Month: February 2026

Sadie Buggle

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Westbound US 50 was shut down early Tuesday due to a water main break, according to Pueblo Water and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).

According to COTrip.org, crews shut down US 50 at approximately 2:52 a.m. on Tuesday.

The water main break is on the westbound side of the MLK Bypass, to the right of the shoulder, where the gushing water created a large hole in the ground just west of the interchange of Highway 47 and Highway 96.

However, drivers were also being detoured off the Bypass onto those highways — partly because of debris and water that temporarily flooded part of the highway under a railroad bridge.

Officials say the initial indications are that the break hasn’t undermined the stability of the two highway traffic lanes.

“Crews stopped the leak and are waiting on equipment to get the roads clear and free of debris,” said Joe Cervi, a spokesman for Pueblo Water. “It was a 20-inch water main that broke. As of 7:45 a.m., our crews haven’t pinpointed the leak, but they believe they know where it is. It’s deep, at least feet down.”

CDOT and Pueblo Public Works provided equipment, Cervi explained, to remove debris and ice formed by the gushing water.

The eastbound lanes reopened by 10 a.m., and there is no estimated time for reopening the westbound lanes.

The closure extends from Amarillo Avenue, just past the 29th Street exit, a three-mile stretch of the highway. Drivers traveling westbound are asked to detour at Exit 321 to Paul Harvey Boulevard.

Cervi said that the first came just before 2 a.m., when the Pueblo Industrial Park reported a drop in water pressure, and passing drivers saw the leak shortly after.

Courtesy: CoTrip

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Bradley Davis

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – If cats have nine lives, this kitty in Colorado Springs has given two of his back to his family.

Shilah Marette said three years ago, Tinnie, her 20-pound Russian Blue cat, started acting strange around her mother. She said Tinnie typically ignores her mother, but that night, he wouldn’t leave her lap.

Later in the evening, her mother started feeling bad. They called 911 and found out she was having a heart attack.

“He’s kind of a family hero,” Shilah said.

About a year later, Marette said she was sound asleep when Tinnie started headbutting her under her chin until she woke up. After what happened to her mother, Marette took the warning seriously and woke up her husband. That’s when she lost feeling in half her body and realized she was having a stroke.

“If he wouldn’t have woken me up, I don’t think I would have seen the morning light,” Shilah said.

After all of his heroics, Marette and her husband decided to enter Tinnie the two-time lifesaver into the “America’s Favorite Pet” competition. The competition is currently in its first round. If Tinnie is in the top five by Feb. 5, he will move on to the next round. As of Tuesday morning, he was in fourth.

“He’s my baby in every sense of the way. I think I’d be lost without him,” Shilah said.

The first vote is free. People can also pay money for additional votes, with each dollar donated counting towards an extra vote, and 25% benefiting the non-profit PAWS. You can find Tinnie’s page here.

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