Biden toured Pueblo’s CS Wind factory in his fifth visit to Colorado since taking office in 2021
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Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: As Pueblo’s role in healing climate gets Biden’s attention, we must take care of locals still at risk
President Biden’s rescheduled visit to southern Colorado should flip switch to put light on local communities still facing environmental injustices
Posted inCrime and Courts
Woman shocked with Taser while on ground is suing Pueblo police officer, chief for not reporting it
The federal lawsuit filed Sunday by Cristy Gonzales, who was suspected of stealing a vehicle, says the police department found Cpl. Bennie Villanueva used excessive force
Posted inPolitics and Government
Joe Biden is coming to Colorado. He’ll be in the Denver area Tuesday and Pueblo on Wednesday.
Biden will attend a fundraiser in Denver and then visit the CS Wind factory in Pueblo, the world’s largest wind turbine tower manufacturing plant. He was originally scheduled to go to the plant in October.
Posted inTransportation
After fatal Colorado train derailment, investigators focus on railway inspection practices
NTSB officials say investigation is focused on whether inspection and maintenance practices at BNSF Railway contributed to the accident.
Posted inTransportation
Section of I-25 near Pueblo closed because of train derailment starts to reopen Wednesday afternoon
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis toured the crash site and announced both directions of the interstate should be open by Thursday afternoon
Posted inTransportation
Broken rail likely caused fatal train derailment north of Pueblo, federal investigators say
The National Transportation Safety Board is working to determine why warning systems failed to alert train crews about the broken rail
Posted inEnvironment
Feds give Xcel $70 million for innovative clean energy storage in Colorado and Minnesota
The iron-air battery systems are needed to back up a grid increasingly powered by solar and wind
Posted inFood and Restaurants
“I haven’t slept good all summer”: Farmers worry about delayed Pueblo chile crop after wild weather
Avid chile fans will still be able to grab chiles at Pueblo’s annual festival. But folks in other parts of Colorado or out-of-state may not be so lucky.
Posted inEnvironment
Colorado wants to create carbon-capture hubs across the state. But locals aren’t sold.
State officials are all in on making Pueblo, Yuma and other areas into carbon-capture hubs, for jobs and revenue. But neighbors of the smokestacks don’t want more carbon under their ground.