
‘Ask A Gardener’ About Your Summer Plants
Summer is here and so are the joys, and woes, of gardening.

By Shanna Lewis

How National Forest Recreation Planning Got Its Start In Southern Colorado 100 Years Ago
A century ago the U.S. Forest Service’s first landscape architect argued for protecting wilderness, but that didn’t stop him from also making it easier to drive into the nation’s forests.

By Shanna Lewis



Shortening The Distance: Walsenburg Historian Reflects On The Great Depression And Today’s Pandemic
With all that’s going on in the world right now, we wondered what life experience and family history might be able to tell us.

By Shanna Lewis

How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Life in Bergamo, Italy, Pueblo’s Sister City
Italy has been a hot spot in the worldwide pandemic.

By Shanna Lewis

“At The Edge Of The Map”
Colorado Mountaineer Christine Boskoff climbed more of the world’s tallest peaks than any other American woman – a record that still stands. A new book tells her story.

By Shanna Lewis

How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Life in Bergamo, Italy, Pueblo’s Sister City
Italy has been a hot spot in the worldwide pandemic. One of the hardest hit cities is Bergamo, which happens to be the sister city to Pueblo, Colorado. Producer Shanna Lewis spoke with a man who lives in Bergamo, to get a better understanding of what’s happening.

By Shanna Lewis

Once Listed In Green Book, Pueblo’s Coronado Motel Gains National Historic Status
The 1940s Coronado Motel in south Pueblo was included in the Negro Traveler’s Green Book and is now in the National Register of Historic Places.

By Shanna Lewis

Temple Grandin’s Tips For Staying At Home
What should parents of children with autism keep in mind during the stay at home order?


Nightly Beacons Of Light As #PuebloShines
Amid a statewide stay-at-home order, beacons of light are shining at night in Pueblo.  Pueblo firefighters, law enforcement officers and families are pointing lights toward the sky each night, and […]

By Shanna Lewis

How One Of Colorado’s Worst Natural Disasters Reshaped Pueblo
In June 1921, days of heavy rains combined with mountain snowmelt to catastrophic results.

By Shanna Lewis

Boomtimes And Long Declines Shadow Pueblo’s Most Iconic Industry
Steel has been part of the city’s soul almost since its incorporation 150 years ago.

By Shanna Lewis

Colorado Elected The Nation’s First Female Lawmakers. Here’s What One Of Them Accomplished
In the late 1890s, Pueblo Rep. Carrie Clyde Holly was one of the first three women elected to the state’s legislature.

By Shanna Lewis

Lost Glory: The Story Of Pueblo’s Once-Great Mineral Palace
The Gilded Age edifice aimed to display “everything of interest or value belonging to mineral kingdom,” presided over by two unique local divinities.

By Shanna Lewis

From The Tricolour To The Lone Star, Why Are There So Many Flags On Pueblo’s Seal?
The city of Pueblo packs a lot of history into its official seal.

By Shanna Lewis
