- The 1921 flood in Pueblo took the lives of hundreds and changed the course of the city's history. One hundred years later, the political and economic effects can still be felt.
- Repairs to bring the 2.8-mile long levee up to current FEMA standards began in 2014 and cost some $25 million.
- On June 3, 1921, raging waters unleashed by torrential rains and snowmelt broke through Pueblo’s Arkansas River levees, causing one of the deadliest and most destructive floods in Colorado’s history.
- The Environmental Protection Agency also awarded Brownfields grants to Cañon City.
- A new regional plan for Pueblo County aims to address everything from infrastructure to quality of life.
- The Skyspace by artist James Turrell will open later this summer as part of the Green Box Arts Festival.
- The Pueblo Classic cycling race gets underway Saturday, featuring collegiate and pro competitors.
- Mountaineer Christine Boskoff climbed more of the world’s tallest peaks than any other American woman. It's a record that still stands. In 2006, Boskoff and her climbing partner, who lived together in Southwestern Colorado, disappeared while climbing a remote peak in China.
- The city is hosting five town hall meetings this week to get suggestions on how to use the American Rescue Plan Act money.
- A study is underway to see how the La Junta stop along Amtrak's long-distance Southwest Chief could connect to Pueblo and ultimately the proposed Front Range Rail.
- Pueblo D60 plans to upgrade nearly half of the district’s schools, where some $700 million in repairs and improvements.
- The project hearkens back to a historical legacy of teaching life skills to steelworkers, coal miners and their families.
- The designation recognizes the role Colorado Fuel & Iron played in American economic and labor history.
- Enhancing crosswalks, improving or adding bike lanes, and creating more space for outdoor restaurant seating are all on the table.
- A new pedestrian bridge in Broomfield has just been named after a dog. Not just any dog, a stray named "Shep" who greeted drivers in a tollbooth back in the 1950s when U.S. 36 first opened between Denver and Boulder.
