
After a quarter century, Cuchara Mountain Park’s chairlift reopens in Southern Colorado
Volunteers worked for years to bring lift-served winter sports back to the Huerfano County owned park southwest of Pueblo.

By Shanna Lewis

‘Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History’ exhibit opens MLK Day at El Pueblo History Museum
Soldiers, educators and a city founder are among the often unacknowledged stories of Black Puebloans presented in the exhibit.

By Shanna Lewis

Photos: Southern Colorado Scenic Byways and chance to see more images from around the state
Dozens of photographs taken along Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways will be on display in Westcliffe including images shot in 48 counties

By Shanna Lewis

Legendary Grateful Dead founding band member Bob Weir’s Colorado Springs connection
The late guitarist and songwriter attended Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs in the early sixties — before he was kicked out and co-founded the band.

By Shanna Lewis

Chamber Orchestra of the Springs to perform local composer’s work honoring victims of Club Q shooting
This weekend’s concerts include three other pieces including a concerto for electric cello by another Colorado composer and a Schubert Symphony

By Shanna Lewis

There’s a new chairlift at Monarch Mountain — a first since 1999
It expands the ski area across the Continental Divide and adds hundreds of acres

By Shanna Lewis

Trump vetoes bipartisan bill to provide clean water to rural Southeastern Colorado
The legislation to complete the Arkansas Valley Conduit passed Congress with unanimous support but was branded an ‘expensive and unreliable’ project by the President.


The search is on for valuable minerals in Southern Colorado, here’s what happens if they’re found under your land
The federal government is updating the region’s geological maps to expand the search for critical minerals and rare earth elements.

By Shanna Lewis

History and recreation converge at Lobatos Bridge Outdoor Classroom in San Luis Valley
The site features 16 signs about the long and varied history of the site and other recreational facilities

By Shanna Lewis

State lottery proceeds will fund land conservation, recreation and other projects around Southern Colorado
More than $7.6 million in Great Outdoors Colorado grant funding will support Southern Colorado projects.

By Shanna Lewis

Pueblo steel mill faces lawsuits over allegedly stopping shipments of train track rails
BNSF says the Rocky Mountain Steel Mill in Pueblo stopped shipping rails for train tracks this fall.

By Shanna Lewis

Largest wildlife overpass in North America now ready for use by elk and other critters in Douglas County
The 200-foot-wide Greenland Wildlife Overpass offers a safe crossing for a variety of animals and connects nearly 40,000 acres of habitat on both sides of I-25.

By Shanna Lewis

Chairlift at Cuchara Mountain Park in Southern Colorado likely to open to the public this winter
After years of fundraising and volunteer work, the refurbished Chair 4 at Cuchara Mountain Park in Huerfano County has completed a state-required test.

By Shanna Lewis

Realtors in Colorado Springs say home buyers are starting to see lower home prices
“In today’s high-inventory market, well-priced and move-in-ready homes sell quickly, while overpriced or outdated properties linger.”

By Shanna Lewis

More than half the water use in the Rio Grande River Basin is unsustainable
Researchers say Colorado lost 18 percent of its farmland in the Rio Grande Basin between 2000 and 2019

By Shanna Lewis

The search to identify underground resources is often done from the sky. Here’s how that scientific magic happens
The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals

By Shanna Lewis
