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- Measuring The Success of the Colorado State Fair
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- Pueblo City-County Library District Receives National Medal
- Last Chance To Comment On Pueblo’s Arkansas River Levee Recreation Master Plan
- Pueblo Teachers Strike For Pay & Respect
Category Archives: KRCC
Measuring The Success of the Colorado State Fair
More than 444,000 people attended this year’s Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, which ended on Labor Day. Fair officials say that’s down slightly—about 7 percent—but the fair was a success by the standards that count. Listen to and read the … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, KRCC, Reported Story, Rural Issues
Tagged Colorado State Fair, pueblo
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Pueblo City-County Library District Receives National Medal
The Pueblo City-County Library District is receiving the nation’s highest honor from The Institute of Museum and Library Services. Pueblo’s libraries are among the 10 institutions being recognized for their community work. Jon Walker, executive director for the library district, … Continue reading
Last Chance To Comment On Pueblo’s Arkansas River Levee Recreation Master Plan
One of the last chances for the public to give input on future recreation along the Arkansas River levee in Pueblo comes during an open house at Pueblo City Hall Thursday, May 10 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The city, along … Continue reading
Pueblo Teachers Strike For Pay & Respect
Hundreds of teachers, students, parents and others picketed around the Pueblo School District D60 administrative offices at noon Monday as teachers and paraprofessionals went on strike. -Photo by Shanna Lewis Teachers will be on the picket lines again … Continue reading
EPA Seeks Comment on Colorado Smelter Superfund Cleanup Plan in Pueblo
The Environmental Protection Agency is requesting public comment on a proposed interim plan to begin clean up in the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in south Pueblo. The clean up addresses toxic lead and arsenic left behind when the smelter closed … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, health, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado Smelter, pueblo, Superfund
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Normal Toxin Levels at Two Parks in Colorado Smelter Superfund Area in Pueblo
Toxin levels at two south Pueblo parks within the Colorado Smelter Superfund area are normal, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Lead and arsenic were left behind when a south Pueblo smelter ceased operations in 1908. EPA toxicologist Charles Partridge … Continue reading
Lessons from Ludlow: After 90 Years A Rockefeller Visits Southern Colorado
A postcard depicting members of the Red Cross searching ruins of the Ludlow tent colony. -Courtesy Jodene Parlapiano After a 90-year absence, a Rockefeller has returned to Pueblo. Once considered the wealthiest family in the world, the Rockefellers are often … Continue reading
Posted in History, KRCC
Tagged CF&I, coal miners, Colorado Coalfield War, Colorado Fuel and Iron, colorado history, Ludlow, Ludlow Massacre, pueblo, steel mill, steelworker
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Job Corps Students Support Hayden Pass Firefighters
While crews are out mopping up hot spots and reinforcing the Hayden Pass Fire perimeter in Fremont and Custer counties, there’s a diverse group of young people working behind the scenes to keep the base camp running.
A temporary city popped up when the Hayden Pass Fire base camp moved to Westcliffe last week. Big tan supply tents, eighteen-wheelers carrying kitchen and shower facilities and a slew of smaller blue and silver tents appeared in a dusty field at the Custer County Fairgrounds.
It’s part of the Boxelder Job Corps Center’s assignment to work at the camp. The group has more than a dozen students “trying to make everything comfortable for the firefighters, keep everything clean, maintain the camp, help out the mobile kitchen as much as possible,” says eighteen year-old Deavontay Small Bear of Mission South Dakota.
Job Corps is a joint U. S. Forest Service and Department of Labor no-cost program for underserved 16 – 24 year olds. Continue reading
Posted in KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado, hayden pass fire, job corps, westcliffe, wildfire
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Amtrak Service To Pueblo Could Be Reality
Amtrak could start serving Pueblo’s Union Station by the end of next year by connecting to the existing Southwest Chief route between Los Angeles and Chicago. A special train would run between Pueblo and LaJunta twice a day. Pueblo passengers would stay … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged amtrak, pueblo, Southwest Chief
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Report: Pueblo’s ‘Real’ Minimum Wage 8th-Highest In US
The low cost of living in Pueblo means minimum wage workers there fare relatively better than their counterparts in most other cites, according to a new study. SmartAsset.com compared minimum wage and cost of living numbers from 161 U.S. cities. … Continue reading
