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• Building collapse kills 70 in Bangladesh

  April 24, 2013 6:43 AM

  The collapse of an eight story building near the capital of Bangladesh killed at least 70 people. Officials said many more could be trapped in the rubble. The building housed a number of garment factories. Thousands of people gathered at the site today to dig through the debris. At least... more »

• Japanese Internment camp letters found in Denver building

  November 22, 2012 1:29 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The renovation of a former Denver pharmacy has turned up stacks of letters from Japanese-American internment camps during World War II, providing a glimpse into life there. The pharmacy was owned by Japanese-Americans and people at some of the 10 internment camps wrote seeking to buy medicine... more »

• Fire in abandoned building from transients in need of shelter and warmth isn't an uncommon occurrence Play Video

  October 14, 2012 5:35 PM

  The inside of an abandoned building burns in downtown Colorado Springs, and the fire department says they believe it was set by transients. We found out the colder the weather gets, the more chances the homeless will take to stay warm. "They did make a choice of breaking and... more »

• New law deals with building on tribal lands

  July 30, 2012 6:50 PM

  President Barack Obama has signed a bill designed to expedite home building and energy development on tribal lands. The law enables tribes to approve trust land leases directly, rather than waiting for approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Navajo Nation already has that authority. The so-called HEARTH Act... more »

• Fire crews are working to remove a vehicle from a building

  November 18, 2011 10:23 AM

  Colorado Springs Firefighters and Police are on scene at 3612 Galley Rd, for a vehicle that reportedly went into a building. A Fire Department heavy rescue unit is also responding to assist in removing the vehicle. We have a crew en route as well. There is no word on... more »

• Fire at Western Forge Building

  October 3, 2011 12:13 AM

  Colorado Springs Fire is working to put out a fire in the Western Forge Building on Garden of the Gods Road. That is a large manufacturing plant. Right now, firefighters say there is heavy smoke coming from the building, that is affecting visibility on Garden of the Gods Road... more »

• Pueblo shelter celebrates opening

  July 23, 2011 2:14 PM

  Life just got a lot more comfortable for some pups who are down on their luck in Pueblo. The PAW For Life Animal Shelter celebrated the grand opening of their new $1.7 million facility Saturday morning. The no-kill shelter gives dogs a second chance to be adopted when they... more »

• Deadly auto accident under investigation in Pueblo

  May 1, 2011 12:06 PM

  Investigators from the Pueblo Police Department are sifting through evidence and statements following a fatal single vehicle accident that took place in the 400 block of Michigan. A statement from police details that a 1997 Chevy Lumina was traveling west on Michigan which merges on to Grant Ave when it... more »

• Pueblo Sheriff says new emergency center is "critical"

  April 28, 2011 6:45 PM

  As the army prepares to destroy dangerous stockpiles of weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo County hopes to tap into more funding from the federal government. Over the past twenty years the county has received $42 million from the federal government in emergency preparedness funding. More than 8%... more »

• Alleged brothel building being auctioned

  March 6, 2011 7:03 PM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A building that federal authorities say was used for prostitution in Grand Junction is being auctioned off next month. Internal Revenue Service special agent John Harrison told The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel that about 70 percent of the proceeds from the April 14 auction... more »

• Jump-start your creative side

  February 26, 2011 3:28 PM

  The Home and Landscape Expo is underway in Colorado Springs at the Norris-Penrose Event Center. There are four large-scale landscaped gardens as soon as you walk into the building. Over one hundred venders are featuring all sorts of new products for your home and garden. Experts are available... more »

• Need ideas for building your dream home and yard?

  February 25, 2011 9:11 PM

  Spring is right around the corner and local home and landscape vendors are hoping to get you in the mood to make some changes around your home and garden this weekend at the Home and Landscape Expo in Colorado Springs at the Norris-Penrose Event Center. Over one hundred venders... more »

• Police seek witnesses to suicide

  February 11, 2011 3:42 PM

  Colorado Springs Police ask that anyone who might have seen what happened at the Alamo building this morning call Crimestoppers at 634-STOP or simply text CSPD and your tip to 847411 (TIP411). They're trying to piece together what happened around 10 a.m. when a man jumped off the top of... more »

• Denver GOP reports vandalism at headquarters

  October 26, 2010 8:25 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Denver Republicans say vandals drove holes into the outside walls of their party headquarters and ripped down campaign signs. GOP officials say police are investigating the damage done Saturday and Sunday nights. Spokesman Aindriu Colgan says the damage was estimated at $2,200. The Denver County... more »

• Pueblo Health Department gets LEED Gold Certification

  October 20, 2010 1:10 PM

  The Pueblo Board of County Commissioners announced Wednesday that it has been awarded the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification for the new Pueblo City-County Health Department building located at 9th and Santa Fe. "Pueblo Board of County Commissioners strived for energy savings while creating a... more »

• Pub, pilates studio coming to Pueblo riverwalk

  October 13, 2010 2:23 PM

  An old pub in Bessemer is coming back to life on Pueblo's riverwalk. Muggsy's Inn is just one of the tenants of a new $2.5 million building under construction right now on the riverwalk. The Eco Walk Building will be located on lot 4 next to Angelo's Pizza parlor and... more »

• Checking the roof for leaks

  September 20, 2010 1:28 PM

  The Colorado Springs Fire Department soaked a downtown city building on Monday, but it was not because of a fire. The facility's department enlisted the help fire crews to help find leaks in the City Administration Building. Firefighters drenched the outside of the building hoping to discover inside leaks.... more »

• Old health department comes crumbling down

  August 31, 2010 7:06 PM

  It's the final chapter for a historic building in Downtown Pueblo. On Tuesday demolition crews tore down the old health department building on Central Main St. The building was built in 1956. The Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority says this space will temporarily be used as a parking lot and eventually... more »

• Van rams building on Colorado

  August 31, 2010 5:17 PM

  A van left the road and ran into a business Tuesday afternoon in Colorado Springs. It happened at 12th and Colorado. The vehicle broke glass and damaged a bay window at a psychotherapy business. No one was injured. Police will investigate if alcohol or drugs played a role... more »

• Pueblo dentist hoping someone can identify vandal

  July 30, 2010 1:25 PM

  The suspect knew he was being recorded. In fact, after spray painting a door on the dentist office building he walked up to the surveillance camera and flipped it off. Tomas Duran, a dentist in Pueblo, captured the graffiti vandal in the act on his security system and now he's... more »

• At least one killed in L.A. building explosion

  July 30, 2010 12:15 PM

  Fire officials say at least one person has died in an explosion that rocked a large South Los Angeles commercial building and hurled people into the street. Fire Capt. Steve Ruda says the suspected natural gas explosion shook the two-story building housing a welding operation at 6:15 a.m. PT... more »

• Aspen landmark slated for demolition

  July 12, 2010 11:40 AM

  Some Aspen leaders hope the community can raise enough money to buy a University of Colorado conference center in their resort town and save it from being demolished to clear the way for development. CU's medical school says it needs to sell the property because it costs up to... more »

• Building flipped in Pueblo West

  May 24, 2010 7:55 PM

  A modular building in Pueblo West was flipped over in Monday's wind storm. It's on land owned by the Wild West Cowboy Church in Pueblo. There are plans for a school there and that could be what the building was set to be used for. News First 5's Greg... more »

• New development coming to Pueblo riverwalk

  May 21, 2010 7:38 PM

  A new building is coming to the Pueblo riverwalk. On Friday the HARP Authority held a ground breaking ceremony on lot 4, which is located next to Angelo's Pizza Parlor. Potential tenants include Musso's Mercato Italian Market, Q Pig BBQ, Muggsy's Inn and Main Street Treats. more »

• Parkview expansion offers more patient privacy

  May 10, 2010 7:17 PM

  In Pueblo, a $31 million expansion project at Parkview Medical Center is nearly complete. This is the hospital's 7th major addition since it first opened in the 1920s, and like previous projects the focus is to improve patient care. "Every few years it's been a major overtaking," said Vince Velasquez,... more »

• Police building could be next riverwalk improvement

  May 4, 2010 8:29 PM

  In just a few days, Pueblo's new police building will open on Main St. and the old one, just up the road, may be getting new life. "I think the developer had got some great plans and ideas," said Jeff Bailey, Pueblo's Assistant City Manager for Development Services. Bailey says... more »

• Old Pueblo police building may be renovated

  May 4, 2010 4:11 PM

  I just got back from an interview at the city planning department and found out the old Pueblo Police Department building may be renovated after it's vacated. The City of Pueblo is working with private developer Gary Anzuini, who wants to turn the 3-story building into office, retail and residential... more »

• Ribbon cut on new Colorado Springs USOC headquarters

  May 3, 2010 5:48 PM

  U.S. Olympic Committee leaders have cut the ribbon on their new headquarters, the cornerstone of a $53 million project that will keep the organization in Colorado Springs for the next 30 years. USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun and Mayor Lionel Rivera were among those cutting the ribbon Monday. ... more »

• Pueblo West residents want rec facility built

  March 12, 2010 12:05 PM

  Community members in Pueblo West want to create a center that offers recreational programs to the public. Rebecca Kaspari says the group has received 21 acres of donated land, located near McCulloch Blvd. Kaspari says the group wants to build a 17,000 sq. ft. building, a playground area, shade structures... more »

• Hazmat crews respond to Utah IRS office

  March 1, 2010 5:26 PM

  Hazardous materials crews and the FBI were on the scene Monday at the IRS building in Ogden, Utah, where several people were subjected to decontamination showers. Two people were taken out of the building on stretchers for "medical emergencies," but their conditions "do not appear to be related to... more »

• Branch Inn survivor reopens store in honor of friend

  February 9, 2010 4:19 PM

  One of the Branch Inn survivors is speaking out for the first time about the tragic day an explosion rocked downtown Pueblo, killing her best friend and injuring several others. Jennifer Flower was working inside A Classic Boutique with her friend Ashley Johnson. The boutique was located next to the... more »

• Cleanup restarts at site of massive Pueblo fire

  January 12, 2010 12:23 PM

  Clean-up work has started once again in Pueblo, where an old cold storage building burned to the ground. The fire happened in Oct. 2007 at the corner of 6th and Elizabeth. Pueblo County has spent millions of dollars to clean up the site, which still contains materials contaminated with asbestos.... more »

• Layoffs at Colorado State University in Fort Collins

  December 16, 2009 8:37 AM

  Less money for construction projects has led Colorado State University to cut 10 positions in the facilities management department at the Fort Collins campus. The 10 positions include architects, project managers and designers. It's unclear how many of the jobs are currently filled. The facilities department has already eliminated 25... more »

• USOC building getting emergency snow guard

  November 17, 2009 5:54 PM

  From Attack of the Killer Ice to The Big Fix. The City of Colorado Springs, the USOC building architect, the contractor and a roofing contractor have figured out a temporary fix for the melting snow and falling ice problem at the new USOC headquarters building downtown. Pedestrians, vehicles and... more »

• Driver hits wrong pedal, crashes into brakes store

  October 20, 2009 4:42 PM

  Pueblo Police say a 69-year old driver was trying to park his car, when he went crashing into a Brakes Plus building. Instead of pushing the brakes, the man hit the gas pedal. The accident happened shortly before 1:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Brakes Plus on the 1200 block of... more »

• b-i-n-GO! Old building torn down in Pueblo

  October 12, 2009 5:11 PM

  An old bingo building in Pueblo will be completely destroyed this week. The former tenant says the building is more than 50 years old. On Monday, T & S Excavating and Demolition began to tear down the old Bingo Palace on W. 4th St. The building is being demolished to... more »

• Police: Student is suspect in Yale killing

  September 14, 2009 1:45 PM

  Police have identified a suspect in the killing of Annie Le, whose body was found stuffed behind a wall in a high-security laboratory building at Yale University, law enforcement sources told NBC News on Monday. The suspect, a student, has defensive wounds, and failed a polygraph test, the sources... more »