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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: nathan heffel
A New NOAA Report Emphasizes The Human Role In Climate Change
Scientist Pieter Tans of Boulder leads NOAA‘s Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network, which just produced a new report that shows 2016 was another record breaking year for carbon dioxide levels rising in Earth’s atmosphere. The report landed just after Scott … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, Environment
Tagged climate change, global warming, nathan heffel, Pieter Tans
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From Sand Creek To 9/11, CU-Boulder Library Deemed Keeper Of Government History
At the University of Colorado – Boulder’s Norlin Library you can peruse a sheepskin-covered copy of congressional reports from the 1800s or read an 1893 account of the Native American Ghost Dance peace ritual, that was once deemed a threat. The … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, History
Tagged books, CU-Boulder, Kate Tallman, Libraries, nathan heffel
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Two Men Trek Hundreds Of Brutal Miles To Save The Grand Canyon
Millions of tourists visit the Grand Canyon in Arizona every year. But very few have ever walked its entire length. In fact, more people have set foot on the surface of the moon than have completed this hike. The grueling … Continue reading
Sprint Sled Dogs Reach Speeds Close To 30 MPH
There’s a whole world of dog-powered sports that goes far beyond mushing huskies in the Iditarod. Instead, imagine specially bred sprint dogs teamed with humans on foot, skis, bikes, sleds, carts and more. They can reach speeds close to 30 … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Public Radio
Tagged canicross, dog sledding, dogs, kale casey, mushing, nathan heffel
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How Has Colorado’s Landscape Changed Since 1873?
Do you ever imagine what Colorado looked like before millions of people moved here? A new website lets you compare what parts of Colorado looked like in the 1870s with what they look like today. University of Colorado Colorado Springs geographer Tom Huber … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, Land Use
Tagged Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Hayden Survey, maps, nathan heffel, thomas huber, USGS
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Horned Beavers? Whales With Legs? This Denver Exhibit Has ‘Extreme’ Animals Covered
Did you know central Colorado was once home to horned beavers? Can you imagine an elk with antlers spanning seven feet? The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has a new exhibit called Extreme Mammalsfeaturing fossils and reconstructions of these bizarre creatures … Continue reading
Trinidad, Colorado’s Temple Aaron Closes After 127 Years
For the first time in 127 years there will be no Rosh Hashanah celebration at Temple Aaron in Trinidad. Colorado’s oldest continuously operating synagogue has held its last service, just before the Jewish New Year. And it’s for sale. In 1889 … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, History, Religion
Tagged colorado history, jewish history, nathan heffel, Randy Rubin
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Documentary Spotlights Greek American Miners In Shadow Of Ludlow Massacre
On September 15, 1913 the United Mine Workers union voted to strike in southern Colorado to protest dangerous working conditions and poor pay. The strike eventually blew up into one of the the most violent times in labor history. In 1914, … Continue reading
Costumed Kids On Horseback Spin Pirouettes At Colorado State Fair
Horses ridden by kids in costumes will whirl in circles and perform sliding stops during the Colorado State Fair. The choreography of youth freestyle reining is set to music, usually rock and roll or country since it’s up to the kids … Continue reading
Sand Creek Memorial At Colorado’s Capitol Could Help Heal Old Wounds
The suffering caused by the Sand Creek Massacre more than 150 years ago still angers Herb Welsh of the Northern Arapaho tribe. His ancestors survived the attack by cavalrymen on unsuspecting Cheyenne and Arapaho in eastern Colorado. Some 200 people, mostly … Continue reading
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Tagged Herb Welsh, nathan heffel, Sand Creek Massacre
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