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    The new Waterworks Park in Pueblo officially splashes open

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 2:23


    Pueblo Water spent about $11 million to turn a dangerous spot on the Arkansas River into a free, family friendly, all-levels recreation area with wading ponds, tubing areas and whitewater challenges.

    What to expect from the 17th annual Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 5:15


    Tickets go on sale Monday, May 19 for 2025's Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls.

    Despite tariff pause, this Colorado bike company has hit the end of the trail

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 4:37


    “We've got a really good group ... But I can't keep paying them. There's just no way to do that.”

    UFO Watchtower in the San Luis Valley famous for a horse skeleton and vortexes celebrates 25 years of aliens

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 5:13


    An Anniversary Celebration for Memorial Day weekend will be a good time for first contact.

    Progress on a 70-year-old promise to pipe clean drinking water to southeastern Colorado

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 8:51


    A billion-dollar project to build a pipeline snakes its way east from near Pueblo toward Lamar. It's the Arkansas Valley Conduit.

    Honoring the labor and legacy of Black women: Chloé Duplessis brings “Twelve Tablecloths” to Trinidad

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 23:47


    The installation features the stories of four Black domestic workers in Trinidad between 1890 and 1920.

    How a troll and a castle are boosting business in Teller County

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 4:40


    Like many Colorado mountain towns, the economies of Cripple Creek and Victor depend on visitors taking a long trip down a winding highway. A troll and castles made of ice are helping bridge a seasonal gap.

    Richards Rubbish Roundup is keeping Colorado Springs clean

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 3:16


    Meet the group that's picked up more than 45,000 pounds of trash in one year.

    Perspectives on water after 30 years of talking about it in the Arkansas River Basin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 4:54


    Water managers and users from all over Colorado met to talk about the often contentious nature of water and to look for possible solutions to longstanding, reoccurring and often vexing questions about the precious resource.

    The great American Dust Bowl novel inspired by a woman's childhood on a dryland farm in Southeastern Colorado

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 17:40


    As tariffs take effect, a new struggle for small town newspapers arises – the cost of paper

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 4:30


    A 25 percent tariff on Canadian timber products, which includes newsprint, is set to resume April 2.

    25,000 sandhill cranes – spared by bird flu – arrive in San Luis Valley just in time for Monte Vista festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 6:16


    While this flock appears to have not been impacted by bird flu, an eastern population of sandhill cranes saw 1,500 die.

    For owner of Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs, live music’s future is in mid-size cities — even if locals complain about the noise

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 5:06


    The Colorado Springs live-music space has received significant pushback from neighbors.

    Happy trails for Susan Davies, who steps down as head of Trails and Open Space Coalition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 4:58


    After 15 years leading the Trails and Open Space Coalition, Susan Davies has retired.

    Great Fruitcake Toss returns to Manitou Springs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 2:22


    It's a bird … it's a plane … it's a fruitcake!

    Colorado Springs voters will weigh in on recreational marijuana sales — again — in April

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 2:07


    This will be the third time in less than six months that voters will be asked about allowing recreational marijuana sales.

    The history of the Royal Gorge Bridge, built 1,000 feet above the Arkansas River

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 11:47


    Even now, it is the highest suspension bridge in the nation and one of the highest in the world.

    Colorado Springs City Council to decide on implementing voter-passed recreational marijuana rules

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 2:24


    Legal questions remain over how close pot shops could be to schools and treatment centers.

    Pueblo Community College getting a new nursing simulation lab thanks to $2 million donation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 0:37


    A nursing simulation lab with mannequins that "breathe" and "give birth" is coming to the Fremont Campus of Pueblo Community College.

    Pueblo stops practice of giving lengthy jail sentences for failure to appear in court

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 2:13


    People charged with minor offenses were often given hundreds of days in jail if they skipped a court date.

    Colorado Springs inches closer toward approving its new tallest building

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 5:52


    The proposal passed a major hurdle involving tax incentives.

    New plan to address homelessness in Colorado Springs calls for more aggressive camp cleanups, more affordable housing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 4:18


    Colorado Springs has seen the unhoused population decrease by 12 percent.

    Jim Bishop, Southern Colorado castle builder, dies at 80

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 2:19


    Jim Bishop began building his monumental stone castle high atop a hillside in the forest of the Wet Mountains in 1969.

    Colorado Springs voters appear to approve recreational marijuana sales, but questions remain

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 4:52


    The outcome resolves a peculiar legal dilemma that seemed on the horizon after it looked like voters had also approved a measure which would have banned retail marijuana businesses within Colorado Springs city limits. 

    Billions in new projects expected to increase utility bill base rates in Colorado Springs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 4:49


    The average homeowner's cost has recently grown by about $9 a month to cover rising fuel prices. Now the city owned Colorado Springs Utilities, which handles power, gas, water and sewer, is about to ask for another type of increase called a base rate increase.

    42 films shine at this year’s Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival in Colorado Springs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 2:02


    North America's longest-running women's film festival is celebrating its 37th year at Colorado College.

    Man killed in Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine elevator malfunction honored with memorial procession in Cripple Creek

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 2:21


    A procession down main street in the town Thursday honored Patrick Weier, 46, who was killed after an elevator malfunctioned last week.

    Southern Colorado bluegrass festival recognized by international music association. Hear about legendary performers and how it helps kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 14:19


    For more than two decades, musicians have gathered in Westcliffe for the annual High Mountain Hay Fever festival. Now, it's a finalist for the International Bluegrass Music Association's event of the year award.

    Penrose funeral home owners accept plea deal in federal case, vacating trial

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 4:50


    The owners of the Return to Nature funeral home, where 190 decomposing bodies were found, have told the federal court hearing their case they want to change their plea.

    How water in Southern Colorado's rivers gets divvied up before crossing state lines

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 4:44


    The Rio Grande and Arkansas Rivers are critical resources providing water for homes, farms, industry and recreation.

    Fairplay's ‘Burro Days' clops along into its 75th year

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 4:23


    Teams of two—one donkey and one human—took on the 30-mile course for the final event of the weekend known as Burro Days.

    Colorado Springs Ford Amphitheater agrees to changes to address noise complaints

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 6:10


    Mayor Yemi Mobolade and city staff met with the venue's operators to discuss additional measures after backlash from neighboring residents.

    Colorado Springs mayor, city staff will meet with operators of Ford Amphitheater after widespread noise complaints

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 2:23


    A city councilmember who lives near the venue said residents “are speaking truth.”

    More than 100 people were treated for heat illnesses during a Colorado Springs air show. Could more have been done to prevent it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 2:09


    Organizers said the Club Q shooting taught them how to better track patients on site with a new app-tracked wristband system.

    Why do people compete in the Colorado State Fair? For some it’s continuing tradition, for others it means trying new things

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 2:26


    Baking, fine arts, livestock shows and more – people of all ages vie for blue ribbons in hundreds of different competitions at the Colorado State Fair.

    So you want to plant a tree on the Front Range? A new list can help you choose the right one

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 4:52


    A recently updated list that recommends Front Range trees was put together by CSU academics, staff at the Denver Botanic Gardens and tree care professionals.

    A list of the best trees to plant on the Front Range as recommended by experts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 4:52


    The Front Range Tree Recommendation List includes over 200 varieties of tree that were evaluated and rated by experts in the industry based on decades of experience. It aims to serve as a single reference point for professionals to use and share with customers.

    Remembering the night The Doors shook Colorado Springs, half a century later

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 6:40


    Fans can listen to a bootleg recording of the concert in an underground archive at Colorado College.

    Ludlow Massacre site receives restoration grant from National Park Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 15:04


    An attack by national guard troops on mine workers north of Trinidad is considered a turning point in the history of the U.S.

    Are there turquoise mines in Colorado? Yes! Hear more from a Cripple Creek turquoise miner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 6:53


    Clint Cross of North Star Turquoise has been mining turquoise near Cripple Creek for decades.

    Trinidad exhibition explores the creative process behind the art of illustration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 2:09


    ‘Character in Context' continues the legacy of pulp illustrator A.R. Mitchell at the museum dedicated to his work.

    Historic carousel at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs starts turning again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 2:28


    The carousel was removed last summer as part of plans for an ongoing $50 million construction project.

    Colorado Springs clothier on a mission to help ‘worst-dressed city in America'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 13:02


    Haberdasher's ultimate goal is to stitch together a tighter community.

    Colorado Springs is first in the state to deploy blood medics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 15:00


    The city will become the first urban area in Colorado to provide transfusions of whole blood to critically ill patients in the field.

    Fossil found near Colorado Springs identified as new species of mammal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 4:45


    A new study said the small, chinchilla-sized omnivore belonged to a group of mammals that eventually gave rise to all hoofed mammals.

    Pueblo City Council votes to ban syringe exchange programs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 6:21


    The decision eliminates two programs in the city.

    This small synagogue in Trinidad, Colorado was almost lost to history. Now it's a National Historic Landmark

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 14:53


    Temple Aaron has been a place of worship for Jewish people in Southern Colorado and northern New Mexico for 135 years.

    Tiny specialized bugs may help with the expensive and rising tide of toilet flushes in rural Colorado

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 4:44


    As more people move into small communities, some like Westcliffe and Silver Cliff, struggle to keep pace with infrastructure requirements, including the good old-fashioned toilet flush.

    Whimsy and movement: 24-foot-tall puppet honors local artist Charles Rockey at Manitou Springs Carnivale parade

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 4:57


    Meet the artist behind the giant puppet in this year's Manitou Springs Carnivale parade that honors the legacy of the late Charles Rockey.

    Fewer livestock at Bent’s Old Fort? These and other changes could come to the national historic site in southeastern Colorado

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 4:44


    Parts of the decades-old reconstructed adobe trading post near La Junta are failing. This led to the decision to close the upper level until the risks can be resolved and the structure restored. Also, the living history presentations there could undergo some changes, including how livestock may be managed.

    El Paso County firefighters tried to reduce the fire risks at encampments. The effort went up in smoke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 2:21


    Enforcing fire safety in homeless encampments is a challenging issue.

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