Fowler, CO

Roman, fourth grade, and Ava, seventh grade, children of Britnee McCuistion headed off to their first day of school Monday morning. Abigail O’harra, daughter of Nicole and Patrick O’harra, poses before heading off to her first day of kindergarten Monday morning in Fowler. This content is for Print...

League overview: The shifting of leagues for this athletic cycle meshes together a bit of the Arkansas Valley League with the Southern League. This new group features just two teams that advanced to the 8-Man playoffs in 2021. Crowley County and Fowler will try to get back to the postseason while Hoehne looks to rebound from a tough year following their Season C state championship win in the spring of 2021.

A couple killed in a crash south of Pueblo on Saturday were identified Tuesday by the Pueblo County Coroner's Office as a married couple from Utah. The couple, Melinda Janssen, 64, and Erick Janssen, 75, were killed when their Ford motorhome flipped on Interstate 25. The motorhome, which was traveling...

They say the housing market is cooling off or correcting itself but in many places, Colorado included, that's not bringing a bunch of relief as prices continue to be out of many people's price range and budget but there are some properties out there that, if you're willing to sacrifice a few things you can get a sweet deal on.

It’s been two years since the initial lockdowns of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Since then, going to school for kids has been unique and challenging. Daily, students didn’t know if class would be in person or virtual, masks were mandatory until they slowly weren’t, and the emphasis on social distancing and protocols fluctuated. However, one of the most significant pandemic-induced issues was the creation of unprecedented staff shortages across the state, especially in rural areas like Otero County and Bent County.

PUEBLO, Colo. — The Southern Colorado Equality Alliance (SCEA) will be hosting its annual Pueblo LGBTQ+ Pride Festival on Sunday, August 21. The event will be held at Mineral Palace Park with the Pride parade starting at 10:30 a.m. festivities will continue from 11:00 a.m. till 4 p.m. with an opening ceremony, including a proclamation […]

OTERO COUNTY, Colo. — After “excessive flooding” impacted Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site in La Junta, the park is now closed until “further notice,” according to the National Park Service. The park posted photos to its Facebook page, saying the flooding happened during a storm on Tuesday, August 16. According to Alicia Lafever, with […]

Make sure you keep those tents zipped up at night. A storm of tarantulas is about to start marching around Colorado as they seek out mates, sure to shock unwitting campers in some parts of the state. Every year, thousands of male tarantulas start marching around the southern part of...

PUEBLO, Colo. — A Pueblo West man who had been missing since August 8 has been found dead. 63-year-old David Edwards was reported missing by his family. According to Tweets from the the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, he was last seen at 11 a.m. on August 8 when he left his Pueblo West home to […]

PUEBLO, Colo. — The two people killed in a crash on Saturday have been identified as a married couple from Utah. According to the Colorado State Patrol (CSP), the crash happened just before 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, approximately 7 miles south of Pueblo. A 2006 Ford Motorhome travelling southbound in I-25 traveled off […]

After a successful resource fair at the La Junta Senior Center, which was packed with Veterans from a wide range of generations, all receiving a plethora of information on benefits and services, VA ECHCS (Veterans Affairs Colorado Health Care System) director Michael Kilmer broke the news that he and his team were able to prevent the closure of the VA clinics in Lamar, Burlington, Salida, and La Junta, at least for the next four years.

A poacher in Colorado is suspected of killing a moose and leaving it to rot. He was caught on a resident’s trail camera, but authorities don’t know his identity. Colorado Parks and Wildlife was first contacted about the incident in September 2021 and is still searching for the man in and around Teller County.

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment announced Tuesday that health officials have confirmed Pueblo County's second human tularemia case in 2022. According to the health department, tularemia, or “rabbit fever,” can be spread through soil contaminated with the droppings or urine of sick...

UPDATE: The school district says the investigation is completed and that the lockdowns have been lifted. The district said all school activities will continue as scheduled. No details as to the cause of the lockdown have been released at this time. PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. — Pueblo County School District 70 says they have several schools […]

Coloradans can now recover unclaimed properties online, allowing access to tens of millions of dollars worth of forgotten checks, wages and more. State Treasurer Dave Young urged Colorado residents to reclaim their property on Monday as part of “The Great Colorado Payback.” Young said at least one in 10 Coloradans have unclaimed property such as gift certificates, stock shares, unpaid wages and uncashed checks waiting for them.

Nearly $1 billion in unclaimed cash is sitting in a trust fund maintained by the state treasurer, along with 6,800 unclaimed items from safety deposit boxes that are sitting in vaults at the Colorado Capitol. Pueblo County residents alone have potential claims to nearly $22.5 million and 209 items from safety deposit boxes. The...

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Tenth Judicial District Attorney's Office reports a recent spike in retail theft and robberies in Pueblo. Attorney Jeff Chostner told 13 Investigates he blames the increase on a change in the state law earlier in 2022 that makes stealing lower-value items only a misdemeanor. Monday,...

The daughter of a woman who died at the Pueblo County Jail is looking for answers in the death of her mother. Martha Salas, 40, also known as Martha Trujillo, had been battling addiction for a decade, according to her daughter, Alexis Carbajal. Salas was found unresponsive in her cell at about 10 a.m. Aug. 9, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office. She was pronounced dead at the jail by a coroner's office investigator. ...

PUEBLO, Colo. — Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a porch pirate who stole packages on Everett Road near Pleasant View Jr. High School. The suspected thief is described as a woman wearing glasses, a gray shirt, and black shorts. She is driving a bluish/green SUV. If anyone knows who this woman is, has […]

MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) -- Southern Colorado is home to many successful crops, including the watermelon. In Rocky Ford and along the Arkansas River, watermelons are having a successful harvest season. "Here they grow in the right temperature," Colorado Kids Ranch owner JD Chapman said. "They have sun all day long and they're given irrigation and The post Why Colorado is the perfect place to grow watermelons appeared first on KRDO.