From Doctors To Artists To Housekeepers, Colorado Women’s History Is Focus At New Center
Hear what’s behind the Center for Colorado Women’s History at Byers-Evans House Museum, which opens Wednesday.
By Shanna Lewis
CU-Boulder Acquires The ‘Sharkive,’ A Trove Of Career-Spanning Art From Bud Shark
Lyons artist Bud Shark’s printmaking work can be found in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
By Shanna Lewis
Pueblo Study Addresses Socio-Economic Impacts Of Legal Weed
A new pilot study from the Institute of Cannabis Research, or ICR, at Colorado State University Pueblo examines a wide range of topics, including the socio-economic effects of legalizing marijuana.
By Shanna Lewis
Pueblo Pilot Study Disputes Stereotypes About Marijuana Use, Crime And Homelessness
People have not been coming to Colorado, “spending their last dime on cannabis and then lining up at soup kitchen queues” one of the study’s authors says.
By Shanna Lewis
Love Skiing Groomed Corduroy? The Bradley Packer Grader Paved The Way
These human-powered machines smoothed the slopes at Winter Park and were the precursors to today’s giant snowcats.
By Shanna Lewis
Can You Fingerprint Cannabis? Research Is Underway At CSU-Pueblo
Genetic coding, isotopes and Bitcoin-like databases may be used to keep tabs on the origins of marijuana and other cannabis products.
By Shanna Lewis
Gender Is Evolving For Boulder Poet Andrea Gibson
Andrea Gibson explains why thinking about gender used to be painful, but now it’s become celebratory and why pronouns make a difference.
By Shanna Lewis
Peggy Fleming Was A Skating Sweetheart. What Does She Think Of The Sport Now?
Skating gold medalist Peggy Fleming has been on a Wheaties box. Colorado Springs threw a parade for her. And she now calls Denver home.
By Shanna Lewis
Ski Pioneer Dick Durrance’s Son Talks About His Father’s Legacy
It’s been 82 years since Dick Durrance led the first U.S. Olympic alpine ski team and went on to put Aspen on the map as a destination ski resort.
By Shanna Lewis
Looking Back 50 Years At A Coloradan’s Photo Journal of the Vietnam War
Carbondale photographer Dick Durrance wants these images to help people understand the effects of war on soldiers and civilians.
By Shanna Lewis
The Wolf Who Became A Legend, And A Pawn, In American Culture And Politics
Journalist Nate Blakeslee’s new book “American Wolf” chronicles the natural and human forces that change a wolf’s life in the Rocky Mountain West.
By Shanna Lewis
A Favorite Voice Leaves Public Radio: NPR’s Robert Siegel Retires
The All Things Considered host reflects on more than 40 years with the network.
By Shanna Lewis
85-Year-Old Gives An Insider’s Look At Life In Big Eldercare
When her husband’s dementia worsened, Colorado author Sue Petrovski had to make the choice to move into a senior community. Her latest book is “Shelved: A Memoir of Aging in America.”
By Shanna Lewis
Pueblo’s Forward Thinking Funeral Director: Remembering Charles McCulley
Puebloan Charles McCulley’s family says he was “born into the funeral business.” His mortuary served southern Colorado’s African Americans and Hispanics — at at time when others wouldn’t. McCulley died in October at age 78.
By Shanna Lewis
Levee Planners Look At Recreation
Repairs are again underway on the aging Arkansas River levee that protects downtown Pueblo from flooding. Work can only take place during the winter season, when water levels in the […]
By Shanna Lewis
Pueblo’s Newspaperman And Water Guardian: Remembering Robert Hoag Rawlings
Bob Rawlings was at the helm of the Pueblo Chieftain for more than 37 years and was a powerful force in protecting Southeastern Colorado’s water resources. Rawlings died earlier this year at age 92.
By Shanna Lewis