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Oak Ridge Fire: Residents under pre-evacuation wait for updates
BEULAH VALLEY, Colo. — As the Oak Ridge Fire burning three miles from Beulah in Pueblo County continues to grow, so do nearby homeowners' anxieties. Eric Bakke lives about one mile from where flames took off. He said he's been keeping an eye on the fire from his property since it started last weekend.
Pueblo people experiencing homelessness speak out against Supreme Court ruling
PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) - Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled cities can ban those experiencing homelessness from sleeping outside. Additionally, in the city of Pueblo, there is a no camping ban in effect, which prevents those experiencing homelessness from unlawfully occupying or sleeping on public property. On...
Wildfire crews prepare to go on the offensive, protect Colorado town with focused burns
Having tentatively established defensive lines around the uncontrolled Oak Ridge Fire west of Pueblo, wildfire crews are now planning to set their own fires in the coming days to old growth forest in an effort to stymy the fire's threat to a nearby town.Crews have extinguished most hot spots along the eastern edge of the blaze, according to a daily update send from fire command. Today, additional personnel are being positioned along that portion of the fire perimeter in anticipation of burnout operations, or the setting of a series of small fires intended to use up flammable materials in a more...
World War II POW's remains return to Colorado home 82 years after Bataan Death March
A 25-year-old soldier from Colorado whose remains were identified 82 years after he died as a prisoner of war during World War II was honored Saturday in Pueblo in a ceremony attended by numerous family members and veterans. Technician Fifth Grade Clifford Harley Strickland of the U.S. Army Air Forces was among those captured in April 1942 who endured the Baatan Death March. ...
Polis talks politics over Pueblo food in new 'Breaking Bread with Alexander' episode
Alexander Heffner, host of "Breaking Bread With Alexander," travels the nation to talk politics and enjoy local cuisine with an assortment of U.S. Governors and Senators. An upcoming Season 2 episode of the Bloomberg Original TV series titled features Heffner visiting the Centennial State to meet with Gov. Jared Polis at a restaurant of the governor's choosing — the Fuel & Iron Food Hall, 400 S. Union Ave., in Pueblo. ...
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