EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for a man accused of stealing two lawnmowers from a local company in Monument. Deputies originally released pictures in early July hoping the public would recognize the suspect, but no new information has come to light. It started on May
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A new petition is calling on Pueblo County School District 70 to be a bit more like Pueblo School District 60. The petition, started by parents of students, is titled ‘D70 My Child, my choice’. The petition criticizes D70’s decision to hold off on in-person learning, and begin the 2020-21 school
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office said it found an illegal marijuana grow Friday morning after receiving an anonymous tip. Deputies received a tip from someone claiming that a residence on the 23000 block of County Farm Road had more than the legal 12-plant limit. When deputies served a search warrant
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — City workers quickly cleaned the damage after vandals defaced Pueblo’s statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Emmett Till Thursday, prompting the local branch of the NAACP to say “we have much work still to do.” The statue was splashed with white paint, and someone sprayed K K K outside of
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Weeks of protests at Pueblo’s controversial Christopher Columbus statue has led the city to hire a mediator to help those who want the statue removed and those who want it to stay, find common ground on how to move forward. For six Sundays in a row, dozens of protestors and counter-protestors
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Fire Department is responding to a fire Wednesday afternoon. Crews are on scene at the 900 block of East Routt. KRDO has a crew at the scene and is working to get more information. Check back later for updates.
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The debate over masks hit center stage at Pueblo City Hall Monday night, but the city council narrowly voted down an ordinance that would have made it a class 2 municipal offense if someone does not follow the Colorado state COVID-19 orders. Citizens and business owners could have faced fines up
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Congressional Republican nominee in Colorado’s 3rd District was out campaigning in Pueblo on Monday afternoon. Boebert made quite a name for herself during the primary when she beat five-term incumbent Congressman Scott Tipton. Boebert will now face Democratic candidate Diane Mitsch Bush in November. Several voters sat in chairs, some wearing
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 27, 2020) – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Presidents’ Council announced Monday that all fall sports for Colorado State University Pueblo will compete in conference-only schedules, starting Friday September 18. Fall Sport practices have been delayed until Aug. 24. “In a meeting earlier today, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Presidents’ Council voted to delay the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Monday morning, a few dozen Pueblo School District 60 teachers took to the football field at Pueblo South High School, not to play a game, but to demonstrate the seriousness of COVID-19. July 27th has been coined ‘Day of Action for Pandemic Inaction’, and the D60 teachers at Pueblo South say
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Two juveniles from Pueblo are in police custody after carjacking a man at gunpoint early Saturday morning. At 5:12 a.m., officers were dispatched to a downtown convenience store for a reported carjacking. The victim told police that two male suspects pointed a gun at him and robbed his pickup truck. After
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A man is in custody after police in Pueblo say he punched through a glass window and hit his ex-fiancé. Around 3:15 a.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to a home in the Belmont neighborhood regarding a domestic disturbance. The victim said her ex-fiancé had come to her residence and she refused
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Police Department says it is investigating the death of a 34-year-old woman who shot herself. Around 7 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a domestic disturbance with shots fired near the 4300 block of St. Clair Avenue. The person who called 911 said that a woman, later determined to be
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – KRDO Newschannel 13 reporter Chase Golightly was involved in a serious crash on the north side of Pueblo. The crash happened just after 10 p.m. Thursday on Cesar Chavez Hwy., just west of Bonforte Blvd. Golightly was the only person in the marked news vehicle when Pueblo Police say a silver
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo School Board passed guidelines Thursday evening that would allow D60 classrooms to reopen by August 31. In a special meeting, a plan for reopening schools in Pueblo was laid out for residents and staff. Board members voted 4-1 in favor of the plan. The plan states students in K-5
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — County officials say residents in Pueblo will be reimbursed any late fees they were charged through the Department of Motor Vehicle from March until June. Gilbert Bo Ortiz, the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder, said the county courthouse was closed to the public due to COVID-19 and many people had limited
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — While School Districts like D60 and D20 make plans to bring students back to the classroom, District 70 in Pueblo County will start the school year from home.On Tuesday the D70 School Board decided the 2020-21 school year will begin in a remote learning setting. According to the newly adopted policy,
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The runner who went missing at Greenhorn Mountain has been found, according to a family friend. EARLIER The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies are searching for a missing runner. Samuel Greenwald, 19, of Texas went running up Greenhorn Mountain on Monday morning but failed to return, according to a
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — While Governor Jared Polis considers rolling back variances in areas with COVID-19 surges, Pueblo County is trying to stop that from happening. The Pueblo County Health Department said, “for the next few weeks Pueblo County is at risk of losing our variances.” After hitting 84 COVID-19 cases in a two-week
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Police Department is asking for help finding a suspected hit and run vehicle. The crash happened on July 18 near N. Norwood Ave and E. 4th St. If you have any information about the van below, police want you to call (719) 553-2502. The case number for this investigation
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