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Pueblo library reopens after year-long renovation
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — After a year-long $4.2 million renovation, the Barkman Library in Pueblo is reopening and will be hosting a week of grand opening festivities starting on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the library located at 1300 Jerry Murphy Road. The Pueblo City-County Library District (PCCLD) said the library’s project involved major improvements including an […]
Pueblo dedicates Centennial HS gym to past principal
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — Pueblo School District 60 dedicated a high school gym to a past principal on Thursday, Sept. 5. District 60 dedicated the Centennial High School gym to Frank C. Latino, a longtime principal and one-time member of the District 60 Board of Education. Latino was hired as a teacher at Centennial in 1971, […]
'Everything is gone': Pueblo's homeless left scrambling after city encampment sweep
Gina Romero, one of many Pueblo unhoused people displaced by the city's homeless encampment sweep along Fountain Creek, temporarily has nowhere to go. While the Pueblo Rescue Mission reportedly has open beds for people seeking shelter, Romero did not wish to be separated from her Chihuahua, Snowflake, and the mission does not currently accept pets. ...
Fentanyl-meth combo ravages homeless in Denver, so why aren't there better treatments?
An opinion piece appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA this week illustrates why the drug problem among people experiencing homelessness in Denver may be so severe. It's because many homeless people aren't addicted to just one drug, but two, according to the viewpoint's author, Benjamin A. Howell of Yale School of Medicine and colleagues.
New Mexico State Police offering ‘Tag Your Tots’ program at state fair
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police are once again helping parents reconnect with their kids if they get separated at the state fair thanks to the Tag Your Tots Program. Officers have a station set up where children can get a wristband with a parent’s name and phone number. If a child gets lost, they […]
VIDEO: Suspect shoots at deputies investigating domestic violence call in Cibola County
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Cibola County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a domestic violence call last month. When officers started questioning the suspect, things quickly escalated ending in a fatal deputy-involved shooting. On August 16, deputies saw a woman running on the side of the road near San Fidel. She told them she was in […]
DA: New evidence points to a different woman driving in fatal Albuquerque hit-and-run
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque father and marine veteran was killed by a hit-and-run driver while he was working underneath his car. Now evidence points to a different woman behind the wheel than police originally thought. Scott Toole, 34, was killed in October of 2022. At his memorial service at Hope Covenant Church in Minnesota, his […]
NMDA urges horse owners to vaccinate against West Nile Virus
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – State officials are urging horse owners to vaccinate their animals in an effort to curb cases of West Nile virus (WNV) and Eastern and Western equine Encephalitis. The announcement from the New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) follows the New Mexico Department of Health’s confirmation of WNV in a Union County […]
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