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- 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
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- 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
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Tag Archives: ryan warner
What A Father Learned From Coaching His Son Who Has Autism
Harrison Walter finishes the 400-meter at a middle-school track meet in May at the Sangre de Cristo School in Mosca. (Courtesy Jennifer Leigh Russ) Writer and champion pack burro racer Hal Walter of Westcliffe helps his son, who has autism, compete as a … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, deep sport, hal walter, neurodiversity, running, ryan warner, sports
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Colorado Poet Creates A Handbook For A Modern Minstrel Show
Poet Ruth Ellen Kocher is the director of the creative writing program at CU Boulder. Courtesy of Ruth Ellen Kocher Poet Ruth Ellen Kocher casts Martin Luther King Jr., singer Eartha Kitt and even Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura as characters in her latest book. … Continue reading
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Tagged poetry, ruth ellen kocher, ryan warner
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Lessons From The Intersection Of Science And History At The Headwaters of The Colorado River
Historian Thomas Andrews delves into the history of the headwaters of the Colorado river through the lens of geology, archaeology, biology and more. His book “Coyote Valley: A Deep History in the High Rockies” is a Colorado Book Award finalist. The … Continue reading
Coloradan Composes Choral Music About Flint Water Crisis
At this time three years ago, water contaminated with lead was flowing into homes in Flint, Michigan. This public health crisis stunned composer Andrea Ramsey of Boulder, so she wrote a choral piece about it titled “But A Flint Holds Fire.” It … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Ramsey, choirs, choral music, Flint, ryan warner
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Denver Poet Takes On The Tragedy And Beauty Of 21st Century America
Denver Poet Wayne Miller Courtesy of Jennifer Drake Plane crashes, random shootings and the sound of a sleeping baby are all fodder for Denver poet Wayne Miller. His latest book is “Post-” It recently won the Rilke Prize and is a … Continue reading
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Tagged poetry, ryan warner, wayne miller
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Coloradan Grows New Songs From The Seeds Of Old Music
Longmont banjoist Jayme Stone says field recordings made decades ago by folklorist Alan Lomax are like heirloom seeds. Starting in the 1930s, Lomax traveled the world collecting thousands of songs. Stone and his collaborators have cultivated new music from those … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, jayme stone, lomax, ryan warner
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It’s Taken 90 Years But A Rockefeller Is Coming Back To Pueblo
A century ago, Colorado Fuel and Iron was a powerful force in the state. It employed thousands of workers at its giant steel mill in Pueblo and at dozens of coal mines throughout the area. Its legacy is still strong … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, History
Tagged CF&I, Ludlow, Ludlow Massacre, pueblo, rockefeller, ryan warner
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Blackfeet activist won billions for American Indians from the US Govt in landmark class action lawsuit
Blackfeet activist Elouise Cobell (Courtesy of Karen Kuehn) In 1996, Blackfeet activist Elouise Cobell launched the largest class-action lawsuit ever filed against the federal government. She fought on behalf of Native Americans across the West for compensation for mismanaged lands … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Years, blackfeet, elouise cobell, ryan warner
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Poetry Meant To Be Torn Apart And Recrafted
Boulder experimental poet Eleni Sikelianos’ new book is titled “Make Yourself Happy” – Courtesy of Laird Hunt Boulder experimental poet Eleni Sikelianos wants readers to literally rip into her new book “Make Yourself Happy.” She’s included pages that are meant to be … Continue reading
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Tagged eleni sikelianos, poetry, ryan warner
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Shanna Lewis - Radio Journalist, Photographer 