CDOT Warns of Icy Roads After Winter Storm; Drivers Urged to Slow Down and Check COtrip for Updates
Slick roads likely as brunt of the snow storm is over Motorists should take it slow and use extreme caution Statewide - The worst impacts of the season’s first far-reaching winter storm has passed, but slushy roads could turn into ice for the ev...
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Early-Morning Structure Fire at Lamar Truck Plaza Extinguished by Multi-Agency Response
Fire Crews Knock Down 3 A.M. Blaze at Lamar Truck Plaza This morning at approximately 0300 Lamar Ambulance was dispatched along with Prowers County Rural Fire for a reported structure fire at Truck Plaza. Med 2 responded with a PAR of 2 and transp...
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CDOT to Close Westbound US 50B Dec. 5–8 for Drainage Work at I-25 Interchange in Pueblo
CDOT to close westbound US 50B at the I-25/US 50B Interchange Westbound US 50B will be closed this weekend, Dec. 5 to 8 Pueblo — Motorists can expect a weekend closure of westbound US Highway 50B as the Colorado Department of Transportation and ...
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Expect Lane Shifts on US 50C as Overnight Pavement Maintenance Begins in Pueblo County
Overnight Pavement Work US 50C and Baxter Road in Pueblo County Traffic shifts planned overnight Wednesday, Dec. 3 Pueblo County — The Colorado Department of Transportation, in cooperation with Skidabrader Group, will be performing pavement main...
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La Junta Fire Crews Quickly Extinguish Thanksgiving Garage Fire on W. 4th Street; Hot Ashes Identified as Cause
Watch the Livestream Video and Interview with Chief Davidson: La Junta Firefighters Contain Late-Night Garage Blaze on W. 4th Street; Improper Ash Disposal Blamed for Fire Thanksgiving night at approx. 10:26 pm the La Junta Fire Department respond...
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CPW Launches Wildlife Aerial Surveys in Southeast Colorado Beginning Dec. 2
CPW begins Wildlife Aerial Surveys in southeast Colorado Dec. 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Dec. 2, Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists begin low-altitude helicopter flights to assess big game herds across the Southeast Region from Trinidad ...
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VA Achieves Seven-Year High in Housing Homeless Veterans, Including 898 in Eastern Colorado
VA houses largest number of homeless Veterans in seven years VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System helped house 898 Veterans locally WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it permanently housed 51,936 homeless veterans a...
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Otero College Foundation Calls on Community Support for Students Ahead of Colorado Gives Day
Otero College Foundation Calls on Community Support for Students Ahead of Colorado Gives Day The Otero College Foundation is calling on alumni, community members, and supporters across the region to stand behind students as Colorado Gives Day appr...
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Removes Deceased Snow Geese at John Martin Reservoir - Tests for Avian Flu
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Removes Deceased Snow Geese at John Martin Reservoir Avian Flu Testing Underway Bent County -- Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers at John Martin Reservoir State Park removed eight deceased snow geese from the south sh...
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CDOT Urges Drivers to Prepare for Heavy Thanksgiving Traffic and Winter Weather on Colorado Highways, Especially I-70
CDOT urges safe, prepared travel ahead of Thanksgiving holiday and winter driving season Statewide travel expected to surge, especially on I-70 Mountain Corridor Statewide – The Colorado Department of Transportation is encouraging motorists to p...
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