Colorado has the second-lowest gas prices in the country — for now. The statewide average price is $3.16 for a gallon of regular unleaded gas, 51 cents below the national average. The statewide average is down from $3.58 per gallon at the same time in 2023 and up about 10 cents on the month, AAA Colorado said Thursday. “Coloradans should make the most of comparatively low prices while they can,” Skyler McKinley, regional spokesman for AAA, said in a statement. McKinley said expectations of an upcoming robust summer travel season coupled with the federally mandated switchover to reformulated ga ..read more

A Pueblo police officer fatally shot an armed man who pulled a gun while he was being arrested Wednesday, according to the Pueblo Police Department. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Family of man killed in Manitou Springs police shooting files civil rights lawsuit Crime and Public Safety | Trial begins for Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy who killed Christian Glass Crime and Public Safety | Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn’t meant to kill? Crime and Public Safety | Longmont police chase, shoot armed man along Colorado 119 after ..read more

Politicians and news outlets expressed outrage Monday over the expulsion from a Republican gathering of an experienced politics reporter who was told the state party chairman believed her reporting was “very unfair.” Journalists and elected officials, including the former chair of the Colorado Republican Party, came to the defense of Colorado Sun reporter Sandra Fish. The controversy appears to have even helped determine an endorsement Monday in the Republican primary race. The state Republican Party announced on the social media platform X that it was endorsing U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert over o ..read more

The Vision Hills fire continued to burn in Pueblo on Sunday, with the situation largely unchanged from its Saturday conditions. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Vision Hills fire in Pueblo burning on 107 acres; new pre-evacuation orders issued Crime and Public Safety | One killed after fire engulfs western Colorado apartment complex Crime and Public Safety | Denver police officer hit by fire truck during Nuggets parade rejoins SWAT team, throws first pitch at Rockies opener Crime and Public Safety | Denver cop who kept job after pursuing relationship with sex assault victim resi ..read more

Residents in north Pueblo were ordered to evacuate Friday afternoon after a grass fire grew to 82 acres, according to county officials. Related Articles Colorado News | Vision Hills fire in Pueblo burning on 107 acres; new pre-evacuation orders issued Colorado News | Brush fire in Eastern Arapahoe County is now out Colorado News | Marksheffel fire near Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs airport is 100% contained Colorado News | Boggsville fire near Las Animas is 90% contained Monday Colorado News | Wildfire west of Pueblo burns 96 acres, almost fully contained People living a h ..read more

A wildfire burning west of Pueblo grew to 96 acres Thursday afternoon but was almost fully contained within four hours, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office. Related Articles Colorado News | One of two Fort Carson wildfires contained; Air Force Academy fire at 75% Colorado News | Wildfires burn at Air Force Academy, Fort Carson on Colorado’s second day of Red Flag warnings Colorado News | West Monument Creek fire on Air Force Academy grounds no longer spreading The fire was reported at 12:10 p.m. about 14 miles west of the entrance to the Pueblo Reservoir near Colo. 96, said sp ..read more

Pueblo police safely located a 10-year-old boy who ran away from home Sunday. Related Articles Colorado News | Missing 14-year-old girl from Lakewood found safe Colorado News | Missing 12-year-old Parker girl found safe Colorado News | Search underway for missing Denver teen last seen Dec. 1 Colorado News | Woman and her 2 children found safe after being reported missing from Edgewater Colorado News | Missing 14-year-old from Colorado Springs found safe The boy ran away from his home on the 1000 block of Cedar Street on Sunday and Pueblo police issued an alert for his whereabouts Thursd ..read more

A bill filed this week in the Colorado legislature would change the makeup of the state’s Air Quality Control Commission as the legislation’s sponsors try to increase protections for low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, which bear the brunt of pollution. The commission, which sets the rules and regulations for polluters, would increase to 11 seats from nine if the bill passes. The two additional seats would be filled by a climate scientist and a person representing a disproportionately impacted community, which typically are heavily polluted neighborhoods with a majority of resid ..read more

When Stephen Varela became president in 2016 of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2430 in southern Colorado, former union officers say one of the first things he did was ask the bank for a debit card for the union’s account. Local 2430, a union representing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employees, explicitly states in its bylaws that its president and treasurer must both sign checks covering any union expenditures. That way there can be oversight of union money and how it’s spent. Debit cards are not normally allowed. But Varela, who led the union until 2020 and is no ..read more

One man is dead after a Friday night shooting in Pueblo and officers are investigating the case as a homicide. Pueblo police officers responded to reports of shots fired just before 10 p.m. Friday in the 2100 block of North Main Street, according to a Friday news release from the Pueblo Police Department. When officers arrived at the scene, they found an adult man suffering from a gunshot injury. Paramedics transported the man to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries, according to a Saturday morning update. The man will be identified by the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office. The ..read more