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• Riverwalk to be drained

  February 27, 2012 3:28 PM

  The Historic Arkansas Riverwalk in Pueblo will be drained soon as part of an annual cleaning project. Starting Monday, March 12, the water will be drained so maintenance crews can scoop out debris and vegetation. For several days the channel will be empty. It will be refilled by April... more »

• Pueblo teens inspired to clean neighborhood eyesore

  April 1, 2011 6:15 PM

  It's inspiring when young people take action to do something good for the community--and that was the case in Pueblo today for a story we call Positively Colorado. The teens got together to clean-up Pete Jimenez Park on Pueblo's west side. A lot of trash has accumulated in the... more »

• Arbitrators rule county grossly over-billed in clean-up

  October 5, 2010 1:54 PM

  An arbitrator has ruled Pueblo County was over-billed nearly $5.4 million for the clean-up of an old warehouse. The building at 6th St. and Elizabeth St. in Pueblo burned in October 2007. The property owner, Omar Maaliki hired Qualiclean to clean up the site, but when Maaliki stopped paying the... more »

• Governor travels to Denmark to push Colorado business opportunities

  September 28, 2010 6:41 PM

  Governor Bill Ritter will travel to Denmark and Finland this week to promote renewable energy companies and to visit the Vestas Wind Systems world headquarters. Vestas is the world's largest manufacturer of wind turbines and has made Colorado its North American manufacturing hub with a plant in northern Colorado... more »

• Ways homeowners can report neighborhood eyesores

  September 9, 2010 7:57 PM

  Living next to a burned down house or property that's neglected can be a homeowners worst nightmare. It can be an eyesore and lower your property value. You can't always make your neighbor do something to fix it, but sometimes you can. Lori Winner is a woman trying to keep... more »

• 1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection

  September 2, 2010 3:48 PM

  Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection? New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants. The small study from California's Los Angeles County found that only 61 percent of home kitchens would... more »

• Cotter uranium mill on track to close

  August 18, 2010 7:51 PM

  A uranium mill that has operated in Canon City for decades is now on track to permanently close. The Cotter Corporation now says it plans to shut down containment ponds that store millions of tons of toxic waste. Without containment ponds, the mill can't operate. The Cotter Uranium Mill sits... more »

• Gov. Ritter to outline Colorado energy policies

  July 28, 2010 9:08 AM

  Gov. Bill Ritter will lay out Colorado's plan to develop clean energy sources at an international forum on Wednesday. The discussion is part of the 2010 Biennial of the Americas celebration taking place throughout July in Denver. Others attending the meeting include Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood; Federico Pena,... more »

• Tar balls cover miles of beach in Pensacola

  June 23, 2010 12:58 PM

  PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Thick pools of oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico washed up along miles of Pensacola Beach overnight. Dozens of workers used shovels Wednesday to scoop up the oil and orange-tinged sand. There were a few sunbathers at the beach, but no... more »

• Gulf Sheriff asks feds to look for illegal clean-up employees

  June 9, 2010 1:54 PM

  A sheriff in suburban New Orleans has asked federal authorities to investigate reports that illegal immigrants are working on the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack A. Stephens says in a news release that his department asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement weeks ago to look... more »

• Big Hill clean-up on Saturday

  May 21, 2010 3:25 PM

  Volunteers are needed to help clean-up "Big Hill" on Pueblo's northside on Saturday May 22. Rakes, gloves and other tools will be provided--so just show up and lend a hand. The clean-up will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you want to help, show up at Montezuma and... more »

• PW seeks permission to send waste water to reservoir

  April 23, 2010 5:04 PM

  The Pueblo West Metro District wants to send waste water into the Pueblo Reservoir, which is also where many people get their drinking water. The proposal isn't sitting well with county leaders, but Pueblo West says its safe and necessary. "You're always trying to get water, and you're always... more »

• UPDATE: A look at food inspections in Pueblo County

  March 15, 2010 2:18 PM

  I just got done interviewing the Pueblo-City County Health Department about restaurant inspections. Here's what I found out. The health department inspects roughly 900 retail food establishments in Pueblo County every year. Each establishment is inspected once or twice a year, depending on the type of facility and food being... more »

• Cemetery clean up planned

  February 22, 2010 1:29 PM

  The two City-operated cemeteries, Evergreen and Fairview, will do an annual clean-up from March 1 to March 15. People are now encouraged to remove any items from gravesites and headstones they wish to save. Christmas wreaths, for example, will be removed and thrown away, as well as tarnished or damaged... more »

• Rocky Ford company donates water purifiers to Haiti

  January 18, 2010 8:05 PM

  People in Haiti are running out of many supplies including perhaps the most essential, clean drinking water. But some relief will arrive tomorrow from Colorado. A company in Rocky Ford is sending more than a dozen water purifiers to the island nation. Innovative Water Technologies says its goal is to... more »

• Cleanup restarts at site of massive Pueblo fire

  January 12, 2010 12:23 PM

  Clean-up work has started once again in Pueblo, where an old cold storage building burned to the ground. The fire happened in Oct. 2007 at the corner of 6th and Elizabeth. Pueblo County has spent millions of dollars to clean up the site, which still contains materials contaminated with asbestos.... more »

• Obama: Clean planet, economic growth, can co-exist

  September 22, 2009 11:20 AM

  President Barack Obama says the United States was slow to recognize the magnitude of climate change, but that Washington is moving swiftly to catch up. Addressing the U.N. Climate Change Summit in New York, Obama said his administration has made the "largest-ever" American investment in renewable energy. And he called... more »