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Colo. camps help kids face challenges of military family life
Kids with a parent who goes to war are connecting in Colorado summer camps.
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Pueblo’s Old Bojon Town Celebrates Heritage; Eligible for Historic District Designation
Part of a small neighborhood near the former Colorado Fuel and Iron steel mill in southeast Pueblo could become a national historic district.
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Pueblo’s Old Bojon Town could become a national historic district
The stories and traditions of the eastern European immigrant steelworkers and their families who lived just north of the mill in Pueblo are one of the reasons the area is historically significant.
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Some historic sites in Colorado may surprise you
Quonset huts, disappearing signs and working-class neighborhoods have histories worth exploring.
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Dog once made Coloradans glad to stop at tollbooth
A new children’s book tells the story of how a stray dog became the mascot of a tollbooth that used to be on the Denver-Boulder Turnpike.
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Moth haters beware: Colorado is getting invaded
Scientists say the annual migration of Miller moths has only just begun and it’s going to be a big one — particularly in northern Colorado.
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Colorado rock and pop fans have plenty of choices this summer
Rolling Stone music writer Steve Knopper previews Colorado’s summer rock and pop concerts.
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Colorado’s Americana music festivals feature fiddles, clarinets, banjos and more
Telluride Bluegrass and RockyGrass are sold out, but there are plenty of other great Americana festivals happening around the state this summer.
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Get jazzed at Colorado music festivals this summer
Traditional, smooth, Latin-style or funk – Colorado jazz aficionados can find a festival to fit every taste. Here are picks from DJ and music columnist Bret Saunders.
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Hickenlooper Signs Southwest Chief Commission Bill
Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill in Pueblo today to create a commission aimed at keeping Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rolling through southern Colorado.
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Amtrak’s Southwest Chief to keep rolling through Colorado for now
Governor John Hickenlooper to sign a bill creating a commission to work with neighboring states on track repairs and other ways to prevent the line from being rerouted.
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Carving gravestones has come a long way since the days of hammers and chisels
Ron Cobb of Norman’s Memorials knows a lot about these fixtures of death. His family has been in the monuments and grave marker business for more than 100 years.
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EPA Proposes Adding Smelter Site to Superfund List
The Environmental Protection Agency last week proposed adding a site in Pueblo to the Superfund priorities list -the federal program aimed at cleaning up hazardous waste sites. Elevated levels of […]
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EPA proposal would add a former smelter in Pueblo to Superfund list
If approved, the site would become one of five properties in the federal program tasked with cleaning up hazardous waste.
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Death cafes on the rise in Colorado
Got a question you are dying to ask about funerals or the afterlife? Just want to chat about death? Kindred spirits gather at Death Cafes.
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Railroad West: Threat of Losing the Chief Could Mean the Return of Passenger Rail to Pueblo
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rolls through parts of Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas following the historic Santa Fe Trail as it travels between Los Angeles and Chicago.
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