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Rare orchid found in Colorado
LITTLETON, Colo. — A rare striped coralroot orchid has been found at Denver Botanic Gardens' Chatfield Farms. The discovery was made in late April when My-Lan Le, a graduate botany research assistant, and Rebecca Hufft, associate director of applied conservation, noticed it growing next to a log. Striped coralroot...
KRDO’s Tuesday Afternoon Pet of the Week
Meadow is your Pet of the Week from the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region! She is a five-year-old brown tabby Domestic Shorthair cat who came into HSPPR as an owner surrender. · Meadow is a social cat that hasn’t met a person she doesn’t like! She seeks out...
Disturbance turns into barricaded situation for CCSO, suspect arrested
(CUSTER COUNTY, Colo.) — The Custer County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) responded to a disturbance that quickly turned into a barricaded suspect situation on Wednesday, July 24. On Wednesday morning at approximately 8:15 a.m., Custer County deputies were notified of a disturbance at Dollar General. When deputies arrived and contacted the suspect, he drove away in […]
Catching up with NFL Super Bowl Champion, former CSU Pueblo ThunderWolf Ryan Jensen
Former NFL Super Bowl Champion and CSU Pueblo alumni Ryan Jensen retired from the NFL this past year. He has been staying busy since then, getting a construction business off the ground and keeping up some appearances at youth football camps here in Pueblo. “I retired about three and a half months ago, four...
Pueblo City Council 'steadfast' in opposing Black Hills Energy rate increases
Pueblo City Council passed a resolution July 22 opposing Black Hills Energy's proposed 18% rate increases. The resolution passed unanimously by council states that Pueblo residents have a history of paying significantly more for utilities than residents of other communities on Colorado's Front Range and that an increase would "place an even greater economic burden" on Pueblo residents. ...
Psychedelic substances’ land use at this week’s planning commission
The city of Alamosa Planning Commission will take up and prepare land use specifics for psychedelic substances, as dictated in Proposition 122, during its regular meeting on Wednesday. The planning commission will classify land use codes for testing centers, healing centers, and cultivation. When Prop. 122, or the Natural Medicine...
Colorado Heatwave: Denver Sees Record Highs and Isolated Thunderstorms
Denver, CO – Residents are bracing for a week of intense heat and dynamic weather patterns. Today, temperatures are expected to reach 98°F, significantly above normal highs. Smoke from recent wildfires is forecasted to gradually decrease throughout the day. However, isolated showers and thunderstorms are likely to affect the high country this afternoon and early evening.
Denver nonprofit helping bridge labor shortage gap by teaching trade skills
A Denver nonprofit is working to train more skilled laborers to address Colorado's mass labor shortage. The Master's Apprentice is teaching 34 students skills like carpentry, welding and plumbing.
Business across the Grand Valley: Palisade
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - According to a report from USA Today, Colorado ranks among the highest in the nation for small business growth. We took a look around the Grand Valley to see exactly how our small businesses are doing. We started in the eastern part of the valley...
Prospect Lake closed due to presumed return of blue-green algae
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The City of Colorado Springs has closed Prospect Lake in Memorial Park effective immediately, and the closure will remain in place until further notice due to the presumed return of blue-green algae. Blue-green algae are a type of bacteria common in lakes throughout Colorado. When conditions are right, blue-green algae multiplies quickly. […]
A health clinic in Southern Colorado is alerting parents of a service they provide
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Peak Vista is spreading awareness of their well-child waiting area after they said many of their patients were unaware they offered free childcare. Peak Vista’s child care center provides free childcare services for children aged 6 months to 12 years. The clinic has professionals who...
Trash talking: Pueblo West starts new process for residents to submit complaints online
Are you seeing unlicensed junk vehicles, overgrown weedy landscapes, squatters, or drainage issues in Pueblo West? In an effort to help clean up Pueblo West, the metro district has initiated a new reporting process that allows residents to submit online complaints when they see violations of the district's Committee of Architecture rules. Pueblo...
Colorado Springs could be voting to allow, or ban, retail cannabis sales in Fall
Dueling initiatives related to the sale of recreational cannabis establishments in Colorado Springs are in the process of making their way to voters this November.
Dengue Virus Outbreak In Colorado: What You Need To Know Now
Mosquitos are known to be the deadliest creature alive in Colorado, and federal health officials are warning doctors in the Centennial State that the tiny bloodsuckers are spreading a viral fever across the state that is a symptom of Dengue Virus. According to the CDC, the majority of cases reported...
Three Colorado Bats Test Positive for Rabies
A viral disease so terrifying that Steven King wrote a horror story about it: Rabies can be deadly in animals and humans and it is transferred by either a bite or a scratch. Rabid animals can range from coyotes to raccoons, cats, dogs, and more. With how deadly the virus...
9Things to do in Colorado this weekend: July 26-28
DENVER — The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad are finally here and the "Daddy of 'Em All" is back in Cheyenne for a 128th year. The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival returns to Denver's Sloan Lake and Cheesman Park hosts its annual art market. From summer festivals and fairs to...
Colorado Governor, Denver District Attorney Write DEA in Support of Marijuana Reclassification
A handful of big names in Colorado have voiced their official support for marijuana's federal reclassification, including local social equity activists, the Denver District Attorney and Governor Jared Polis. It's been almost a year since the federal Department of Health and Human Services officially recommended that marijuana be reclassified from...
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