- It's more complicated than usual to get critical information to people who live the near the Colorado Smelter Superfund site in south Pueblo.
- It’s a place where you might learn how to be a better battlefield surgeon, drink craft beer, buy an ambulance or hang out dressed in a Catwoman outfit.
- From big names to indie bands -- and more: a few suggestions to get your summer off to a musical start.
- Denver Botanic Gardens rounds up largest outdoor exhibit of Deborah Butterfield’s popular horse sculptures.
- Work on the first phase of rebuilding the Arkansas River levee in Pueblo is complete, and the conservancy district that oversees the levee is starting to at potential recreational opportunities as they plan the rest of the repairs. In addition to a new pedestrian walkway on the top of the levee, the district is considering
- Francine Mathews gets inside the head of James Bond's creator in her new book, "Too Bad To Die."
- One-hundred years ago, the Rockefeller family used the YMCA to form a more perfect worker for their southern Colorado coal mines.
- Repair work on the Arkansas River levee in Pueblo is destroying the world’s largest mural. KRCC’s Shanna Lewis reports on the discussion about repainting it. The Pueblo Conservancy District board oversees the levee. It’s preparing guidelines to cover design, approval, and maintenance for new artwork.
- Kevin Sloan’s paintings place birds in in a fantastical, but real contemporary world.
- A Dakota Valley Elementary School janitor is among the top 10 finalists for Janitor of the Year.
- CU Boulder professor Patty Limerick says being a fool is a good thing -- and society could use a few more of them.
- The adjoining towns of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff have been certified as the state’s first “International Dark Sky” community by the International Dark Sky Association. It’s a recognition of their commitment to keep night sky dark by reducing upward shining light. The two towns applied jointly and became the ninth community in the world to receive the designation.
- The International Dark Sky Association certified the neighboring towns of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff in southern Colorado’s Wet Mountain Valley as the world’s ninth Dark Sky Community. KRCC’s Shanna Lewis reports. Stars stretch from horizon to horizon on a clear night in the Wet Mountain Valley.
- Tasmania and Madagascar were once considered as potential Jewish homelands, says a University of Denver professor.
- Colorado musician puts a new spin on famous and not-so-famous folk tunes.
- Two Colorado towns are fighting light pollution and hoping to receive an "International Dark Sky" designation for their efforts to preserve the view of the night sky.
