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- 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
- How Colorado Women Answered The Call Of World War II
- Pueblo’s Newly Rebuilt Arkansas River Levee Provides Flood Protection And An Opportunity For Recreation: Trail, Shade Structures, Pedestrian Bridges And Other Improvements Are Underway
- Plan Aims To Inject Opportunity Into South Pueblo’s Colorado Smelter Superfund Site
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The 1921 Flood Changed Pueblo Forever. What Has Recovery Looked Like?
A century ago the Arkansas River flowed through Pueblo in the channel that is now the HARP, or the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo. In 1921, swollen by rain and snowmelt, the river overtopped its levees and roared through the … Continue reading
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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$1.1 Million In EPA Grants Target Contaminants At Trinidad’s Fox West Theatre And Other Historic Las Animas County Buildings
The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the performing arts. But the EPA recently awarded $500,000 in Brownfields grant funds to help clean up toxic building materials at Trinidad’s historic Fox … Continue reading
As The Pueblo Region Plans For The Future, Solving Housing Issues And Supporting Diverse Communities Are Among The Priorities
A new comprehensive regional plan is in the works for Pueblo County. The process, dubbed “Your Plan, Your Pueblo,” brings together community members, local governments and agencies to create a vision for the area’s future. It’s based on demographic projections, … Continue reading
New Green Mountain Falls Art Installation To Use Light and Space to Explore Human Perception
A new immersive art installation is coming to Green Mountain Falls about 10 miles west of Colorado Springs. Construction began recently for artist James Turrell’s first Skyspace in Colorado. Once open, visitors will follow a third-of-a-mile-long trail through the forest … Continue reading
Powerful Pedal Pushers To Pump It Out At This Weekend’s Pueblo Classic Bike Race
The Pueblo Classic bicycle race this weekend is expected to draw some 600 collegiate and pro competitors. The long-distance Steel City Road Race is on Saturday just outside of town. On Sunday, competitors will zoom around the historic Union Avenue … Continue reading
Pueblo Got $36 Million In Federal COVID Aid. City Residents Can Tell The Mayor Their Ideas For Spending It
More than $2 billion in federal funds will soon flow into the coffers of Colorado’s cities and counties thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act. It’s aimed at economic recovery and stabilization from the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Pueblo … Continue reading
A Connection Between The Amtrak Southwest Chief And The Proposed Front Range Rail Chugs Closer To Reality
There’s money for Amtrak in the federal infrastructure bill, and Colorado’s proposed Front Range Passenger Rail System might benefit from those funds. A state commission is considering the viability of linking the proposed service to Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, a long-distance … Continue reading
Pueblo School District 60 Breaks Ground On Two New High Schools As Part Of Major Upgrade Project
Pueblo School District 60 held groundbreakings for two new high schools this week. It’s part of a project to upgrade nearly half of the district’s schools. Some $700 million in repairs and improvements are needed at 14 D60 schools. The … Continue reading
EPA Grant Will Bring Gardens To Pueblo Homes Impacted By The Colorado Smelter Superfund Site
New gardens will sprout soon in south Pueblo’s Colorado Smelter Superfund site. It’s an area where toxic lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil is being removed from hundreds of properties. A $50,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency is funding a project … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado Smelter, pueblo, Superfund
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