Tag: Pueblo Chemical Depot
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At Pueblo Chemical Depot, Hitler’s Nazi propaganda art was hidden away
When it was deactivated in 2024, the U.S. Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot wrapped up an 82-year history dating back to World War II. Preparing for the closure, the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on the site had spent a year destroying the toxic stockpile safely stored there since the 1950s of more than 780,000 military…
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Competition for railroad research, testing near Pueblo is heating up
Competition in the rail transportation industry is heating up outside of Pueblo. MxV Rail and ENSCO will both operate railroad research and testing facilities outside of downtown Pueblo starting in October. MxV Rail announced groundbreaking on a new rail test track at the PuebloPlex industrial park campus Friday, after a name change and move 11…
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75% of mustard agent at Pueblo Chemical Depot now destroyed
Workers have destroyed more than 75% of the mustard gas weapons stored at the Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot, and the facility is on schedule to close by the end of 2023, leaders there said in a news release. The storage site, located about 20 miles east of Pueblo, is one of two facilities left in…
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U.S. Space Command: Questions remain over Trump’s pick; comparing Huntsville vs. Colorado Springs
A White House decision moving U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Ala., issued Wednesday sent shockwaves through Colorado. It prompted calls to investigate the role President Donald Trump played in pulling the command from Peterson Air Force Base in favor of a base in a state that’s home to some of his most vocal supporters. Sources…