police have arrested a 17-year-old girl in the assault of a jogger in a city park. Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych said Thursday that a 47-year-old Greeley woman was jogging in the park Aug. 24 when she saw a group of teens watching a girl beat up another girl.... more »
  • Bill would outlaw inmate cell phones in federal prisons

    July 20, 2010 7:37 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has passed a bill that bans inmates from using or possessing cell phones in federal prisons. A similar bill already has passed the Senate. Congress is trying to crack down on the smuggling of cell phones into federal prisons, where they can be used... more »
  • Wisconsin inmate sentenced for helping cellmate in suicide

    June 11, 2010 3:29 PM

    A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin inmate to 27 months in prison for helping his cellmate commit suicide last year. Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Bissonnette said he questioned whether 20-year-old Adam Peterson could have succeeded in hanging himself without Joshua Walters' help. Walters was sentenced to 27... more »
  • Verizon has Pueblo problem

    June 7, 2010 7:10 PM

    Verizon has a problem in Pueblo and doesn't know when it will be fixed. Verizon customers noticed only intermittent service all day Monday. It complicated matters today for Pueblo Police Officers who use Verizon. Others reported fast busy signals when trying to make calls and text service that just... more »
  • 911 call back system ready for cell phones in Pueblo

    April 5, 2010 2:21 PM

    Pueblo County residents can now register their cellular phones and Voice-over IP (VoIP) phones with emergency agencies. Previously available only to land-lines, Emergency Telephone Notification is a telephone call initiated by emergency officials to alert citizens of potential hazards in their area. Registration can be done on the internet or... more »
  • Victim assistance group give new life to old cell phones

    March 5, 2010 4:33 PM

    Pueblo's victim assistance organization, ACOVA has a use for cell phones beyond the recycling bin. The group provides working, but non-active cell phones, to victims of domestic violence. Cell phones can still call 911, even if they don't have active service. Cell phones may be dropped off at the... more »
  • Colorado man faces more questioning in terror probe

    September 17, 2009 4:32 PM

    A man identified by law enforcement as having a possible link to al-Qaida has arrived at the FBI's Denver office for a second round of questioning. Najibullah Zazi was accompanied by his attorney, Arthur Folsom, as they drove up to the building housing the FBI office Thursday. Agents questioned Zazi... more »
  • Is your phone spying on you?

    September 17, 2009 12:04 PM

    Most of us carry one. Now the hand-held technology we all rely on is under attack by a flood of covert, internet software designed to use your cell phone against you. The cell phone hi-jacking websites, thousands of them, are easy to find and promise the user easy access... more »
  • FBI searching Colorado home of suspected al-Qaida operative

    September 16, 2009 5:26 PM

    FBI agents are searching the home of a Colorado man identified by law enforcement as having a possible al-Qaida link. FBI agents and sheriff's deputies entered the home of Najibullah Zazi in Aurora on Wednesday, and took out several boxes. They also are searching his aunt's home. FBI special agent... more »

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