Las Animas News

A stubborn tire fire burned for several hours Wednesday morning in the town of Las Animas about 85 miles east of Pueblo.

A fire near Las Animas is closing down part of Highway 50 Wednesday morning. NEWSCHANNEL 13 has learned the structure or structures on fire may include a Shamrock Station and a nearby warehouse, on the city's eastern side.

A single vehicle accident east of Walsh claimed the life of a Las Animas man Tuesday afternoon.

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 330 pm for southwestern Pueblo, extreme north central Las Animas and northeastern Huerfano counties.

Colorado State Patrol is investigating an accident that claimed the life of a semi-truck driver and sent the truck up in flames.

The Colorado State Patrol are currently investigating a single vehicle rollover accident, which resulted in one fatality.

Inattentive driving may be to blame for fiery crash which killed a Las Animas man.

Police have found the body of a man Monday morning who reportedly died after an accidental fall.

Severe thunderstorms will be possible again this evening, though not as many as you saw on Thursday.

Much of southeastern Colorado was under a tornado watch Thursday evening. The National Weather Service said that a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was moving eastward across the area.

Watching his dad perform on stage fascinated him. But it took until about 15 years ago before Charles Shupe, of Las Animas, decided to follow in his father's footsteps.

This means that, as there are more families in need of occasional help with such basics as food, clothing, shelter and utilities, there are fewer families able to provide that assistance.

A new transportation commissioner has been appointed for southeastern Colorado. Gilbert Ortiz of Pueblo replaces George Tempel in District 10 on the State Transportation Commission, a district encompassing Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Prowers and Pueblo counties.

The convict, who is being identified as a 52 year-old white male, appears to have escaped while working at a recycling center said Las Animas Police Chief Don Trujillo.

The move by the first term legislator bucks the trend set by her two most recent predecessors, who maintained offices in Las Animas.

AT&T announced Friday a definitive agreement to acquire wireless assets from Verizon Wireless for $2.35 billion in cash.

Fairchild stated "Everyday they are not certified it is costing us $1,000, yes $1,000." All certifications are awaiting state Centers for Medicare Services surveys.

OTERO/BENT/PROWERS COUNTIES - Work is underway on a Colorado Department of Transportation project to add three, permanent variable message signs along U.S. 50 through the Arkansas Valley.

In a decision that brings some natural-gas operations under state water law and bolsters private-property rights, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that coal-bed methane gas wells must get water-well permits.

The Bent County Sheriff's Office says a woman's body was found in Las Animas near Highway 194 Monday.