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Roses from Colorado’s WWII Japanese internment camp may bloom again
By Ryan Warner, Colorado Public Radio It was during an archaeological dig that the rosebush was discovered. Bonnie Clark, an archaeologist with the University of Denver, and her team were on-site at Camp Amache when they found the bramble crawling across the remnants of a barracks doorway in 2012. It had survived a dark time […]
Posted inCulture, News
A meticulous restoration of the Air Force Academy’s chapel is taking longer than expected
By Dan Boyce, Colorado Public Radio COLORADO SPRINGS — The Air Force Academy chapel is one of the most distinctive pieces of architecture in Colorado. But few people have caught a glimpse of it for more than a year. That’s because the entire building is undergoing an exhaustive restoration inside a 14-story “cocoon.” And it’s […]
Posted inBusiness, News, Outdoors
Supply chain woes lead to pricey outdoor recreation products
By Sarah Mulholland, Colorado Public Radio There are millions of dollars of camping equipment and apparel stuck on ships sitting in a harbor right now. That’s a big part of the reason the company Kelty — known for its backpacks and sleeping bags — will be raising prices later this month. Problems in the global […]
Posted inGrowth, Housing, News
He bought land in Park County before he could afford to build a home. So, he dug a hole there instead and lives in it.
By Dan Boyce, CPR News If you ask Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw about the housing crisis in his jurisdiction, he’ll describe a picture of extremes. It’s a place where he’ll say it’s nearly impossible to purchase an existing home for under $500,000. It’s one of the costliest regions in the state to build a […]
Posted inClimate, Environment, News
Power companies’ plans to expand wind, solar on Colorado’s Eastern Plains meet local headwinds
By Sam Brasch, CPR News For years, Lacie Harman has watched wind turbines inch closer to her home on Colorado’s Eastern Plains. The white towers now dot the prairie from Limon north to the Wyoming border but have skipped over Washington County, where her family has farmed and ranched for five generations. Harman is trying […]
Posted inEnvironment, News
Where did the wolf pack in northwest Colorado go? Its fate remains a mystery.
By Sam Brasch, CPR News On a hazy July afternoon, wolf expert Karin Vardaman returned to a spring-fed pond in Colorado’s northwestern-most corner. Enough rain had fallen to wet the ground around the watering hole. She tiptoed across the soft earth — careful not to disturb any impressions left by cattle and pronghorn antelope — […]
Posted inCulture, Equity
Colorado Springs’ America the Beautiful Park was once home to dozens of families. Here’s their story.
By Dan Boyce, CPR News America the Beautiful Park in Colorado Springs has a complicated history. Dozens of families, many made up of racial minorities, were gone when the city decided to raze the neighborhood and park there in the 1990s and early 2000s. But for former residents of the Conejos neighborhood in downtown Colorado […]
Posted inNews, Transportation
RTD buses and trains have more passengers — but not enough drivers
By Nathaniel Minor, CPR News Even as some of its vehicles fill with passengers for the first time in more than a year, the Regional Transportation District does not plan to bring back a significant amount of service anytime soon. One big reason is a familiar one for many businesses and services returning from COVID-19 […]
Posted inColoradans, Education, News
After years of calls to correct its whitewashed history, Fort Lewis College is owning up to its Indian boarding school past
By Paolo Zialcita, CPR News The origin of Fort Lewis College in Durango is a dark stain on American education and the state of Colorado. The school’s own leaders have said as much. Once a post-Civil War army post, the land was converted into a federal, off-reservation Native American Boarding School, which forced tribal students […]