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• Army steps closer to destroying Colo. chemical weapons

  August 13, 2012 12:09 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Army says using explosives to destroy leaking chemical weapons at a Colorado storage site would cause no significant environmental impacts. The finding was released Monday. It brings the Army one step closer to destroying an estimated 780,000 shells containing 2,600 tons of mustard agent stored at... more »

• Chemical Depot Development Authority asks for community input Play Video

  March 22, 2012 6:36 PM

  Twenty-three thousand acres, about half the size of the city of Pueblo, that's the size of the Pueblo Chemical Depot east of town. As we've been reporting for several years now, they are in the process of destroying hundreds of thousands of World War II era chemical weapons, but... more »

• Pueblo's chemical stockpile on countdown to destruction

  September 26, 2011 7:27 PM

  For more than half a century the Pueblo Chemical Depot has stored 2,600 tons of mustard agent--a lethal chemical used during World War I. But in just a few years all those weapons will be destroyed and managers say safety is the focus. "Protection of the workers and the public... more »

• Pueblo chemical stockpile on path to destruction

  September 26, 2011 12:23 PM

  Work is almost complete on a $3.5 billion project to destroy hundreds of tons of mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot east of Pueblo. Here's a quick glance at the timeline to destroy the chemical stockpile which has been stored at the depot since the 1950s. Pueblo Chemical... more »

• Army trims estimate on chem weapons to be blown up

  September 29, 2010 3:21 PM

  The Army now says it plans to use explosives to destroy as many as 38,000 mustard agent shells at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, down slightly from 40,000 it estimated earlier. Kevin Flamm, who oversees plans to destroy the shells, gave the new estimate on Tuesday. He's in Colorado to... more »

• Job of the Day: Bechtel paramedic

  August 26, 2010 12:38 PM

  Bechtel is seeking a paramedic to work at its Pueblo Chemical Depot project. Paramedics provide emergency services to employees who become ill or suffer an injury at a project. They also assist the designated physician or senior medical professional in providing medical services on the project under project physician... more »

• Pueblo chemical weapons shipped out of state

  August 3, 2010 8:32 AM

  Army officials say they have transported liquid and vapor samples of mustard agent from the Pueblo Chemical Depot for testing in labs in Ohio and Texas. The samples were removed and shipped last month under Army escort. Officials say samples were taken from 11 steel bottles designed for... more »

• Funding for Colorado VA hospital clears committee

  July 20, 2010 3:36 PM

  A bill that includes more than $451 million toward a new Veterans Affairs hospital in Denver has been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Colorado Democratic Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet said Tuesday the bill has a total of $800 million for VA and military construction in the... more »

• Army reseals 3 chemical weapons in Pueblo

  June 15, 2010 8:25 AM

  The Army has resealed three shells that were leaking mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Depot spokesman Chuck Sprague says the leaks were very small and that none of the vapor got out of the bunker where the shells are stored. No one was injured. The vapor... more »

• Army names new officer to chemical operations

  June 7, 2010 1:09 PM

  A former commander of the Pueblo Chemical Depot has been named director of stockpile operations for the Army agency that oversees storage of the nation's chemical weapons. The Chemical Materials Agency announced the appointment of Col. John J. Megnia on Monday. The agency is based at Aberdeen Proving Ground,... more »

• Mustard agent leak isolated in Pueblo

  June 4, 2010 11:38 AM

  An automated monitoring system detected a mustard gas leak inside an igloo at the Pueblo Chemical Depot Thursday. Specially trained personnel placed impermeable covers over the munitions pallets, then monitored the air inside. Prior to the start of the isolation operation, a charcoal filter was attached to the air... more »

• Job of the Day: Pueblo Chemical Depot

  May 3, 2010 1:11 PM

  The Pueblo Chemical Depot has two openings for Engineering Technicians. Position one will serve as an Engineering Technician performing non-professional technical engineering duties in connection with operation, repair, maintenance and improvement on real property facilities at Pueblo Chemical Depot including site utilities, roads, structures and grounds improvements. Starting pay... more »

• Army taking comments on weapons destruction plan

  April 27, 2010 7:51 PM

  You only have a few more days to give your opinion on the Army's proposal to blow up stockpiles at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. The Department of Defense held a public meeting on this issue in Pueblo Tuesday afternoon. Several local leaders and about 25 private citizens attended. The Army... more »

• Meeting today on Army's proposal to blow up weapons

  April 27, 2010 11:48 AM

  A public meeting will be held this afternoon to talk about the Army's proposal to speed up the destruction of stockpiles at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, by blowing some of them up. The meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Old Town Carriage House, 102... more »

• Court hearing set in Pueblo chemical arms lawsuit

  March 22, 2010 12:00 PM

  Lawyers for the Army and the Colorado health department will return to court next month to talk about monitoring chemical weapons after bad weather forced a postponement in a conference scheduled last week. A new settlement conference is scheduled in Denver federal court for April 27. The state sued... more »

• Controlled burns in eastern Pueblo County

  March 10, 2010 5:31 PM

  If you're seeing smoke east of Pueblo--it's a result of controlled burns. The Pueblo Rural Fire District says the Pueblo Chemical Depot reported in advance that it would burn excess grass and brush Wednesday, to prevent a wildfire. In addition, farmers are burning their fields to clear debris... more »

• International team inspects chemical igloos

  March 5, 2010 6:56 PM

  An International team visited Pueblo this week to inspect the chemicals being housed in igloos outside town. The team arrived Sunday and took four days to inspect the inventory of each igloo and write a report. The inspectors came from Korea, Spain, Romania, Russia and the U.S. The... more »

• Army plans to blow-up chemical weapons in Pueblo

  February 19, 2010 8:48 AM

  The Army is planning to speed up the destruction of chemical weapons at facilities in Colorado and Kentucky by blowing them up. Officials say the plan to use explosives is perfectly safe. But environmental activists question that and say the Army is caving in to international pressure. Even speeding... more »

• Pueblo Chemical Depot funds in Obama budget

  February 2, 2010 10:48 PM

  Part of President Obama's budget includes funding for the Pueblo Chemical Depot. The more than $200 million dollars will fund the destruction of the weapons stored there by the deadline of 2017. U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet say they believed the funding will make it through the... more »

• Army says it has stopped Pueblo mustard leak

  November 9, 2009 2:26 PM

  The U.S. Army says it has finished work containing a leak of mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. The leak was discovered in August by a sensor at one of the "igloos" containing the deadly toxin. The Army then sorted through the stored projectiles and found one leaking... more »

• State wants increased monitoring of mustard agent at Pueblo

  September 2, 2009 5:20 PM

  Colorado health officials say officials at the Pueblo Chemical Weapons Depot aren't doing enough to ensure the safety of its workers, the environment or people living near where thousands of tons of deadly mustard agent are stored. Documents filed Tuesday in a lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court ask a... more »