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• Investigation continues into storage facility fire

  January 26, 2013 1:42 AM

  The investigation continues into an early morning fire at Peak View Storage. Around 4:30 a.m. Friday, firefighters with the Cimarron Hills Fire Department were dispatched to the RV and boat storage center near South Powers and Galley Road. When they arrived, several boats and RV's were on fire.... more »

• Dozen Boats and RV's Burned in Storage Lot Fire

  January 25, 2013 8:58 AM

  10 to 15 boats and RV's caught fire Friday morning at Peak View Storage on Paonia Street in the Cimarron Hills area. Cimarron Hills Fire Department says it responded to the fire at 4:30am Friday. A fire had started in one of the RV's and then quickly spread to other... more »

• Boating season starts tomorrow are Riverwalk

  May 3, 2012 12:20 PM

  Boating season begins at the Pueblo Riverwalk tomorrow evening. Beginning at 5 p.m. a 20-minute boat ride will cost $1. The boat excursions are now in their 12th season. For more information on this event or upcoming 2012 events, call the HARP office at 719-595-0242 more »

• Summer hours start at Lake Pueblo

  March 15, 2012 6:36 AM

  It's the first day of summer hours at Lake Pueblo State Park. This means, that launch hours will be from 5 a.m. - 11 p.m. You can boat 24 hours a day, but you must have your vessel inspected before takes to the water. Officials are on the... more »

• 28 people safe after rescued from boat

  December 25, 2011 8:03 AM

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Coast Guard says crews rescued 28 people after their boat engine caught fire in San Francisco Bay. Officials received a call about the blaze in the McCovey Cove shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday. Petty officer Rachel Polish says crews arrived a few minutes later and... more »

• Pleasure boat capsizes, killing one

  October 10, 2011 8:17 AM

  MARATHON, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says a commercial fisherman spotted a capsized pleasure boat and led to the rescue of seven people who spent 20 hours floating in choppy seas off the Florida Keys. The commercial boat rescued three men clinging to the overturned craft and... more »

• Seven tourists in Gulf waters after boat capsizes

  July 5, 2011 11:10 AM

  Seven tourists are still in the water after their boat capsized in the Gulf of California. They went into the water overnight when a storm upended their boat. Mexican searchers said 19 other passengers and 16 crew members were rescued and they held out hope the missing seven could... more »

• Holiday lights extravaganza returns to Riverwalk

  November 17, 2010 7:39 PM

  Pueblo will again welcome the holiday season with a light extravaganza at the Riverwalk. It happens November 26, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Under the Union Avenue Bridge children can take delight in holiday stories, courtesy of the Pueblo City-County Library District. Other activities are planned for children as well.... more »

• Poop Sloop? Dung Dingy? What to name a sewage boat

  October 11, 2010 11:59 AM

  It has the unglamorous job of traveling from boat-to-boat to pump out onboard septic systems. Salisbury, Mass., has a new sewage pump-out boat, and had some fun naming it. Some of the suggestions: Poo Bear Pumpty Dumpty Poop Sloop Dung Dingy The... more »

• Eleven Mile drowning victim identified

  August 30, 2010 4:21 PM

  The Park County Coroner has identified the man who drowned in Eleven Mile Reservoir over the weekend. The body of Clifford Carrano, 49, was pulled from the reservoir Sunday night. The coroner ruled the death a drowning. Witnesses say Carrano was sitting on the shore of the reservoir when... more »

• Truck-boat makes waves in neighborhood

  August 27, 2010 3:31 PM

  A Melrose, Massachusetts man came up with a unique creation to get around: a hybrid half-car, half-boat. While it may not be sea-worthy, it is street legal. "It's a pickup truck in a Halloween costume, basically. I use it for everything," explains builder Ron Kilroe. About ten years... more »

• Wisconsin teens take flying leap to deliver mail

  July 29, 2010 11:02 AM

  The main worry for some young mail carriers in southern Wisconsin is neither dogs nor extreme weather. It's plunging into a lake. A never-stopping boat delivers mail to dozens of mansions on Lake Geneva during the summer. Teenage carriers are hired to jump off the boat, put the mail in... more »

• Barge collides with tourist boat; two missing

  July 7, 2010 3:47 PM

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Coast Guard officials say two people are unaccounted for after a barge collided with a tourist boat on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Coast Guard Senior Chief Bud Holden says 35 passengers and two crew members were aboard the amphibious boat when it was struck around... more »

• 16 year old girl in distress in Indian Ocean

  June 10, 2010 6:25 PM

  When Abby Sunderland's family last heard from her this morning, she was in a heavy storm, and reporting 30-foot swells. But a family spokesman says she was not in distress. But now, her emergency beacons have been activated, and there's been no further contact with the 16-year-old girl from... more »

• Boat season kicks off at Pueblo riverwalk

  May 7, 2010 5:59 PM

  It's still spring, but the riverwalk in Pueblo is kicking off the summer season with their 2010 Boat Opening event on Friday, May 7. You can now go for a ride on the excursion boats, pedal boats or gondola. Fees are listed on the HARP Authority's website . Tonight--May 7,... more »

• Students float cardboard boats

  April 30, 2010 3:24 PM

  What floats your boat? And more important, what keeps it from sinking. That was a huge question in the minds of 7th grade students from Galileo School of Math and Science at the Wasson High School swimming pool Friday morning. It was billed as the 1st Cardboard Boat Regatta.... more »

• Buckeye Reservoir closing this summer for upgrades

  March 8, 2010 10:50 AM

  A popular camping and fishing destination west of Paradox will close this summer as it undergoes improvements. A Manti-LaSal National Forest official says Buckeye Reservoir will be closed while crews reconstruct campsites, build a boat ramp, install new toilet facilities, improve roads and thin ponderosa pines to reduce the threat... more »

• Boat accident survivor writes book

  February 24, 2010 1:39 PM

  The sole survivor of a Florida boating accident that killed two NFL players and a former college football player is releasing a book about the tragedy. Nick Schuyler recounts the details of the February 2009 fishing trip on the Gulf of Mexico in a book titled "Not Without Hope."... more »

• Cardboard, tape and physics: students race improbable boats

  February 17, 2010 8:05 PM

  When it comes lessons in buoyancy, it's a sink or swim grade for students in Physics class at Doherty High School. Teacher Jeremy Cipiti requires his students to design and build boats using only cardboard and clear packaging tape. On Wednesday, the students launched their vessels in the... more »

• Coast Guard: Missing boaters located near Bahamas

  September 29, 2009 11:48 AM

  Coast Guard officials in South Florida say three boaters reported missing on a trip from Lake Worth to the Bahamas have been located. Authorities say the crew aboard the Flying Pig heard a marine broadcast Tuesday that asked other boaters to be on the lookout for their vessel. The crew... more »