- The proposed ordinance would require reviews of the city’s plans for wildfire protection and all hazards evacuation and call for public outreach.
- President Joe Biden proclaimed February 19, 2022, a Day of Remembrance in honor of Japanese-American incarcerations during World War II. "I have always believed that great nations do not ignore their most painful moments."
- A new state-of-the-art steel mill will process more than a billion pounds of steel each year to create rail for replacing and building train tracks.
- Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar spoke about crime, COVID-19 challenges and the local economy during the State of the City address.
- As water levels in the Colorado and Yampa Rivers fall due to growth and climate change, working to ensure there's enough water to meet the state's needs is taking on new urgency. Meantime, the Denver Basin Loop project may be one solution for part of the Front Range. CPR climate and environment reporter Michael Elizabeth Sakas and KRCC growth reporter Shanna Lewis share their reporting.
- Water is declining in some Denver Basin wells in El Paso County. Meanwhile the population is growing, so some water utilities are considering a collaborative project.
- There aren’t significant surface water supplies in El Paso County. But is tapping into the Denver Basin the right answer?
- Stephannie Fortune, a 16-year resident of Colorado Springs, will represent District 3. Earlier this week the council was deadlocked over her appointment.
- Two Bent County farmers will shift away from flood irrigation to more efficient agricultural sprinklers and rotational fallowing.
- Five council members had informally chosen Stephannie Fortune back in December, but there were not enough votes in a Monday special session to appoint the candidate.
- Colorado Springs saw construction valued at an estimated $4.3 billion, while Pueblo single-family housing permits rose by 28 percent last year.
- The Environmental Protection Agency’s soil clean ups of contaminants around nearly 1800 residences in the south Pueblo site is expected to end later in 2022, but a massive slag pile still needs to be addressed.
- Stephannie Fortune is 16-year resident of Colorado Springs and moved into District 3 in November.
- 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.
