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• Pet Fest is a big hit at City Park in Pueblo

  September 8, 2012 2:21 PM

  It was a dog paradise today at the Bark Park in Pueblo! Vendors were available to pet owners, while the dogs could run free in the park and even take a dip in City Park Pool! Diving for toys and wading in the water, the dogs had a blast! ... more »

• City Park Pool opens in Pueblo

  May 26, 2012 7:42 PM

  This Memorial Day Weekend, the summer fun can officially get underway. The City Park Pool in Pueblo is officially open for the season. Open swim hours are in the afternoon from one to five. Kids and lifeguards say they have been more than ready for the pool to open.... more »

• Colorado woman told to leave pool while breastfeeding

  September 1, 2011 8:43 PM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Grand Junction city officials say they'll train parks and recreation employees about Colorado's breastfeeding laws after a worker told a woman to leave a pool and breastfeed her baby in a bathroom. KMGH-TV reports Thursday that the incident happened last weekend at the Orchard... more »

• Half a dozen sick with swimming pool illness

  August 8, 2011 7:21 PM

  Before you take the family swimming, you should know a nasty bug is spreading in our area. At least five people in Pueblo have come down with an illness called Cryptosporidium. Health experts say it's an illness that causes stomach cramps and diarrhea. The Pueblo City-County Health Department says... more »

• City pool drain not up to code, manufacturer lagging

  May 29, 2011 11:36 PM

  A nationwide crackdown on pool drains is affecting Colorado Springs. In 2007 the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act was passed. As part of that act, public pools had to start using newly approved drain covers to protect against entrapment. There's been only one problem. "You couldn't be... more »

• Neiman Marcus unveils 2010 Christmas book

  October 6, 2010 1:53 PM

  The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book is known for the kinds of gifts you can't find anywhere else. The 2010 edition has just been released. For the music lover, there's a $6,500 dollar ukulele made out of gourds. For the sports car enthusiast there's the 2011 Chevy Camaro Convertible,... more »

• Man arrested for menacing at apartment pool

  July 1, 2010 6:01 PM

  Felony charges were drawn up and a man was arrested after firing a shot into the air at his apartment complex. Sergeant Darrin Abbink, a Colorado Springs police spokesman, confirmed details of the incident. It happened a little after 3 a.m. Thursday at 270 Rim View Drive in the... more »

• Pueblo pools offer several "free" swim days

  July 1, 2010 4:28 PM

  Here's a deal you can't beat! Free swimming! The City of Pueblo schedules certain days throughout the summer when the public can swim at no charge. Here's a list of the Free Swim Days at their corresponding pools: City Park Pool : July 7 and August 11 Mineral Palace Pool... more »

• Mineral Palace pool re-opens to swimmers

  July 1, 2010 11:43 AM

  Mineral Palace Park pool in Pueblo re-opens today-July 1. The pool has been closed for renovations. The pool will be open for lap swim from 11:45 a.m. To 12:30 p.m.; the public swim session runs from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The pool has been closed until now, so the... more »

• Popular Pueblo pool to reopen

  June 30, 2010 7:08 PM

  The Mineral Palace Park Swimming Pool will reopen on Thursday, July 1, after undergoing extensive renovations this past spring. Renovations included upgrades to the bath house to meet Federal ADA requirements as well as the replacement of the existing roof. The pool will be open to the public from to... more »

• Dogs think the pool is cool

  May 6, 2010 4:16 PM

  Many times when we get injured it is hard to get back into shape.  This is especially true for our four-legged friends, but there are new technologies to help get them back to their target weight.  Unfortunately doing this through a vet clinic can be costly.  That is why Paws... more »

• Students float cardboard boats

  April 30, 2010 3:24 PM

  What floats your boat? And more important, what keeps it from sinking. That was a huge question in the minds of 7th grade students from Galileo School of Math and Science at the Wasson High School swimming pool Friday morning. It was billed as the 1st Cardboard Boat Regatta.... more »

• Woodland Park voters head to polls Tuesday

  April 5, 2010 7:33 PM

  Woodland Park voters head to the polls tomorrow. A proposed one-cent sales tax increase is on the ballot as well as the mayoral race and four city council seats. Candidates have gotten in. They've gotten out. It's confusing and controversial. News First 5's Abby Lane has more. He got... more »

• Deer leaps from balcony, swims in pool

  November 5, 2009 10:45 AM

  Neighbors thought it was a prank. But yes, it really was a deer swimming laps in a pool. Surveillance video from the Ashley Arms Historic Apartments in Gastonia, North Carolina shows the deer swimming for about 15 minutes inside the indoor pool. "Shock and surprise," said Meredith Gaddis,... more »

• Autopsy set for Madoff associate found in pool

  October 26, 2009 11:09 AM

  An autopsy was planned for a man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff. Jeffry Picower was found by his wife Sunday at the bottom of a pool at the couple's sprawling oceanside Palm Beach mansion. He died a short... more »

• Dogs pick up scent in kidnap suspects' yard

  September 18, 2009 12:15 PM

  Authorities investigating two missing girl cases said Thursday that cadaver dogs picked up a scent that could indicate buried remains in the backyard of a Northern California couple already charged in a kidnapping. Alameda County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson said two dogs "indicated" on a site in... more »