
Pueblo Memorial Airport looks to win back lost business with new jet service to Denver
The 300 to 50-seat passenger jets flown by Pueblo’s new carrier, Denver Air Connection, will replace the nine passenger prop planes currently in service. That means more reliability and improved ADA accessibility.

By Shanna Lewis

Progress on a 70-year-old promise to pipe clean drinking water to southeastern Colorado
A billion-dollar project to build a pipeline snakes its way east from near Pueblo toward Lamar. It’s the Arkansas Valley Conduit.

By Shanna Lewis

After years of complaints over high electric bills, Pueblo voters will weigh in on replacing Black Hills Energy
The ballot measure and a recent feasibility study are in response to “ongoing community concerns about high electric rates, limited local oversight and a strong desire for change from the local community,”

By Shanna Lewis

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs remembers two long time residents, a giraffe and a gorilla
Two animals born at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs were euthanized earlier this month due to age-related declines in health.

By Shanna Lewis

Wine made in Southern Colorado is on the menu at Yellowstone National Park this year, a first for the state’s wine industry
Eight locations at the park will serve merlot, syrah, along with a red blend called The Theurgist produced at The Winery at the Holy Cross Abbey in Cañon City.

By Shanna Lewis

Snowpack is below average in Southern Colorado so far this season
The snowpack in the Upper Rio Grande River Basin in the San Luis Valley is currently at 63 percent of normal, while the Arkansas River Basin stands at 72 percent.

By Shanna Lewis

Voters to decide on fate of controversial Colorado Springs annexation. Some see it as a referendum on growth
Petitioners opposed to the project gathered enough signatures to force council to either repeal the approval or send it to the citizens to decide as a ballot issue.

By Shanna Lewis

Southeastern Colorado counties want more transparency on proposed federal electric transmission project
The project is aimed at improving power reliability and meeting future demand. The Southwestern Grid Connector would run south through Colorado’s eastern plains into Oklahoma and New Mexico.

By Shanna Lewis

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

By Shanna Lewis

Despite public safety concerns, effort to allow more ADUs or secondary housing spaces in Colorado Springs moves forward
Colorado Springs City Council voted Tuesday to expand the opportunity to build accessory dwelling units, known as ADUs, on residential properties throughout the city.

By Shanna Lewis

The great American Dust Bowl novel inspired by a woman’s childhood on a dryland farm in Southeastern Colorado
Did her contemporary, John Steinbeck, steal her spotlight?

By Shanna Lewis

Petitioners force Colorado Springs city council to reconsider controversial land annexation near Space Force base
Council will have to decide city to either repeal the annexation or hold a special election on June 17 to let voters decide if it should stand.

By Shanna Lewis

Cuchara Mountain Park’s chairlift could be ready for next ski season, meanwhile locals worry about private development
Recent grants from state and federal agencies totaling $545,000 are flowing to Cuchara Mountain Park.

By Shanna Lewis

Former baggage building at historic Union Depot in Pueblo could become a new passenger rail station
It could eventually be part of a potential expansion of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief long distance passenger line and the proposed Front Range Passenger Rail project.

By Shanna Lewis

A faulty weld likely caused the fatal train derailment near Pueblo in 2023
A broken rail had been welded back together nearly five months before the accident. That repair failed when the BNSF coal train crossed over it.

By Shanna Lewis

Rio Grande Library Initiative aims to preserve and showcase the water, land and cultural history of the San Luis Valley
They want to gather and digitize all kinds of materials ranging from photographs and books to maps and legal documents for this Rio Grande Library.

By Shanna Lewis