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• Storm prep: the frenzy before the freeze Play Video

  October 6, 2012 1:16 AM

  As the first hard freeze of the year draws closer, folks across southern Colorado are preparing for the big chill. Wintry weather's just around the corner and history shows we're right on schedule; the first freeze usually hits Colorado Springs around October 1st, and Pueblo just a week later.... more »

• Pueblo street plows working around the clock

  February 8, 2011 2:36 PM

  The City of Pueblo will have plows and sanders out on the roads until 7 a.m. Wednesday. Crews have been working since early this morning to clear the icy roads for drivers. They'll focus on bridges, main roads, and streets near schools and hospitals. The city street supervisor says it's... more »

• Pueblo's snow removal crews working non-stop

  January 10, 2011 4:41 PM

  Snow removal crews in the City of Pueblo are working around the clock to clear the roads. Jeff Pratt, the supervisor of the city's street division says about 10 trucks are removing snow and dropping sand on the roads. "We'll probably be out there til about Wednesday evening," said Pratt.... more »

• Dozens of snow plows out in Pueblo County

  January 10, 2011 2:51 PM

  People in Rye and Beulah woke up to about a foot of snow according the snow removal crews in Pueblo County. Greg Severance, the county's Public Works Director says more than 30 plows and sand trucks have been treating the roads since 3 a.m. Severance says 6 inches of snow... more »

• Failing 1890s-era levee prompts evacuations

  September 27, 2010 8:32 AM

  Some residents in the central Wisconsin town of Portage have fled their homes after a levee started to fail. Water from the rain-swollen Wisconsin River flooded the only road in and out of one neighborhood, threatening to leave people stranded in their houses. It wasn't clear how many... more »

• Medano fire slightly bigger

  July 1, 2010 11:45 AM

  The fire burning on the north edge of the Sand Dunes National Park grew slightly Wednesday, to just over 6,200 acres. Crews have been cutting, digging and scraping outside the fire border and also back burning to rob the fire of fuel. Helicopters have even been setting small fires... more »

• Sand Dunes fire grows slowly

  June 25, 2010 11:09 AM

  The Medano Fire, at the Great Sand Dunes National Park grew slightly Thursday. It now covers 5,417 acres, an increase in one day of 84 acres. Weather continues to be hot and dry. Firefighters are working on two fire lines; one on the north side of the fire, one... more »

• Sand Dunes fire slows

  June 24, 2010 12:33 PM

  The Medano Fire at the Sand Dunes continues to burn, but its growth is slow. As of Thursday morning it was reported at 5,335 acres, up 444 from Wednesday. The fire is burning in the Great Sand Dunes National Park as well as on San Isabel National Forest in... more »

• Medano fire grows very slowly

  June 23, 2010 3:36 PM

  The Medano Fire, burning on the north edge of the Sand Dunes National Park, grew only slightly since yesterday. It is now estimated as 4,891 acres, an increase of only 125 acres since Tuesday. There are just over 200 firefighters working the blaze, which is aimed only at containment.... more »

• UPDATE: Sand Dunes fire now at 5,300 acres

  June 18, 2010 5:15 PM

  A wildfire burning in the Great Sand Dunes National Park is now estimated to have grown to 5,300 acres. Park spokeswoman Carol Sperling said Friday the fire isn't threatening park facilities but it has now reached the boundary of the San Isabel National Forest. More crews are expected to... more »

• Sand Dunes fire up to 3,000 acres

  June 18, 2010 11:22 AM

  More warm weather is expected at the scene of a 3,000-acre wildfire burning on the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in south-central Colorado. Park spokeswoman Carol Sperling says the fire isn't threatening park facilities, but is heading toward the San Isabel National Forest. More crews are expected... more »

• Heavy smoke pours into Rye

  June 17, 2010 5:20 PM

  Heavy smoke is pouring over the mountains southwest of Pueblo. According to the Pueblo Sheriff's Office it is coming from the Medano fire at the Sand Dunes. The smoke is obscuring the view of Greenhorn Peak from Pueblo and residents of Rye say visibility is down to a quarter... more »

• Small fire burns near Sand Dunes

  June 10, 2010 6:05 PM

  A small wildfire is burning in the Great Sand Dunes National Park northeast of Alamosa. The fire was started by lightning on June 6 and is located about four miles north of the park Visitor Center near Little Medano Creek. It is estimated at 17 acres in size and... more »

• Spilled oil aiming at Florida panhandle

  June 3, 2010 8:17 AM

  The fight to save the white sand is on in the Florida Panhandle, famous for beaches looking like they're covered with sugar. A slick from the nation's worst oil spill is pushing perilously close and crews on the mainland are doing what they can to limit the catastrophe. Emergency... more »

• National Parks offer free admission

  April 13, 2010 1:55 PM

  National Parks in America will offer free admission next week, during National Park Week. More than 100 national parks will allow people to enjoy the parks at no cost. National Park Week runs from April 17 to 25. Free admission will also be offered on September 25 and November... more »

• Flood crest projections in Fargo look better

  March 19, 2010 1:38 PM

  The projected crest of the Red River at Fargo, N.D., has dropped a half-foot, which is good news for a city braced for flooding. The National Weather Service revised its projection Friday to show the Red at 37.5 feet above the flood stage by Sunday morning. That's down from... more »

• Flooding in Fargo

  March 15, 2010 12:03 PM

  Police are escorting truck convoys carrying sandbags into the lowest areas of Fargo, N.D. because the Red River is rising rapidly. The river in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota is expected to crest on Saturday about 20 feet above flood stage and 3 feet below last year's record... more »

• Woman dies from inhaling sand at Sand Dunes

  December 23, 2009 9:05 PM

  A coroner says a woman whose body was found at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve died after apparently falling face down in the sand in an intoxicated state, passing out and inhaling sand. Alamosa County Coroner Mike Rogers said Wednesday that an autopsy indicated 27-year old Kristin... more »

• Hurricane Ivan victims feel forgotten

  September 15, 2009 1:26 PM

  People who lived through Hurricane Ivan can't forget the haunting images left by one of the strongest storms ever recorded: condo towers collapsed in roiling surf, splintered homes or flat slabs, fragments of highways lost in a sea of sand. They wish others remembered, too. Not quite a year... more »