The last of the chemical weapons stored at the US Army Depot in Pueblo are gone
During the past eight years, workers at the Pueblo site destroyed nearly 800,000 weapons filled with dangerous mustard gas. The stockpile had been kept in earth covered shelters there since the 1950s.
Pueblo’s colorful history is the theme of winning mural design for Arkansas River levee
Imagery of Indigenous people, the steel mill and a chile pepper are part of the winning design in Pueblo’s levee mural contest. The design will become part of the growing series of murals painted on levee along the Arkansas River near Pueblo’s historic Union Avenue district.
By Shanna Lewis
A look at recovery a decade after the deadly Black Forest Fire destroyed hundreds of homes northeast of Colorado Springs
Ten years ago, a wildfire roared through the Black Forest community north of Colorado Springs. Two people died and nearly 500 homes were destroyed. Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire that began on June, 11, 2013.
By Shanna Lewis
Pueblo’s Chicano newspaper, La Cucaracha, is again rolling off the presses regularly after a 40-year hiatus
Back in 1976 a handful of young journalists launched a Pueblo-based Chicano newspaper. They called it La Cucaracha. These volunteers covered issues critical to their southern Colorado community.
By Shanna Lewis
Colorado Supreme Court tells local fisherman he doesn’t have the right to claim public access to Arkansas River where it flows through private property
Questions around the issue of public access to Colorado’s waterways go back decades.
By Shanna Lewis
Plans are moving forward to transform a dangerous stretch of the Arkansas River in Pueblo into a recreation area
The river spills over a small dam near Pueblo’s City Park year round.
By Shanna Lewis
Potential updates to federal lead contamination guideline might affect the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in Pueblo
The EPA has tested soil at some 1,900 homes near the site of the former smelter during the last eight years. More than 40 percent needed to have tainted dirt removed and replaced with new clean material.
By Shanna Lewis
What you need to know about the Colorado Springs mayoral run-off election on Tuesday
Colorado Springs voters will choose between the top two finishers from the April election, Wayne Williams and Yemi Mobolade.
By Shanna Lewis
Colorado Springs City for Champions project eyes the finish line
The initiative, which was partially funded through the state’s Regional Tourism Act, is aimed at increasing the number of new out-of-state tourists coming to Colorado Springs.
By Shanna Lewis
Chicanx activist group in Pueblo expands its mission to reduce incarceration rates
El Movimiento Sigue is expanding its longtime work supporting Chicanx and Indigenous people and fighting inequity.
By Shanna Lewis
Did you get a shocking Colorado property tax valuation notice? It is possible to contest that figure
It takes some effort to disagree with the county assessor’s valuation of your property, and successfully doing so can be difficult. An appeal needs to explain why the value is incorrect or unfair and include supporting documentation.
By Shanna Lewis
Property tax values are up all over Southeastern Colorado. See how your county fits on an interactive map
Property tax value notices are out this week and there are big changes for most of Colorado’s homeowners.
By Shanna Lewis
Work is (finally) underway on the long awaited pipeline to bring clean water to Southeastern Colorado
The Arkansas Valley Conduit will eventually bring clean water to dozens of communities that have dealt with naturally occurring contaminants in their drinking water for decades.
By Shanna Lewis
Move over books! The Pueblo library district also has seeds and gardening tools on the shelves
Double sweet corn, scarlet radish and pink penstemon are among the dozens of choices in the library’s online seed catalog and now users can borrow rakes, hoes and more to plant them with. They’re also encouraged to save seeds from their harvest to return to the collection.
By Shanna Lewis
Swords, axes and shields: Full-contact medieval armored combat is happening in Black Forest, Colorado
The sound of sword strikes echoes through the towering pine trees in Black Forest where the Colorado Wardens practice their sport. What they do is not a choreographed re-enactment or costumed performance. It’s a sport based on tournaments that took place in the Middle Ages.
By Shanna Lewis
Want to have a say in who the next mayor in Colorado Springs will be? Then it’s time to vote again
Mayoral run-off election ballots are in the mail heading to registered voters. Colorado Springs voters will choose between the top two finishers, Yemi Mobolade and Wayne Williams.
By Shanna Lewis