Tag: lake pueblo state park
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UPDATE: Person killed in boating incident at Lake Pueblo was a Colorado resident
The Pueblo County Coroner’s Office has identified a boater who went missing and was later found dead at Lake Pueblo State Park Friday night. The boater, identified as 48-year-old Evans Downie, was found after an hours-long search in the lake. According to the coroner, Downie was from Howard, a small Colorado town in Fremont County.…
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Hunter uninjured after kayak capsizes at Lake Pueblo State Park
A man hunting from a kayak at Lake Pueblo State Park capsized on the park’s northern shore in 38-degree water on Monday afternoon, according to a post on social media by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. CPW officers and Pueblo West firefighters responded to the incident near the old boat ramps by Annie’s Cove, but the…
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Agencies investigate suspicious object at Lake Pueblo State Park
PUEBLO — Agencies were investigating a suspicious object Tuesday night at Lake Pueblo State Park, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Parks and Wildlife states that officials discovered a “suspicious munitions-like object” that was partially buried near the dam, Gazette news partner KOAA reported. They say the object was heavily corroded, but they have not…
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North Shore Marina at Lake Pueblo State Park to be replaced, expanded
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boaters at Lake Pueblo State Park can expect nearly 200 additional slips and a new general store when North Shore Marina is rebuilt during the next few years. Colorado Parks and Wildlife signed a 20-year contract with the marina’s operator, The O’Neil Group, for a…
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New life jacket stations at Lake Pueblo State Park unveiled to public
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bill O’Melia lost his son to a drowning accident in a swimming pool in 2010. Fifteen years later, at 60 years old, O’Melia is still constructing life-jacket loaner stations around Colorado. After the death of…
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Woman dies in ‘tragic accident’ involving boat propeller at Lake Pueblo State Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 43-year-old woman has died in what officials called a “tragic accident” involving a motorized boat and contact with the engine propeller at Lake Pueblo State Park Saturday, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The incident involved one powered boat and those on that boat,…
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22-year-old ID’d in apparent drowning at Lake Pueblo State Park
The body recovered at Lake Pueblo State Park early Friday morning has been identified as a 22-year-old Texas man, according to the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office. Victory Chinwendu Osuji of Richmond, Texas, as he was identified by the coroner in a post on X on Monday afternoon, went missing in the lake after falling out…
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Body recovered at Lake Pueblo State Park after apparent drowning
The body of a man who went missing at Lake Pueblo State Park was found early morning Friday. Witnesses reported that the man had flipped off an inflatable without a life jacket and went under water about 30-60 yards from shore around 7 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.…
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44-year-old identified in drowning at Lake Pueblo State Park
The man who died in an apparent drowning at Lake Pueblo State Park Saturday was identified by the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office as a 44-year-old Centennial resident. Daniel Strawn was swimming at Rock Creek Cove at the lake and died in an apparent drowning around 2:15 p.m. Park rangers responded to the scene and performed…
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are…