Shanna Lewis (she/her/hers) joined KRCC in 2021 as the Growth/General Assignment Reporter.
Professional Background:
Shanna joined KRCC after 15 years as an independent Southern Colorado based radio producer, journalist and photographer, regularly contributing to KRCC and CPR News, as well as NPR. Her freelance print and photography have been featured on NationalGeographic.com, The Denver Post, The National Post (Canada), High Country News, U.S. News and World Report and other publications. Shanna served on the board of directors for KLZR 91.7 FM, a community radio station in rural Colorado, for 15 years. She’s contributed to and collaborated on numerous award-winning broadcast, online and multimedia projects and is the recipient of multiple awards for reporting and photography.
Five council members had informally chosen Stephannie Fortune back in December, but there were not enough votes in a Monday special session to appoint the candidate.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s soil clean ups of contaminants around nearly 1800 residences in the south Pueblo site is expected to end later in 2022, but a massive slag pile still needs to be addressed.
City Council unanimously approved the preliminary rezoning plan that would add more than 850 new residences, along with additional commercial, retail and open spaces.
More than 7,000 children in Pueblo County earned $100 each for reading this summer. There was a rocky start for some kids, but a stellar finish for many of them.
It looks like some 10,000 people might have ambulance service again in five southern Colorado communities early next year, as voters in Fremont County look toward approving a measure aimed at restoring it.
Many of the buildings receiving the funds house small businesses owned by economically or socially disadvantaged people — including Colorado's oldest family run business, the R&R market in San Luis.
An installation titled "Unsilenced: Indigenous Enslavement in Southern Colorado" is part of a larger Borderlands project at History Colorado’s Southern Colorado museums.