Kevin Beatty
speaker
17 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 6 Jul
Kevin Beatty’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appearances
This 4th of July barbecue took place at an evacuation center sheltering people displaced by the Aspen Acres fire.
Michael Kringlin, who was ordered from his home on Monday, said people had been needing joy, like this, in an otherwise traumatic moment.
Shanna Farmer is head of United Way of Southern Colorado, which is helping to coordinate a donation center here.
Pueblo has shown up in a big way for its neighbors, she said, but this is nowhere close to finished.
Authorities have issued evacuation orders across Colorado in the last week as multiple serious fires continue to burn.
For NPR News, I'm Kevin Beatty in Pueblo.
Officials have so far stopped the Aspen Acres fire in southern Colorado from reaching Colorado City.
It's been under mandatory evacuation orders since early Friday morning.
The sky here is full of smoke and it's windy, which has some on edge.
Still, residents have also felt some relief that the city has made it this long.
Eric Clark brought his dog, Jack, to this lookout spot to see if his house was still standing.
Evacuation orders are still in place for at least two other fires.
For NPR News, I'm Kevin Beatty in Colorado City.
I'm safe.
Jack is safe.
Pray for the firefighters.
And I'm joyful at what I'm looking at right now.
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