
A Master Gardener Shares 5 Tips To Prepare Your Garden For Winter, And More
Loni Gaudet answered Colorado Matters listener questions, including caring for cacti and preparing for winter.

By Shanna Lewis

Colorado State Fair Proves Successful Despite Dip In Attendance
More than 444,000 people attended this year’s Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, which ended on Labor Day.

By Shanna Lewis

How Maurice Rose Became Known As The ‘Immaculate Killer Of Nazis’ And Redefined WWII Tank Warfare
Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose dropped out of school at age 16 and withstood anti-Semitism to achieve a remarkable military career.

By Shanna Lewis

Happy Colorado Day! Here Are The Stories Behind Our State Bird, Dance And Fossil
Not all state symbols are as obvious as the bighorn sheep and columbine flower.

By Shanna Lewis

Those Deadly Destroying Angel Mushrooms In Aurora Were Found By Man Named Lazarus
Toxic mushrooms never seen in metro area before were collected by amateur forager.

By Shanna Lewis

Those Deadly Destroying Angel Mushrooms In Aurora Were Found By Man Named Lazarus
Toxic mushrooms never seen in metro area before were collected by amateur forager.

By Shanna Lewis

That Time We Met A Mermaid From Pueblo. No, Really. True Story
Meet Pixy Wright, the founder of Pueblo’s Mermaid Lagoon, where she’s known as Queen Ary.

By Shanna Lewis

The Holy Grail Of Baseball Cards Will Be At History Colorado For 3 Days Only
The mint condition, perfect 10 Mickey Mantle card will be on display only from July 16-18.

By Shanna Lewis

After Hikers Found Human Remains, A Historical Forensic Murder Mystery Began
The remains found in Chaffee County years ago belonged to a suspicious death, but not a contemporary one.

By Shanna Lewis

5 Ways To Master Your Colorado Summer Garden, From Testing Soil To Battling Beetles
Hot temperatures, changing weather and new invasive species aren’t making gardening any easier for veterans or for newbies.

By Shanna Lewis

What You’ll Find At All Four Corners Of Colorado, Not Just At The Monument
How to travel to all four of Colorado’s corners and the stories and people you’ll find there.

By Shanna Lewis

Nick Arvin Sets His Latest Novel In A Little-Known Period Of US History: The War Of 1812
“Mad Boy” follows the insane quest of 10-year-old Henry Phipps after a cow falls through a roof and kills his mother.

By Shanna Lewis

This Double Amputee Woman Did The Manitou Incline, And She’s Coming Back For More
Mandy Horvath had both legs amputated following an accident four years ago, but that hasn’t slowed her down.

By Shanna Lewis

Mike The Headless Chicken Lives On, And On, At This Unusual Fruita Festival
The 20th annual Mike The Headless Chicken Festival is Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2, in Fruita, the chicken’s hometown.

By Shanna Lewis

This Violent 1920s Bank Robbery In Lamar Made Forensics History
To track down a gang that killed four people and stole what would be worth more than $3 million today, the investigators tried a relatively new technique: matching fingerprints.

By Shanna Lewis

Mandy Brown Visited Pueblo Library To Beat The Heat, And Escaped Homelessness Too
The Pueblo Library system’s work with the community won them the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Services.

By Shanna Lewis