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• Pueblo gets $15 million tourism grant

  May 18, 2012 5:31 PM

  The City of Pueblo will receive $14.8 million from a state tourism grant program. That was announced this afternoon in Denver. Pueblo had asked for $34 million to help pay for a major expansion project at the Pueblo Riverwalk including an expanded convention center, an aquatics center and a... more »

• Minnows reintroduced in Arkansas River

  December 12, 2011 12:13 PM

  Two rare minnows are once again swimming in the Arkansas River thanks to pioneering research efforts at the John Mumma Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility. Plains minnows and suckermouth minnows are native species on the Colorado threatened and endangered list. The small minnows were stocked into the Arkansas River above... more »

• Driver killed when car plunges into Poudre River

  July 30, 2011 11:05 AM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Rescuers were unable to save a man whose car plunged into the Poudre River near Fort Collins. The accident happened at about 4:30 p.m. Friday on Highway 14 in the Poudre Canyon. The driver of an Audi sedan went into the water and was... more »

• Staying safe around the water

  June 15, 2011 7:50 PM

  Pueblo Fire Department is asking people to stay safe around the water. Anyone in the water must have a Coast Guard approved life jacket, all water devices must be improved. Do not go over any low-head dams; get out before, and re-enter the water downstream. You should not use... more »

• Travel Channel show taping in Canon City

  May 18, 2011 7:52 PM

  The Travel Channel is taping an episode of "Bert the Conqueror" in Canon City this weekend. The show's star, Bert Kreischer, travels the country looking for thrills and challenges American towns have to offer. Sometimes it is at theme parks and other times in people's backyards. In Canon,... more »

• Shipping closed by high water in Mississippi

  May 17, 2011 1:50 PM

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The swollen Mississippi River has been closed to shipping at Natchez, Miss., shutting the major artery for moving grain from farmland in the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico for export. The U.S. Coast Guard closed the river Monday at the Natchez port because barges... more »

• Rising Mississippi River attracts onlookers to Vicksburg scenic areas

  May 14, 2011 6:23 PM

  VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - A steady stream of onlookers have been stopping at scenic overlooks along the Mississippi River. Larry and Paulla Dalrymple spent part of their Saturday in Vicksburg, Miss., with a video camera filming the rising river. The couple had been at the area a couple of... more »

• Interior Department: Western rivers getting smaller

  April 25, 2011 4:57 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A new government report says already scarce water supplies in the Western United States are likely to dwindle further as a result of climate change, exacerbating problems for millions of water users in the West. The Interior Department report says annual flows in three prominent river... more »

• Woman found dead in river IDed as missing mom

  November 27, 2010 8:33 AM

  SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have confirmed that a woman found dead in a river near Silverthorne is a missing 41-year-old mother of three. The Summit County coroner has identified the woman as Stephanie Roller Bruner. The Silverthorne woman's husband reported her missing Tuesday after she left home Monday night... more »

• Water compact rules enacted

  October 29, 2010 2:47 PM

  The judge in the Division 2 Water Court in Pueblo, Dennis Maes, has approved new rules enacted by Colorado State Engineer Dick Wolfe that will allow the state to enforce and comply with the Arkansas River Compact. The ruling clears the way for improvements, such as replacing flood and... more »

• Body found in Arkansas River north of Salida

  October 27, 2010 7:06 PM

  Workers from the Arkansas Valley Headwaters Recreational District, plus several agencies, including the Colorado Springs Fire Department have recovered a body in the Arkansas River north of Salida. The newest reports out are that the CSFD dive team actually discovered the body. Kimberly Appelson, 23, was on a private... more »

• Fire burns along Arkansas River in Blende

  October 26, 2010 5:10 PM

  A brush fire burning in the Salt Creek area of Pueblo is now almost out. It burned along the Arkansas River, east of Joplin and north of Highway 50 in Blende. Update: The fire started just east of Joplin Road on the south side of the Arkansas River.... more »

• Both sides meet over rafting rights

  September 23, 2010 7:36 PM

  SALIDA, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado panel to settle rafting disputes between landowners and paddlers has begun sorting through ideas to calm the waters. A task force set up after a rafting bill died in the state legislature held its first meeting Wednesday in Salida. Task force member Bob... more »

• Controller faulted in Hudson midair collision

  September 14, 2010 3:43 PM

  A federal safety panel says an air traffic controller who was engaged in a personal phone call was partly responsible for a midair collision last year over the Hudson River between a tour helicopter and a small plane. The crash on Aug. 8, 2009, killed nine people. The... more »

• Tamarisk spraying planned west of Lake Pueblo

  September 3, 2010 7:20 PM

  An area along the Arkansas River west of the Lake Pueblo will be closed this month for aerial spraying of tamarisk. About 190 acres of river bottom on both sides of the Arkansas River will be sprayed up-river from the Swallows Cemetery, according to Quentin Springer of the Colorado... more »

• Outfitter, guide indicted on game-baiting charges

  August 27, 2010 8:24 AM

  A longtime Colorado hunting outfitter and a hunting guide indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver are accused of putting out hundreds of pounds of salt to lure deer and elk for their clients. State and federal authorities say Dennis Eugene Rodebaugh of Meeker and Brian Douglas Kunz... more »

• Alligator spotted in Chicago River

  August 24, 2010 11:06 AM

  The Chicago River is beginning to resemble the Everglades. For the second time in a month an alligator has been spotted sunning himself along the banks of the North Branch of the Chicago River. The most recent gator is a little less shy, coming into view of neighbors and... more »

• RFK Jr.'s wife faces new impaired-driving charge

  August 24, 2010 8:42 AM

  Police say the wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs in New York's Hudson Valley. The arrest comes one month after Mary Kennedy's license was suspended following her guilty plea to driving while impaired by alcohol. State police say... more »

• Sheriff: Mom killed children before sinking car

  August 17, 2010 10:30 AM

  South Carolina authorities say a mother who claimed her children drowned when their car careened into a river has been charged with murder after confessing to suffocating the toddlers and then faking the accident. Sheriff Larry Williams said Tuesday that Shaquan Duley told police she was distraught after a... more »

• Sheriff wants murder charges in boys' deaths

  August 17, 2010 8:39 AM

  A South Carolina sheriff says he hopes a judge will approve murder charges against a woman whose children were found dead in a car in a river. Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams said investigators are ready to present their case to a judge in hopes of getting murder charges... more »

• 6 teens drown in Louisiana river; 7th rescued

  August 3, 2010 8:13 AM

  Fire officials say six teenagers have drowned in a Louisiana river and a seventh has been rescued. Shreveport Assistant Fire Chief Fred Sanders says the teens were playing in the Red River Monday evening and stepped over a sudden drop-off to 20 feet deep. He says the teens ranged... more »

• Des Moines River threatens

  July 2, 2010 2:44 PM

  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Des Moines River in Iowa is now expected to crest this afternoon at about 3.5 feet above flood stage -- but still five feet lower than it was when a levee protecting a neighborhood in Des Moines failed two years ago. Officials spotted... more »

• 20th body found in Arkansas flooding disaster

  June 14, 2010 12:43 PM

  Searchers found the 20th victim from last week's flash flooding at a southwest Arkansas campground, state police said Monday. Spokesman Bill Sadler did not say whether it was an adult or a child. Eighteen of the 20 victims have been identified. Matt DeCample, a spokesman for Gov. Mike... more »

• Arkansas river access restricted, properties flooded

  June 9, 2010 7:57 PM

  The City of Pueblo is restricting public access to the Arkansas river. The water's running so high it's now starting to soak properties in the county. The river has flooded a few fields along 29th lane by Highway-96. Homeowner Bill Keyser says the water's also flooded several basements in the... more »

• Pueblo Fire Department issues river warning

  June 8, 2010 7:41 PM

  The Pueblo Fire Department strongly suggests people stay out of the Arkansas River as it runs through Pueblo. On Tuesday afternoon the river was running at 5900 cubic feet per second at Moffat Street. That level is extremely high and Fire Chief Chris Riley warns that the river at... more »

• Snow melts, water rises in Colorado rivers

  June 8, 2010 1:10 PM

  Coloradans are keeping a nervous eye on rising rivers as a late spring heat wave melts snow quickly, swelling waterways, wiping out bridges and flooding some homes. The high water has prompted some rafting companies to halt guided trips. In Estes Park, some 500 sandbags were handed out Monday... more »

• Man accused of throwing puppy into river

  June 8, 2010 9:52 AM

  A 10-month-old puppy is missing and a man is in jail after police say he tossed the pup into the South Platte River after a fight with his girlfriend. Twenty-one-year-old Gary Carville is accused of throwing the puppy named "Midnight" from a bridge into the South Platte on Thursday... more »

• Rafter drowns in accident on Arkansas River

  May 27, 2010 1:47 PM

  The drowning death of a Canon City woman is being investigated in Fremont County. The accident happened yesterday afternoon in the Arkansas River just west of Parkdale. Fremont County Coroner Dorothy Twellman says that 22-year old Nikki Innes was training to be a raft guide with Whitewater Adventure... more »

• Christo promotes river project in Colorado

  May 18, 2010 4:57 PM

  The artist Christo is promoting his "Over The River" project this week in Colorado. This marks his first major appearance since his wife Jeanne-Claude died last November. The project would involve suspending six miles of fabric over sections along a 40-mile stretch of the river. Christo will be in... more »

• Christo returns to Colorado

  May 18, 2010 3:15 PM

  Artist Christo will appear in Colorado Tuesday and Wednesday as he continues planning for his Over the River art project. Over The River is a planned two-week temporary work of art that calls for 5.9 miles of silver fabric panels to be suspended above the Arkansas River along a... more »

• Property owners offer truce to Colorado rafters

  May 14, 2010 3:58 PM

  Property owners have declared a temporary truce in a dispute with commercial rafters and will allow commercial rafting on their property this summer. The Jackson-Shaw company, which owns the Wilder on the Taylor fishing reserve, said Friday it is granting the two Taylor River rafting companies, Three Rivers Outfitting and... more »

• Christo to visit Salida

  May 9, 2010 2:51 PM

  SALIDA, Colo. (AP) - Artist Christo plans to visit the Upper Arkansas River Valley this month to thank supporters of his proposed "Over the River" project, which would involve suspending a total of about six miles of fabric over sections along a 40-mile stretch of the Arkansas River. Christo's... more »

• Nashville's famed music quieted by flooding

  May 5, 2010 11:40 AM

  The blazing fiddles and screaming guitars at Nashville's famed downtown honky-tonks are a little quieter as the city recovers from flash flooding and storms blamed for at least 29 deaths in three states. Elsewhere in Nashville, the Country Music Hall of Fame has closed and the Grand Ole Opry... more »

• Amazing water rescue caught on tape

  April 12, 2010 3:15 PM

  A vehicle carrying three people flipped on wet roads in Walnut Creek, California Sunday night. One person died in the submerged vehicle. Two others made it out of the car and were seen floating down stream. One of them is presumed dead this morning, the other is only alive... more »

• Lawmakers object to proposed rafting settlement

  April 7, 2010 5:15 PM

  A state lawmaker says attempts to reach a settlement between a Taylor River landowner and a rafting company won't affect legislation defining the rights of rafting firms to use private Colorado waterways. House Majority Leader Paul Weissman of Louisville says talks between the landowner who developed a fishing resort... more »