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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
Tag Archives: current-events
As Pueblo levee repair project moves forward, documentation is planned for world’s largest mural
The largest mural in the world will be destroyed due to forthcoming major repairs to the aging Arkansas River levee in Pueblo, Colorado. Built following the deadly 1921 flood, the levee needs to meet post-Hurricane Katrina flood insurance requirements. Local … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Colorado Public Radio, KRCC, Radio, Reported Story
Tagged arkansas river, Colorado, colorado history, current-events, levee, mural, pueblo, Pueblo Levee Mural
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Repairs to Pueblo levee to destroy world’s largest mural
The largest mural in the world will be destroyed due to forthcoming major repairs to the aging Arkansas River levee in Pueblo, Colorado. Built following the deadly 1921 flood, the levee needs to meet post-Hurricane Katrina flood insurance requirements. Local … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Colorado Public Radio, KRCC, Radio, Reported Story
Tagged arkansas river, Colorado, colorado history, current-events, levee, mural, pueblo, Pueblo Levee Mural
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Pueblo’s Old Bojon Town Celebrates Heritage; Eligible for Historic District Designation
Part of a small neighborhood near the former Colorado Fuel and Iron steel mill in southeast Pueblo could become a national historic district. As a post-World War II working class neighborhood, it’s not the kind of place you’d normally expect … Continue reading
Posted in KRCC, Photography, Radio, Reported Story
Tagged Colorado, colorado history, current-events, historic district, Old Bojon Town, pueblo
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Governor Hickenlooper Signs Southwest Chief Commission Bill
Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill in Pueblo today to create a commission aimed at keeping Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rolling through southern Colorado. KRCC’s Shanna Lewis reports from Pueblo. Click here to listen to Governor Hickenlooper Signs Southwest Chief Commission … Continue reading
Posted in KRCC, Photography, Radio, Reported Story
Tagged amtrak, Colorado, current-events, John Hickenlooper, pueblo, railroad, Santa Fe Trail, Southwest Chief, Southwest Chief rolls, train, Union Station
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Threat of Losing the Southwest Chief Could Mean the Return of Passenger Rail to Pueblo
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rolls through parts of Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas following the historic Santa Fe Trail as it travels between Los Angeles and Chicago. But unless needed repairs are made to the tracks, this section could be rerouted … Continue reading
Posted in KRCC, Photography, Radio, Reported Story
Tagged amtrak, Colorado, current-events, pueblo, railroad, Santa Fe Trail, Southwest Chief, Southwest Chief rolls, train, Union Station
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Colorado’s first recreational marijuana sales
I spent New Years Day 2014 doing interviews, collecting sound and shooting photos about Colorado’s first recreational marijuana sales for a story reported and produced by Ben Markus at Colorado Public Radio. Click here for the complete story with photos … Continue reading
Construction Planned for I-25 in Pueblo
A seven-mile section of I-25 through Pueblo is slated for improvements starting this spring. It’s the first part of a two-phase project called the New Pueblo Freeway. Some 165 people attended a recent public hearing for the project hosted by … Continue reading
Posted in KRCC, Land Use, Radio, Reported Story
Tagged current-events, I25, joe deheart, krcc, new pueblo freeway
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Historic Recall Elections In Colorado
Gun rights groups scored a huge electoral victory Tuesday night, unseating two Colorado state Senators. Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Senator Angela Giron of Pueblo championed gun control legislation earlier this year. They’re now the first state … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Public Radio, KRCC, Photography, Radio
Tagged angela giron, colorado public radio, current-events, election, gun control, gun rights, john morse, krcc, politics, pueblo, recall election
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Shanna Lewis - Radio Journalist, Photographer 