Community members gathered with government officials and project staff in Pueblo, Colorado, Aug. 30 to commemorate the destruction of the declared U.S. chemical weapons stockpile in Colorado.

The public is invited to a free event at the Pueblo Convention Center Aug. 30 at 2 p.m. to commemorate the destruction of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile previously stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot.

The Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission will not hold an in-person public meeting as scheduled for April 29 at the McHarg Park Community Center in Avondale, Colorado.

A public event to mark the achievement of eliminating 50% of the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot mustard agent stockpile by the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has been canceled.

Students at a local school, not far from the heavily automated plant destroying chemical weapons, are learning that robots come in all shapes and sizes.

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has prepared more than half its supply of 4.2-inch mortar rounds for destruction.

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has received approval from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to increase the rate at which it processes chemical munitions.

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has destroyed more than half of the 155mm munitions at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, reducing the number of obsolete projectiles and destroying about one-third of the mustard agent stored by the U.S. Army in Colorado.