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- 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
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- 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
- Slag Pile Cleanup At Colorado Smelter Superfund Site In Pueblo May Be Delayed
- With A Splash Of Paint, Pueblo’s Arkansas Levee Mural Is Born Again
- ‘Honestly There Are Times I Really Wanted To Quit. It’s Been Hard.’ Reflections On Solo Row Across Pacific Ocean
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- The ‘Queen Of Denver’ Was A Modernist For Her Time, Intent On Making The City Relevant
- How One Of Colorado’s Worst Natural Disasters Reshaped Pueblo
- Boomtimes And Declines Shape Pueblo, Colorado’s Most Iconic Industry
- Colorado Elected The Nation’s First Female Lawmakers, One Of Them Was The First Woman To Draft And Pass A Bill
- Lost Glory: The Story Of Pueblo’s Once-Great Mineral Palace
- From The Tricolour To The Lone Star, Why Do So Many Flags Fly Over Pueblo, Colorado?
- ‘I’m Good About Finding A Rhythm And Making All The Muscles Work Together’: Joey Chestnut Will Take On The Slopper Challenge At The Colorado State Fair
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Category Archives: Reported Story
Historic Cabin Hidden Inside Walls Of Modern Home Is Being Restored In Southern Colorado
A 150-year old cabin discovered encased in the walls of a modern home in Beulah, southwest of Pueblo, is undergoing restoration. The cabin was once the home of Peter and Emily Dotson, who played a role in developing Southern Colorado … Continue reading
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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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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Colorado Elected The Nation’s First Female Lawmakers, One Of Them Was The First Woman To Draft And Pass A Bill
In 1895, one of the hottest debates at the Colorado statehouse was over a very intimate subject: at what age should a woman, or girl, be legally able to consent to sex? Leading the charge to raise Colorado’s age of … Continue reading
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Tagged colorado history, pueblo
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From The Tricolour To The Lone Star, Why Do So Many Flags Fly Over Pueblo, Colorado?
The narrow domed tower of Pueblo City Hall rises above the shops and eateries on historic Union Avenue and the nearby Arkansas Riverwalk. Inside the imposing century-old building, the official city seal presides above the council chambers, embedded in the … Continue reading
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Once Listed In Green Book, Pueblo’s Coronado Motel Gains National Historic Status
The 1940s Coronado Motel in south Pueblo was once included the Negro Traveler’s Green Book, now the well preserved Pueblo Revival-style lodge is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. See photos and read more at 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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Alabama’s First Sandhill Crane Hunt In More Than A Century
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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
