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- 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
- How Colorado Women Answered The Call Of World War II
Tag Archives: southern Colorado
Colorado Is Cracking Down On Illegal Ponds In The Arkansas River Basin
The state is evaluating more than 10,000 ponds in the Arkansas River basin to determine if they’re legal. According to the Colorado Division of Water Resources, many were constructed without water rights or permits. Read more at krcc.org
Posted in KRCC, Land Use, Rural Issues
Tagged arkansas river, southern Colorado, water, water resources, water rights
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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
Wild Bison Return To Colorado’s Great Plains
Ten bison now roam in their new home on the range in southeastern Colorado. Listen and read more at krcc.org
Health Care In The Borderlands of Southern Colorado
Visit southern Colorado and you’ll find a blend of cultures. That’s partly because the region belonged to Mexico up until 1848. When the border moved south people from many backgrounds intermingled, melding their traditions. A new exhibit at the Trinidad … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, health, History
Tagged health, southern Colorado, trinidad
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Tarantulas Are On The Move In Southern Colorado
Something creepy takes place in southern Colorado this time of year. Tarantulas appear en masse scurrying across highways and up walls. Arachnologists Paula Cushing, of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and Brent Hendrixson of Millsaps College in Mississippi … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, Environment, Rural Issues
Tagged insects, southern Colorado, spiders, tarantula
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Why Folks in Southern Colorado Often Say, “We Didn’t Cross The Border, The Border Crossed Us.”
There are families in Colorado who didn’t move an inch, but found themselves in another country. Let’s go back to 1848 — the end of the Mexican-American War. Mexico gave up a huge part of what’s now the southwestern United … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio
Tagged colorado history, pueblo, southern Colorado
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Remembering the Ludlow Massacre 100 years later
The Ludlow Massacre, one of history’s most violent moments in labor relations, took place on April 20, 1914 on the prairies of southern Colorado. The massacre was part of the Colorado Coal Field Wars, a longer conflict over dangerous working … Continue reading
Colorado Coalfield Wars through the Eyes of Children
A century ago, coal miners in southern Colorado went on strike to demand better working conditions. In response, their employer forced thousands of miners and their families out of company-owned homes; they moved to tent cities set up by the … Continue reading
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