- City Council unanimously approved the preliminary rezoning plan that would add more than 850 new residences, along with additional commercial, retail and open spaces.
- More than half of renters in the city of Pueblo are considered cost-burdened, which means they pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing.
- Recent work at the Ludlow Massacre memorial about an hour south of Pueblo revealed something unexpected.
- The developer had filed a complaint against the city in court earlier this fall.
- More than 7,000 children in Pueblo County earned $100 each for reading this summer. There was a rocky start for some kids, but a stellar finish for many of them.
- It looks like some 10,000 people might have ambulance service again in five southern Colorado communities early next year, as voters in Fremont County look toward approving a measure aimed at restoring it.
- Custer County voters are rejecting raising the sales and use tax by 2 percent to cover the cost of a new justice center.
- The plan commits to cultural equity through inclusion and racial justice. Key elements include nurturing creative talent, collaborations and funding.
- The Penrose EMS was shut down earlier this summer. There weren't enough volunteers to keep it going.
- The new building would house the courthouse, county jail and sheriff’s offices.
- Many of the buildings receiving the funds house small businesses owned by economically or socially disadvantaged people — including Colorado's oldest family run business, the R&R market in San Luis.
- An installation titled "Unsilenced: Indigenous Enslavement in Southern Colorado" is part of a larger Borderlands project at History Colorado’s Southern Colorado museums.
- The first commercial traders once traveled down the Santa Fe Trail. Driving wagons hundreds of miles from the Missouri River to New Mexico wasn’t easy.
- September and October are normal peak times to see golden aspen leaves here. Here's where to check them out in Southern Colorado and beyond.
- Nearly all of southern Colorado has seen decreases in vacant housing units during the last decade according to the 2020 census
- Professional horse trainer Ginger Gaffney got an unusual call for help about eight years ago. It was from a ranch near her home in Northern New Mexico that serves as an alternative to prison. The ranch was having horse troubles. Gaffney stopped by and was astounded at what she found. She wrote about it in her memoir “Half Broke.” Gaffney and Ayla Jarvis, a former resident of the ranch, spoke with Andrea Dukakis.
