- Council voted against the 2424 Garden of the Gods development rezoning on a 5-4 vote.
- Like the state as a whole, the population in parts of southeastern Colorado grew more than the national average, according to the state demographer’s 2020 census tables released earlier this month. But other areas in the region lost residents.
- The Manitou Incline and Pikes Peak Cog Railway help draw hundreds of thousands of people to Manitou Springs.
- The Loop would connect existing water infrastructure and add a new pipeline to bring water from the southern part of El Paso County to the north.
- The Colorado Department of Agriculture has distributed more than $331,000 in funds.
- The fairgrounds will once again offer corndogs, carousels, cows and more.
- 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.
