DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s secretary of state has appointed a supervisor to monitor Tuesday’s primary elections in a third county after some residents received ballots with wrong state House districts and others received ballots that didn’t include a county commissioner’s race. The state Republican Party had called for supervision of the Democratic clerk and recorder’s office in Pueblo County after Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, appointed supervisors to oversee elections in two other counties where GOP clerks were accused of tampering with voting equipment. Griswold said in a Wedn ..read more

PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4)– The two people who died in a coal slide accident earlier this week in Pueblo have been identified. The Pueblo County Coroner has identified the employees as Kyle Bussey, 28, of Pueblo and Phillip Roberts, 36, of Canon City. They died of injuries on Thursday at a coal-fired electricity generating plant in Pueblo. Kyle Bussey, 28, of Pueblo and Phillip Roberts, 36, of Canon City died of injuries sustained in an industrial accident at 2005 Lime Road in Pueblo, on 6/2. They were pronounced dead on scene by the Coroner's Office. Autopsies are scheduled. Their Next-of-Kin has ..read more

PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – The investigation into a slide that killed two workers Thursday at a coal-fired electricity generating plant in Pueblo is underway. Rescuers found the bodies of the two men buried beneath about 60 feet of coal at the Comanche Generating Station. The slide happened on an 80-foot-high coal pile. (credit: CBS) Witnesses said the workers were standing about 30 feet up a slope of the pile when the slide occurred Thursday morning. Rescuers found the bodies about 6 hours later. The victims are described as a man in his 20s and another in his 30s. The names of the victims were ..read more

PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – Pueblo Police say two people are trapped in a coal pile at the Comanche Power Plant. Officers got a 911 call about a “landslide” on Thursday morning. A technical rescue team from the Pueblo Fire Department are working to rescue the victims described as employees of a sub-contractor called Savage. A plant spokesperson tells KKTV the property is known to have large coal piles on site that can be about 80 feet tall. The Comanche Generating Station on the southeast side of Pueblo. (credit: KKTV/Twitter) Ambulances and emergency helicopters are also responding. INDUSTRIAL ..read more

PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) — Colorado Parks & Wildlife investigators recovered a body early Tuesday morning near the area of where a boat capsized on Lake Pueblo recently, also killing a woman, 38-year-old Jessica Prindle, and injuring 11 others. Officials said contributing factors to the boat tipping appeared to be windy weather and a boat that was overcapacity. (credit: CBS) According to the CPW press release, a body in 107 feet of water was found after an all-night search by the marine evidence recovery team (MERT). RELATED: Search For Man Continues After Boat Capsizes In Pueblo, Killing 1 ..read more

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP/CBS4) — A boat capsized on a Colorado lake Sunday night, leaving one woman dead, 11 people hospitalized and one man missing. Eight adults and five children were on the large, flat boat near a picnic area at Lake Pueblo State Park over the Memorial Day holiday weekend when high winds apparently overturned the boat, authorities say. The woman died at the scene and a child was flown to a hospital by medical helicopter. On Monday afternoon, the Pueblo County Coroner identified the woman who died as 38-year-old Jessica Prindle of Pueblo West. (credit: CBS) The other survivo ..read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A suspect in four murders has been arrested in El Paso County. Carlos Diaz is facing charges in the murders of four victims in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. (credit: El Paso County) Investigators said that Diaz, 21, knew all four of his victims but are not releasing any additional details about the case. They are also looking to identify another victim ..read more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– High winds blew a 4-month-old great horned owl out of his nest in Colorado Springs on Monday. Now he’s headed to the Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center in Pueblo. (credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife) Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers decided to move him from his nesting spot because it was located in an industrial area. Now he’ll stay in the rehab center until he can fly and hunt on his own. (credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife) (credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife ..read more

PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – A wildfire in Pueblo is burning near PAWS For Life Animal Shelter on Sunday. Pueblo Fire officials say some houses were threatened initially, although it’s not clear they remain threatened. Pueblo police say Paws Fire – City Park and the Aberdeen area next to city park have been evacuated. They say the fire is on both banks of the Arkansas River. The American Red Cross set up an evacuation center at the Goodnight Elementary School at 624 Windy Way. (credit: Pueblo Fire) The fire is burning east of Pueblo Boulevard, north of the Arkansas River. KKTV reports a nearb ..read more

PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) — A woman suspected of breaking into cars was shot multiple times early Wednesday morning in Pueblo. The owner of one of those cars was arrested. Now that man is facing a charge of first degree assault. It happened on Wednesday at approximately 3:25 a.m., Pueblo police officers were dispatched to the 4700 block of Eagleridge Circle and found a woman in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. “During preliminary investigation, it was found the female, allegedly, was breaking into vehicles in the parking lot when the male shot at her. Other people were involved wi ..read more