Shiny side up. Thind of our motto here, so this draining t channel is a big part of that shiny side up program because when the Water Quality is not there, it just imctthe entire experience down here. While the water is out of e way. Riverwalk staff will ao be checking the entire 32 acreso look forreas that might ne me improme. If you see anything th you think could e some provents sp a photo d send it to t historic arkansas rivlk of pueblo authority. Weve got that information on our website, koaa dot com. This morning. The renovation and expansion of the Pikes Peak Humane Society nearly half way finished we got an inside look at the more than 8 Million Dollar project this wk. Dates include a new adoption lobby,hich is separated fr the animal receiving area. Making thingquieter anless stressful for the animals. The is alsa new caadoption area. Receiving areas fo andgs, plusger and r kennels r courtheldnimals. We have raised 7. 2 million for this project, so were only about a million to
Confidence in chief luis velez. Letts reased after the survey byoth the chief and the union each highlight a ne for more officers. Union president keh rh calculates the city would have to hire at least 100 new officers just tcatch up with avegetaffing levels at departments arnd thetate. Ty manager sam azad says every city departmenealing inneeds. Eigy to 85 percenur budget is penel cos and en you see a lot of vacancie and thatasappened througho the country, itnopeculiar here, you ze those vacancies and use that money to lanc the budget. Odes told us t union memrs will n formally ld a vote of no confidence because majority onity Council Backs th chie if youd like to rd up on al hek d forth over t o idcesu. U n nd tseocuments on our websitkoaa. Com colodo singsice departme. Is ring after arly 40 years of service. Commander Fletcher Howard of the stetn Hills Division joined the police force in 1977. He was promoted to commaer in 2008. Howard was also the sohern rado regional ordinator for
Thload so saty is oufirst concern anwe jt need to shut concern and we jused to shut down in winds like this digital signs alalong i25 south to new mexico were lit up thursday to warn drivers about e hid advisory that was in effect. The high winds are alssling repair work in Glenwood Canyon , where crews arworking to fix the road after if was heavily damaged by a rock slide earlier this week. Cdot officis say i7will likely rain os aleas until tomorrow. Mitigationork continues athe scene. But the highinds yesterday layed crews for sevel urs. Cdot says the wind is also causinmore rockso shift. And crews are working to address at issefor reopening the interste. Were al learning e state may declare an ergcy to help pay for the cost of repairs. Which are esmated up to progress is picking up at e pueblo cmical pot. With last eks completion of the explosive destrucon system campaign, leaders are looking to the next phasand bend. The master pn for e puebloplex will get nal approval next week. T
Fifighterscross e region are dealinwi the winds that hampered their efforts to put out hotspots. Overnight crews near the Lincoln County community of puin cen contained wildfire thastarted last night. This is our rst ok at that fire. The shiffs officet thishoto. Also sayinthe blaze kely started by a carelessly tossed cigarette. No homes we lost. And the fire is contained. More than 120 people. Including fireghte from el paso county, falcon, hanovernd trikes respond. Right now. Refiters are mopping up t ots from another fire that startein fremo cnty. It started near an ag faci east of mackenzie avenue and highy. Firefighters say twenty acres were burned in yesterdays fire. Buno buildgs were damage the cause is still unknown this morning. Also under investigation this morning. Brush fire in pueb west. The cause stundetermined but yestdays fire from spreading to homes. The four acre fire did getdangersly close to two hoes. Thmeouldnt be said for a fire irtheastern colorado. One structuran
Customers of monument wat enterprise befo didinon much they will need to rse rates. As weve reported. Town oicials say because smanagnt. They have to dmatically hike the price of water next ye. And th keeincreasing rates percenper ye for the next 5 years. He callation for me for the fit year jump is probably about 4,200 on myater bl extra for thisext year. At the end o6 years, it most doubles. Ts gointo hitbably th poor the wst and our senior citize or fixed incomes. We have a hard decision before , but we need to me it, unfortunely. A vote on the rate hikes is set for march 7th. Therwill be an open house workop before th to hear co fm affeed customers. Well let you knhen ats scdule news5 uoveredew details abouthtension between City Management and the rank and file at the Pueblo Police department. A recent police ion suey found 94 out of 99 members suppora vote ono cfidence in chief luis velez. Letters reased afterhe survey by bothhehief and the union each higig a need for more officer