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Bradley Davis

GOLDEN, Colo. (KRDO) – The Coors Brewing Company may have been at the forefront of the beverage industry’s switch to aluminum cans, but in the late 1800s, they bottled beer with glass just like everyone else.

Despite over two decades of local glass manufacturing, the Coors family had very little physical record from that era of bottling.

“Before we actually started construction here at the site, we didn’t have a single example of one of our glass bottles in our archive and in our collection, and very few actually existed anywhere,” said Coors family archivist Melanie Keerins.

The company Coorstek, a technical ceramics company within the Coors family trust, recently started renovations to its old historical manufacturing buildings on 9th and Washington Avenue. It will turn the abandoned factory spaces into the “Clayworks” community, with housing, parking, office and retail spaces, according to the City of Golden.

One of the old buildings was the original site for founder Adolf Coors’ ‘Colorado Glass Works’ company. He created the venture in 1887 to produce glass bottles specifically for bottling at his brewery across the street.

Soon enough, Coorstek’s renovation turned into a hoppy archaeological excavation.

“We did actually find complete bottles, which you wouldn’t think of from like 1887. We actually find complete bottles. Most likely beer,” Keerins said.

Beer bottles so old, it’s hard to tell if they actually held beer.

Coorstek does not yet have a timeline for when the renovations will be complete, but Keerins hopes they continue to make historical discoveries along the way.

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Rob Namnoum

Top prep performances for the week August 26th.

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Bradley Davis

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – A local author is bringing the story of Pueblo Fire to life in a new children’s book about her husband, an assistant fire chief with the Pueblo Rural Fire Department.

Iva DeSiata is a fantasy author from Pueblo and works at the Giodone branch of the Pueblo library. She said she came up with the idea for a book two years ago while setting up a first responder section in the youth department of a different library.

“I was looking at some of the stories, and they all had to do with like the action of it all, but nothing really behind the scenes kind of a thing for their families and stuff,” DeSiata said. “I start thinking, I am married to one, so why not create a story of that?”

DeSiata’s previous book series is a fictional fantasy, but ‘Rodney Dean, An Assistant Fire Chief’ features a real-life protagonist.

“He’s my hero,” DeSiata said.

DeSiata and her husband have done live readings of the children’s book across Southern Colorado. Their next stop is the Briargate Barnes and Noble, sometime in the next couple of weeks. You can find her book for sale here.

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Scott Harrison

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Most people who live along remote rural roads don’t expect city conveniences, but at least one resident doesn’t want a road so muddy that her cars get stuck and can delay emergency responses.

The road at issue is Whittemore Road, south of Truckton Road, just east of the Lincoln County line — a road that KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior previously reported on in January 2025.

Although dry weather for the past year has produced less mud on the road, it turns into a quagmire in spots after any significant rain or snow.

Tresia Easom has lived along Whittemore Road for 11 years and said she became stuck on several occasions and experienced long delays for ambulances responding to help sick family members.

However, county officials explained that Whittemore is designated a historic road — meaning it has a long history of public use and previously received some level of maintenance, but was never built or formally accepted for current standards.

As a result, the county can perform only limited maintenance when necessary to keep the road passable.

Furthermore, the county said that any maintenance depends on road conditions and available resources.

The only solution remains for drivers to wait days — or even weeks in extreme conditions — for the mud to dry.

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Michael Logerwell

FALCON, Colo. (KRDO) – One person is in the hospital after being hit by a fast moving car outside a Walmart in El Paso County.

The Colorado State Patrol says a car came flying down the parking lot, hitting a person, a parked car, and then a pillar outside the superstore.

The state trooper on scene told KRDO13 that the person hit by the vehicle suffered serious but non-fatal injuries. The driver behind the wheel also suffered serious injuries.

The cause of the crash has not been released.

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Michael Logerwell

HASTY, Colo. (KRDO) – On Monday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says more than four million gallons of sewage will reach a reservoir in Bent County.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Around 4.25 million gallons of untreated sewage enter Arkansas River near Pueblo

On Wednesday, August 26, a City of Pueblo wastewater treatment plant started spilling 4.25 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Arkansas River. The release wasn’t discovered until the next day, August 27, and once discovered was stopped.

State health officials say the raw sewage contains harmful bacteria that present risks to human health.

Now that harmful bacteria will be entering a new waterway: the John Martin Reservoir.

A water contact advisory is going into effect starting Monday at the reservoir. CPW says this means visitors and their pets shouldn’t touch the water or participate in water activities, including fishing.

“While we cannot fix what is coming downstream, we have an opportunity to prepare and communicate with our visitors before it arrives,” said Dan Kirmer, John Martin Reservoir State Park Manager.

CPW says they are coordinating with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to keep park staff informed, take water samples, and continue to monitor the sewage as it continues downstream.

The park will stay open, and the advisory applies to activities involving direct contact with water in the Arkansas River and John Martin Reservoir.

Warning signs will be posted at the park and around the reservoir to alert visitors to the contamination and water contact advisory.

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Rob Namnoum

The Widefield football team defeated Harrison 25-22 on Thursday night.

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Bradley Davis

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Before the fair gates open for the first time at 11 a.m., our KRDO13 crew was on the inside with the inside track on what you can expect to see over the course of the next 11 days.

Big As Yo’ Face cinnamon rolls

Stubbys Cinnamon Rolls are a staple at the Colorado State Fair. In a new location this year by the pig barn, these massive rolls of fried dough will still take your taste buds to new heights.

Not your average “sand castle”

“Sand Castle” doesn’t do it justice. These massive sand sculptures take a team of trained artists to create and look more fit for a museum than a beachside.

The ‘TV GOAT’ and petting zoo friends

Everyone’s favorite attraction. The petting zoo! They’ll come up and beg for food whether you have it or not, but they’re all forgiving and will settle for a few good head scratches. Not even the cameraman is safe!

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Scott Harrison

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Because there never seems to be enough parking on the Colorado State Fairgrounds, officials have taken steps to provide more of it by making a few changes this year.

VIP parking has moved to the overflow lot near the Calvary Baptist Church, across the street from the Prairie Avenue entrance.

That switch will provide more spaces at the $10 public parking lot on the south end of the fairgrounds, between Mesa Avenue and Northern Avenue.

For the first time, the public parking has a flat fee, instead of fees that were higher on some days and lower on others.

Meanwhile, the employee parking lot is now where the VIP parking used to be — at Gate 2.

The changes are in response to survey results from fairgoers.

“In the off-season, as a full-time team, we put together some task forces to take a look at what we could do better, said Andrea Wiesenmeyer, the fair’s general manager. “What had been suggested through a lot of our surveys, we do pay attention to those. And one of the things that came out of that, that we felt like was really important, was parking.”

For drivers who dread the time and trouble of finding a parking spot near the fairgrounds, officials are teaming up with Pueblo Transit to again offer a new addition — a free shuttle bus service.

Free shuttle parking is at the downtown parking garage on Main Street, just north of the police station, and the bus stop is outside the garage.

Buses will run every 15 minutes between the downtown stop and the Prairie entrance; hours are from 3 p.m. until midnight during the week, and from 11 a.m. to midnight on weekends.

“We saw more people riding the shuttle last year,” Wiesenmeyer explained. “I talked to a number of people as they were leaving for the day and was able to talk to some people about how easy access that was for them. They really didn’t want to have to walk from a long distance. And when they were ready to go, then they didn’t have to walk a long distance after they walked at the fair all day.”

The shuttle includes a brief tour of some of Pueblo’s historic areas.

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Rob Namnoum

The Vista Ridge football team won their first game of the season on Thursday night. The Wolves beat Liberty 42-7.

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