COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – New data obtained by 13 Investigates shows car theft rates statewide are down. Law enforcement in Pueblo believes new law changes that strengthened the punishments for stealing vehicles contributed to the drastic drop. In 2022, Colorado was considered the number one state when it came to auto theft rates. In
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) – A Pueblo West man is recovering at home after almost losing his life following a rattlesnake bite. On Aug. 11, around 8:50 p.m., Luis Linhares went outside to grab a backpack out of his car. He told KRDO he had only taken five steps outside his door when a rattlesnake
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– The Pueblo Memorial Airport just accepted an Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant agreement from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide funding for costs related to the rehabilitation of a runway. According to City officials, the Pueblo City Council approved the grant award to be accepted on Monday, Aug. 28,
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO)– The Pueblo West Metropolitan District has launched its Community Conversations Campaign–a program designed to show the District’s pledge to increase community access, be transparent, and work together with residents to make things better. According to officials with the Pueblo West Metropolitan District, the Community Conversations Campaign has two straightforward goals to
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– The Pueblo Police Department has been given the opportunity to purchase a FARO Focus Laser Scanner to assist with emergency management and planning events. The Pueblo Police Department hosted Senator Michael Bennet on Friday, Aug. 25, for a FARO Focus Laser Scanner demonstration. Senator Michael Bennett assisted Senator John Hickenlooper with the congressionally
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado State Fair in Pueblo begins Friday, Aug. 25 at 11 a.m. KRDO NewsChannel 13 will be coming to you live from the fairgrounds throughout the day! Watch the video above for live content, or rewatch the videos below for our already-aired live videos.
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The high school football season kicks off on August 24th, with KRDO’s Friday Night Blitz set to air on August 25th. With the season set to begin, Rob Namnoum sat down with Colorado Preps Editor-in-Chief Dan Mohrmann for a preview of the upcoming year. The Friday Night Blitz airs every Friday night during football season
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)–The Southern Colorado Equality Alliance (SCEA) presented its annual Pueblo LGBTQ+ Pride parade and festival on Sunday, August 20th at Mineral Palace Park. In recent years there have been around 110 vendors at pride, but this year there was over 150, making this the largest pride celebration in Pueblo’s history, according to organizers.
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people flooded into Mineral Palace Park for Pueblo Pride. The Southern Colorado Equality Alliance coordinated the event and said over 150 vendors were taking part in it. A parade kicked off at 10:30, and Pueblo County Commissioner and former House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar was one of
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – The Pueblo Police Department is searching for a person they say was exposing themselves at the Pueblo Zoo. According to PPD, officers were called to the Pueblo Zoo at 1:26 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5. Police said the suspect exposed their genitals, tried to fight zoo visitors, and used vulgar language
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – After an hours-long standoff in Pueblo, a man accused of holding a woman against her will was taken into custody. Friday at 1:29 a.m., officers with the Pueblo Police Department responded to the 1700 block of Oakshire Lane for a report of a domestic fight with weapons. According to police, a
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Pueblo Police are searching for a man accused of pawning a stolen item using a fake ID. The Pueblo Police Department is asking anyone who recognizes the man below to please contact investigators. PPD People can contact Detective Maize at 719-553-3281. To remain anonymous, contact Pueblo Crime Stoppers at 719-542-7867 or
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – For Thursday’s Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) in Pueblo County, more than a dozen first-response agencies worked a train crashing into a bus scenario. For the scenario, first responders were tasked with transporting 20 victims to local hospitals. There were three deaths at the scene and one person was in critical condition.
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Residents of this Pueblo County town continue to send videos and photos to KRDO, showing tap water that they say is smelly and discolored, and illustrating an issue that has persisted since at least 2016. KRDO The town’s metro district has struggled to address challenges with water quality, supply and
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– The Pueblo County Fire Chiefs will be holding a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) on to test the Pueblo County MCI plan created in 2019. According to the City of Pueblo, the exercise is scheduled to start at approximately 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 17, and will end in the early afternoon. Around
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– A 21-year-old man wanted on several outstanding warrants, has now been arrested following a burglary in progress. Deputies with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene on the afternoon of Sunday, August 13, at the 1300 block of Granite St. According to a witness, they reported seeing a man breaking
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– On Tuesday, August 15, kids in Pueblo are getting ready to head out for school and it’s the first day of school for the entirety of School District 60. As K-12 students make their way to the classrooms, not only are they going back to see their friends and teachers, but many
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s been nearly a year since Tony and Linda Nicholson filed a police report with the Pueblo Police Department alleging they were the victims of felony theft at the hands of a well-known attorney, Douglas Gradisar. Now, after being pressed on the issue during Monday night’s city council meeting, Douglas’ father,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A lack of future state funding is leading Academy School District 20 to ask voters for help this fall in raising $35 million annually for a variety of needs. According to D-20’s website. the district ranks last among 178 districts in the amount of state funding it receives per student;
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying a woman involved in a fraud case after using a stolen credit card. The Sheriff’s Office describes the woman as having reddish-colored hair and she was last seen wearing jean shorts and a purple flower-patterned blouse at the time of the incident.
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