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- Artists Ready To Paint On Fresh Concrete Canvas In Pueblo And Regain The World Record for Largest Outdoor Mural
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- Telluride poet Kierstin Bridger gives voice to prostitutes of the Old West in her collection, Demimonde.
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Category Archives: KRCC
Pueblo Mountain Park Marks 100 Years
On Jan. 15, 1920 the city of Pueblo bought some 600 acres in the Wet Mountains about a half hour southwest of town. This forested land near Beulah became Pueblo Mountain Park. Read the story and see photos @krcc.org
Artists Ready To Paint On Fresh Concrete Canvas In Pueblo And Regain The World Record for Largest Outdoor Mural
The last section of the Arkansas River levee in Pueblo will be resurfaced this winter. Here, the old surface containing the mural is being taken down, while the new surface is clean. Planning for new art is underway. – Photo … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Colorado Public Radio, KRCC, Radio, Reported Story
Tagged levee, Pueblo Levee Mural
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New Study Explores Southwest Chief’s Economic Impact In Colorado
A new study says Amtrak’s Southwest Chief passenger rail line puts $49 million a year into Colorado’s economy. Last year Amtrak threatened to stop running the train through southeastern Colorado and use buses to cover that part of the route. … Continue reading
Posted in KRCC, Reported Story
Tagged amtrak, pueblo, railroad, Southwest Chief, trains
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Legal Pot Changes The Work Of Some Drug Detection Dogs
Widget (left) poses with $460,000 in contraband from a 2015 related bust. Sage poses with bags of heroin seized during a 2018 drug bust. Both are Pueblo Police Department Special Investigations / K9 Detectives. Photo courtesy of PUEBLO POLICE DEPARTMENT … Continue reading
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
