Students in Pueblo County District 70 will have to wait a little longer to head back to their classrooms. The district announced late Tuesday evening that the school year would begin with a remote learning format, and then transition back to in-class learning if the situation allows it. School board members approved the plan at
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — If you are searching for a new mountain bike this summer, good luck. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, bike shops all across the country have seen demand skyrocket but supplies dwindle. Since The Great Divide Bike Shop in Pueblo reopened its doors back in May after quarantine, the shop’s owner says
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A suspect is in custody after Pueblo Police say he robbed and assaulted someone at knifepoint Sunday morning. Officers were dispatched just before 5 a.m. to the area of Northern Avenue and Moore Avenue. A caller said they had been robbed and assaulted at knifepoint, according to police. Police searched
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Two people have died after a shooting in Pueblo early Saturday morning. Around 12:30 a.m., the Pueblo Police Department was dispatched to a parking lot on Northern and Prairie with reports of a shooting. People who work nearby told KRDO it was the Safeway parking lot. Photo from an anonymous viewer
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Police Department has arrested one man after causing a serious crash in which one victim was airlifted with severe injuries. East 4th Street between Portland and Queens was closed for a few hours as officers investigated the crash Friday afternoon. 19-year-old Gabriel Felix-Encina was arrested for reckless driving, DUI,
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The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference will not make a decision on fall sports on Friday, as previously planned. RMAC released a statement on Thursday. “The Rocky Mountain athletic conference Presidents Council deferred a decision on any modifications to the fall sports season in a meeting conducted today. The council cited the delayed release of the NCAA
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Police Department said Thursday that 34-year-old Sara Hernandez has been arrested after a fatal hit-and-run on July 3. 60-year-old Timothy Chambers died from serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Santa Fe Avenue and Hamel Avenue. Security footage from a nearby business revealed a
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CSU-Pueblo football coach John Wristen and the Wolfpack can only wait as the RMAC is expected to make a decision about fall sports by Friday. Wristen says he’s moving ahead and planning for a season. “We are very eager and very hungry to get back to the so-called new norm with us playing football, and
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The City of Pueblo is hiring nearly a dozen new employees to make sure businesses in Pueblo are adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines set by local and state health officials. On Friday, Mayor Nick Gradisar told KRDO he is adding ten new COVID-19 education and compliance liaisons to the city’s staff.
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — UPDATE: According to the Pueblo County Coroner the victim of the apparent drowning was 68-year old Pueblo resident Robert Taylor. Park Rangers say Taylor was fishing on a friends boat near Pedro’s Point around 8:45 a.m. when he fell into the water without a life jacket on. The conditions were
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — One person has been arrested during the Sunday protests in Pueblo over the statue dedicated to Christopher Columbus. Police told KRDO, it’s unclear if the individual was a counter protester or how he snuck past Police barricades set up along Abriendo Avenue in order to separate the two sides. Earlier in
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters in Pueblo put out a structure on fire on Saturday morning. Around 6 a.m., the Pueblo Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Pine Street near Bessemer Park. Within the next couple of hours, crews were able to extinguish the flames. Officers and firefighter remained on the scene since
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — After three weeks of protests at the Christopher Columbus monument on Abriendo Avenue in front of the Rawlings Library, protesters against the statue have formally requested the city to take it down. In a resolution handed over to Mayor Nick Gradisar’s office last week, protesters call for the safe removal of
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“God I wished I had five more minutes with him,” says CSU-Pueblo football coach, John Wristen, “Heartbroken. Because you watch a guy who from 2013 all the way up to now has defied all odds,” says former CSU-Pueblo football player, Jarrod Lacy. Donnell Leomiti defied the odds, as he battled pancreatic cancer for seven years,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A remodeling business in Colorado Springs says their commercial trailer was stolen from their parking lot. DreamMaker Bath and Kitchen shared surveillance video with KRDO showing what appears to be a black GMC truck pulling into their showroom parking lot, hitching the trailer to their vehicle, and driving away. It
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — In the coming weeks, Pueblo School District 60 plans to unveil the details on how students will be able to return to classrooms for the 2020-21 school year. D60 says they’ve been working with community stakeholders to formulate an instructional model, to determine how the district can safely bring students back
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — As a result of Sunday’s protest at the Christopher Columbus statue in downtown Pueblo, police confirm two men were arrested and subsequently cited. The first protester arrested was a 28-year old man from San Antonio, Texas. Pueblo Police say the man was cited for interference and resisting arrest. The second individual
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The defensive coordinator for CSU-Pueblo passed away Saturday after a nearly seven-year battle with cancer. Donnell Leomiti was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma in the fall of 2013. “Leo was one of the first guys I called to take the challenge on of building Pack Football. I appreciate every
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Police Department arrested a protester and a counter-protester Sunday afternoon during a rally for the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue. The group For The People – Pueblo has vowed to protest every week until the statue on Abriendo Avenue is removed. Group members say the Columbus statue honors a
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo police officers say a boy died after a car crash Thursday at the intersection of Northern Avenue and Santa Fe Drive. The Pueblo County coroner identified the child as 8-year-old Eric “Mikey” Maciel Jr., who died as a result of his injuries during the collision. Officers responded just before 5
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