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- From Freelancer to staffer – my current work archive has moved!
- Agriculture Grants Spice Up A Pueblo Sriracha Maker And Six Other Businesses
- The Colorado State Fair Is Ready To Return In 2021 After The Pandemic Closed Down Most Activities Last Year
- The 1921 Flood Changed Pueblo Forever. What Has Recovery Looked Like?
- 100 Years Ago, A Devastating Flood Changed The Course Of Pueblo’s Future
- $1.1 Million In EPA Grants Target Contaminants At Trinidad’s Fox West Theatre And Other Historic Las Animas County Buildings
- As The Pueblo Region Plans For The Future, Solving Housing Issues And Supporting Diverse Communities Are Among The Priorities
- New Green Mountain Falls Art Installation To Use Light and Space to Explore Human Perception
- Powerful Pedal Pushers To Pump It Out At This Weekend’s Pueblo Classic Bike Race
- Pueblo Got $36 Million In Federal COVID Aid. City Residents Can Tell The Mayor Their Ideas For Spending It
- A Connection Between The Amtrak Southwest Chief And The Proposed Front Range Rail Chugs Closer To Reality
- Pueblo School District 60 Breaks Ground On Two New High Schools As Part Of Major Upgrade Project
- From Backyards To Balconies It’s Time To Think About Your Garden
- EPA Grant Will Bring Gardens To Pueblo Homes Impacted By The Colorado Smelter Superfund Site
- Pueblo’s Old Steel Mill Headquarters Becomes Colorado’s 26th National Historic Landmark
- Pueblo Wants More Pedestrians On Union Avenue And Main Street
- Colorado Is Cracking Down On Illegal Ponds In The Arkansas River Basin
- Amtrak CEO’s Priorities Could Be Good News For Train Travel In Colorado
- Historic Cabin Hidden Inside Walls Of Modern Home Is Being Restored In Southern Colorado
- In Southern Colorado, Giving The Old Cuchara Mountain Ski Area A New Life
- Potential Arkansas River Dam Safety Project In Pueblo Could Create Better Recreation
- Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar Highlights COVID-19 Resilience, Previews Development In State Of The City Address
- Plans Are Underway To Restore Pueblo’s Historic Keating School
- Testing On Amtrak’s Newest High-Speed Train Nears Completion At Pueblo R&D Track
- Wild Bison Return To Colorado’s Great Plains
Category Archives: Colorado Public Radio
100 Years Ago, A Devastating Flood Changed The Course Of Pueblo’s Future
One hundred years ago raging waters unleashed by torrential rains and snowmelt broke through Pueblo’s Arkansas River levees, causing one of the deadliest and most destructive floods in Colorado’s history. Hear the story and see photos from the flood at … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Public Radio, Environment, History, KRCC
Tagged arkansas river, levee, pueblo
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From Backyards To Balconies It’s Time To Think About Your Garden
Listen to Frontline Farms Fatuma Emmad answer listener questions about gardening on Colorado Matters.
Wild Bison Return To Colorado’s Great Plains
Ten bison now roam in their new home on the range in southeastern Colorado. Listen and read more at krcc.org
How Colorado Women Answered The Call Of World War II
The attack on Pearl Harbor 79 years ago brought World War II to American soil. In short order, thousands of Colorado women joined the war effort — by enlisting in the military, working in defense plants, and volunteering in all sorts … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, military
Tagged history, world war II
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Slag Pile Cleanup At Colorado Smelter Superfund Site In Pueblo May Be Delayed
The Environmental Protection Agency may not have funding next year for a portion of the clean up at the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in south Pueblo. This project targets toxic lead and arsenic left behind when the former smelter closed more than a century … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Public Radio, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado Smelter, pueblo, Superfund
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‘Honestly There Are Times I Really Wanted To Quit. It’s Been Hard.’ Reflections On Solo Row Across Pacific Ocean
Alone. In a rowboat. In the vast ocean. There are times it’s likely the closest other human beings are in the International Space Station…. That’s how Tez Steinberg, of Boulder, spent his summer. He rowed 2,700 miles from California to … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio
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Answers To Your Fall Gardening Questions
Listen to Frontline Farming’s Fatuma Emmad talk about gardening, landscapes and plants on Colorado Matters
The ‘Queen Of Denver’ Was A Modernist For Her Time, Intent On Making The City Relevant
Thornton author Shelby Carr’s new book is “The Queen of Denver: Louise Sneed Hill and the Emergence of Modern High Society.” Carr says Hill helped put Denver on the social and cultural map at the turn of the last century. … Continue reading
How One Of Colorado’s Worst Natural Disasters Reshaped Pueblo
The Arkansas River doesn’t seem threatening as it ripples past Pueblo’s historic district. But in early June of 1921, it was a very different story. That’s when days of heavy rains combined with mountain snowmelt to catastrophic results. Listen to … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Public Radio, History, Reported Story
Tagged colorado history, pueblo
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Boomtimes And Declines Shape Pueblo, Colorado’s Most Iconic Industry
Steel has been part of the soul of Pueblo almost since the city’s incorporation 150 years ago. From the late 1800s through much of the 20th century, Pueblo was home to Colorado Fuel and Iron, at one point the state’s … Continue reading
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