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Pueblo, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • What Mission Foods’ Pueblo plant shutdown means for 90 local workers
  • When Pueblo residents should brace for today’s strongest thunderstorms and hail

Today's riddle: What do the letter "t" and island have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: A stray afternoon t-shower, temps: high: 90, low: 60.
  • Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 98 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mission Foods plant in Pueblo closing, affecting 90 employees (koaa.com) — Mission Foods will permanently close its Pueblo plant on October 13, 2026, cutting about 90 local jobs by late October. Some unionized workers may bump into positions at distribution centers in Pueblo and Aurora, while non-union employees will lose their jobs without those protections.
   

• More strong thunderstorms, Flash Flooding on Sunday in southern Colorado (koaa.com) — Pueblo faces another round of potentially strong Sunday thunderstorms, with a forecast low of 60 and high of 84 and risks of large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rain along the I-25 corridor. Storms are most likely from midday into evening, with drier, warmer weather and only isolated storms expected early in the workweek.
   

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    Shes a few months old and is feral. I took her into the humane sociaty last friday in hopes that she would find a home. They called me today and told… (Nextdoor Belmont Upper)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They're both in the middle of water (Thank you Dianna S. for sending it in!)
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