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Pueblo’s Team Up to Clean Up offering free dump day
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — Team Up to Clean Up is offering the Pueblo community the opportunity to dispose of household items and yard debris at no cost on Saturday, May 18. Accepted items will include furniture, mattresses, excess carpet, yard waste, and up to five tires without rims per person. This is limited to people living […]
Repaving of Prairie Avenue in Pueblo creates driving issues for adjacent senior mobile home park
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- An inch doesn't seem like much, but it's making a big difference for vehicles going in and out of the Oasis Mobile Country Club -- a mobile home community for senior citizens along Prairie Avenue on the city's south side. To accommodate the city's repaving of the busy street last summer, The post Repaving of Prairie Avenue in Pueblo creates driving issues for adjacent senior mobile home park appeared first on KRDO.
PPD: Three minors arrested, one for aiding in escape
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Pueblo Police Department (PPD) said three minors were taken into custody on Saturday, April 27 after an incident where one girl tried to help a boy escape from police custody. According to PPD, on Saturday at around 4 p.m. officers were called to a family disturbance involving three minors. When police […]
Pueblo County High School signing party
At Pueblo Country high school today three student-athletes signed their national letters of intent. Kyla Ruzich signed with CSU Pueblo for track. Terrell Dillaha signed with CSU Pueblo for football. Albanie Cordova signed her letter of intent to attend Florida National University in Miami. She will play softball. The post Pueblo County High School signing party appeared first on KRDO.
Detours have been added for overnight off-ramp closures in Pueblo
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- An update has come out for those driving I-25 in Pueblo. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be closing the northbound off-ramp tonight, May 1, at Exit 104 Drew Dix Parkway and Dillon Drive for a lane striping project. There will be detours starting again...
Pueblo mother continues search for answers nearly 2 years after her daughter’s death
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)-- A Pueblo mother is still searching for answers nearly two years after her daughter was killed inside their family home. Tanya Perkins said her 13-year-old Haley was a very bright, young soul. She was family-oriented and was always willing to help others. Now, approaching two years since her daughter's death, Tanya continues to demand justice for the senseless killing.
CommonSpirit Health hospitals, providers dropped from Anthem insurance network
A nonprofit Catholic health system says its hospitals have been dropped from the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado network after "ongoing, good-faith negotiations," leaving some communities without an in-network hospital.
Pro-Palestine demonstration held at Southern Colorado university
PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) - Some students at Colorado State University-Pueblo hosted an anti-war demonstration Tuesday. The pro-Palestinian group, consisting of students, alumni, professors and community members, demanded the University take action when it comes to the on-going conflict. The protestors’ demands included CSU-Pueblo fully disclosing where they invest their money,...
Could hydrogen-powered train tested in Pueblo offer preview of passenger rail's future?
A first-in-the-nation train has been tested near Pueblo for months and will soon be heading to its new home base in California. Stadler, a Swiss-based company, has designed and built the first hydrogen-powered train certified for passenger rail in the United States. This train has been tested at the Transportation Technology Center outside of Pueblo, where it set a new Guinness world record after traversing over 1,700 miles on a test track without refueling.
Colorado family fights for daughter caught in mental health system
In a rapid and simple hearing Monday, a judge in Jefferson County moved to order 24-year-old Olivia Schack to remain at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo for six more weeks despite having served her time for assault charges against her. It may sound like Schack was wronged, but her family believes it was the right move. It was not a period, but a comma in her story after she wandered her way through courts, jails and hospitals on a winding path her family hopes will lead to proper care for her mental health crisis. With a six-week pause, they...
Meet the newest members of the Pueblo County High School Alumni Foundation Hall of Fame
The Pueblo County High School Alumni Foundation is formally inducting eight Hornet alumni into their Hall of Fame on the evening of Sept. 26, 2024. Inductees represent the Hall of Fame classes of 2023 and 2024. Alumni being honored at the ceremony include Ginger Andenucio, James Arnold, Patricia McKlem, Carl Musso, Charles Norton, Jody Robinson, Marie Subia and Terrie Tafoya.
Nonprofit seeks to help fill the gap for autistic youth in Southern Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Autism Awareness Month may have ended in April, but the need for support continues. Kevin Blanc, founder of Autism Mana, identified a lack of specialized activities for children with autism in Southern Colorado. His nonprofit offers inclusive, free programs similir to CrossFit and high-intensity interval training.
Firebee drone makes its Pueblo debut at Weisbrod Museum following year-long restoration
A newly refurbished Ryan BQM-34F Firebee drone now hangs from the ceiling of a hangar at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, marking the latest addition to an impressive collection of historic military and aviation artifacts. Firebee drones, which primarily serve as jet-powered gunnery targets for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, entered service in 1951 and still function as one of the most widely used target drones ever built. ...
Pro-Palestinian demonstration grows with graduation 1 week away
As the war in Gaza continues, students In Fort Collins, Pueblo, Denver and Boulder are demanding that schools cut academic and financial ties with groups that are connected to Israel's military.Demonstrators have erected a large encampment on the Auraria campus, where CU Denver, Metro State University and Community College of Denver will hold graduation celebrations in one week. Auraria Campus CEO Colleen Walker initially enforced the campus's camping ban, but she is now taking a different, more diplomatic, approach in hopes of keeping the peace and keeping the campus open for the 38,000 students who are in the middle of...
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