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December 4, 2007

Should Health Insurance Be Mandatory?
December 4, 2007 6:02 PM

We're continuing our look at some of the proposed Health Care reforms that could be enacted in the upcoming legislative session. This time, we'll hear about the so-called "individual mandate," that's where everyone in Colorado would be required to have health insurance, or face some kind of penalty, probably on their taxes. Ryan Warner of Colorado Public Radio talks the concept over with Len Nichols, Health policy director at the Washington, D.C. - based New America foundation, and Kelly Shanahan, policy director at the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative.

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November 15, 2007

Lawmakers Set Legislative Priorities, Elect New Senate President
November 15, 2007 5:50 PM


New Senate President Peter Groff, D-Denver

A bi-partisan group of state lawmakers has unveiled the bills that will get top priority in the upcoming legislative session. And, Democrats unanimously elected Peter Groff Colorado's first African-American Senate President. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

Legislative Priorities [LISTEN]

New Senate President [LISTEN]

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October 29, 2007

Ghouls In Running Shoes - The 13th Annual Emma Crawford Memorial Coffin Races
October 29, 2007 7:16 AM

From fleet-footed hillbillies to fat Elvi, there was a plethora of the paranormal in Manitou Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007.

And that's the way they like it.

[LISTEN (if you dare)] [SLIDESHOW]

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October 24, 2007

WW II Photos, Art on Display in Pueblo
October 24, 2007 6:08 PM

Pueblo photographer Walter Beck was a aerial photographer with the 20th Combat Mapping Squadron based at Peterson Field. The war took him all over the South Pacific, where he took lots of unofficial photos of men at war, the machines they flew, and the colorful, often risque art with which they decorated them. Beck died in 1989, but his daughter, Analee has organized some of his war photo collection into a display at the Southeastern Colorado Heritage Center in Pueblo. KRCC's Michelle Mercer visited the exhibit with Analee Beck.

[LISTEN] [SLIDESHOW]

Visit the Southeastern Colorado Heritage Center's website here.

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October 19, 2007

Local News Round-Up for Fri., Oct. 19, 2007
October 19, 2007 5:04 PM




State Senator Ron May

Springs Senator Ron May Resigns - Bruce to Statehouse?

Accused Springs Cop Killer Asks for Venue Change

State Unemployment Rate Ticks Up Slightly

Bones From Pueblo Frontier Days Found in Vermont

Sewage Spill at Camp for Gas Workers

CU President Brown's "Ghetto" Comment Criticized

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October 18, 2007

New Air Pollution Standards Working?
October 18, 2007 6:37 PM


A new report from the state says it's too soon to tell if air pollution controls for the oil and gas industry are improving air quality. Last year Colorado created statewide emission standards for the industry for the first time. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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July 18, 2007

Springs Fine Arts Center Receives Major Donation
July 18, 2007 10:41 AM

The new addition to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center's building is almost complete. Media got a sneak peak of the new digs, and heard about a major donation to the museum's permanent collection. Noel Black was there for KRCC.

[LISTEN]

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July 6, 2007

Colin Powell Speech
July 6, 2007 4:45 PM

General Colin Powell says the Bush administration has mishandled and misjudged the Iraq war, and the country needs to scale back the number of troops overseas. But Powell defends his decision to help President Bush make the case for invading Iraq. He spoke with PBS's Jim Lehrer at the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival. Bente Birkeland reports from Aspen.

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June 28, 2007

Follow Up: Frontline Features Maj. Thomas Mowle
June 28, 2007 9:02 AM

Earlier in June KRCC ran a series of interivews with Maj. Thomas Mowle, a Ph.D. political science professor at the Air Force Academy. We talked to him about his new book, "Hope Is Not A Plan: The War In Iraq From Inside the Green Zone."

Now, PBS television has released a program online that features Maj. Mowle, as well as Army Col. H.R. McMaster, former commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment when it was stationed at Ft. Carson.

The PBS special is available [HERE]

KRCC's interviews with Maj. Mowle are available [HERE]

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June 8, 2007

"Hope Is Not A Plan," Author Talks About Iraq War From Inside the Green Zone, Part 3
June 8, 2007 7:00 AM

[LISTEN to Part 3 here]

You can listen to part one [HERE].

Part Two is [HERE]

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June 6, 2007

"Hope Is Not A Plan," Author Interview, Part 2
June 6, 2007 7:00 AM

In 2004, Air Force Major Thomas Mowle went to Iraq at the request of a general who wanted "strategic thinkers" to help evaluate decision-making.

Mowle spent a year there and, with five other similarly tasked experts, wrote a book about the expereience called "Hope Is Not A Plan."

Major Mowle is a Ph.D. political science professor at the Air Force Academy, and his book is remarkably canddid for one written by an active duty officer.

[THIS] is the second of a three-part interview with Mowle about his book. Part three airs Friday, you can listen to part one [HERE].

More about the book from its publisher, can be found [HERE]

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May 17, 2007

Sand Creek Massacre Site Wins National Historic Designation
May 17, 2007 5:02 PM


Looking southwest, Sand Creek or Chivington Massacre, 1864.
O. Y. Rookstool
The land where the Sand Creek Massacre took place has become a National Historic Site, 140 years later. It took the cooperation of three tribes, the state, the National Park Service, and Congress. The site--in southeastern Colorado--is where militiamen killed more than 150 members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes in a raid on November 29th, 1864. Steve Brady's ancestors survived the massacre. He represented the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in negotiations. Alexa Roberts is Superintendent of the new site, which will open to the public next month.

Ryan Warner of KCFR in Denver recently spoke to Roberts and Brady for the KCFR program "Colorado Matters."

[LISTEN]

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May 3, 2007

CSU-Pueblo President on Affirmative Action
May 3, 2007 5:41 PM

In 2008, Colorado voters may be faced with a ballot initiative that would amend affirmative action out of the state constitution in 2008. The initiative aims to remove employment, education, and contracting from current affirmative action policy. Colorado Unity, a non-profit and non-partisan organization that defends affirmative action, hosted an open forum at Colorado College May 3rd to talk about affirmative action, panelists included CSU-Pueblo President Joe Garcia, who spoke with KRCC's Eric Whitney.

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April 6, 2007

A Look At The Starr Kempf Retrospective at Smokebrush Gallery in COS
April 6, 2007 5:25 PM

Locals will get a rare opportunity to see the lesser-known works of Starr Kempf at the Smokebrush Gallery through April 15. Noel Black takes us on a preview tour.

[ LISTEN HERE ]

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June 30, 2006

MESA VERDE'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY AS A NATIONAL PARK
June 30, 2006 9:16 AM


archivesMESA VERDE'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY AS A NATIONAL PARK
June 29th was the 100th anniversary of Mesa Verde National Park. KSU''s Joan Zwisler reports on how the event is being celebrated in southwest Colorado. [LISTEN] []


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May 31, 2006

UNSEEN MESA VERDE OPENED FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY
May 31, 2006 9:37 AM


archivesUNSEEN MESA VERDE OPENED FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY
Mesa Verde National Park, near Cortez, is celebrating it's 100th anniversary this year. Part of the ongoing celebrations is opening up rarely seen parts of the park to the public. From KSUT, Four Corners Public Radio, Victor Locke reports. [LISTEN] []


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10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION OBSERVES MEMORIAL DAY
May 31, 2006 9:34 AM


archives10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION OBSERVES MEMORIAL DAY
Ceremonies honoring veterans happened all over Colorado last weekend. One of the most distinctive was held near the summit of Tennessee Pass outside Leadville, where the World War 2 ski troopers of the 10th Mountain Division were remembered. When the war was over, members of the 10th Mountain Division went on to found the ski resorts of Aspen and Vail, and to head the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations. Josh Raulerson was at the ceremony for the Division, which is now based in New York, He says it is currently among the Army's most frequently deployed units. [LISTEN] []


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February 17, 2006

Casey Jones
February 17, 2006 2:43 PM


archivesCASEY JONES
Hal Cannon of the Western Folklife Center looks into the history and musicology behind the rail-themed classic American Song "Casey Jones." [LISTEN] []


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February 15, 2006

What's in A Song: La Llorona
February 15, 2006 10:53 AM


archivesWHAT'S IN A SONG: LA LLORONA
In the second of this five-part series from the Western Folklife Center, New Mexico musician Cipriano Vigil talks about the folk song La Llorona, a tragic tale of childhood death that's also interpreted as a warning against the treachery of marrying outside of one's class. [LISTEN] []


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February 10, 2006

What's in a Song: The Last Letter
February 10, 2006 10:31 AM


archivesWHAT'S IN A SONG: THE LAST LETTER
The first in a five part series from the Western Folklife Center. Bill C. Malone grew up the son of a sharecropper in east Texas. He remembers vividly the family's first radio where he heard sad country songs like this one by Rex Griffin. [LISTEN] []


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February 6, 2006

Grasslands of Eastern Colorado - Part 1
February 6, 2006 11:02 AM


archivesGRASSLANDS OF EASTERN COLORADO - PART 1
The Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, located in western Kansas and eastern Colorado respectively, have released the first land management plan to be promulgated under the new Forest Service planning rules. In the first of two reports, Stephen Raher explains the history of the national grasslands. [LISTEN] []
EXPANDED CONTENT--> More information on the Forest Service's plans for the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands is available online at the Pike and San Isabel National Forest website.


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January 20, 2006

Pike Centennial Kick-Off
January 20, 2006 12:07 PM


archivesPIKE CENTENNIAL KICK-OFF
On Saturday, the Pioneers Museum in Colorado Springs will kick off a year of events and exhibitions for the two-hundredth anniversary of Zeublon Pikes' expedition up the Arkansas River and partially up the mountain that still bears his name. Eric Whitney reports on the museum's plans. [LISTEN] []


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Building Pueblo's Steelworks Museum
January 20, 2006 10:08 AM


archivesBUILDING PUEBLO'S STEELWORKS MUSEUM
Eric Whitney has the story of the Bessemer Historical Society, which is working to preserve and share the history of Colorado Fuel & Iron, once a dominant industrial force in Colorado. [LISTEN] []


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January 11, 2006

Salida Oral History Project
January 11, 2006 5:22 PM


archivesSALIDA ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
Stephen Raher reports on a project by the Salida Public Library to record interviews with longtime residents of the Upper Arkansas Valley about the region's past. [LISTEN] []


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December 22, 2005

Tri-Cultural Christmas
December 22, 2005 4:06 PM


archivesTRI-CULTURAL CHRISTMAS
Next, we visit the oldest Catholic parish in Colorado, Our Lady of Guadelupe in the San Luis Valley. It was established in 1858 and is still a vital part of the largely Hispanic community. Shanna Lewis visited the parish recently for its annual Our Lady Of Guadelupe Festival and brought back this audio portrait. [LISTEN] []

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December 16, 2005

Mesa Verde Anniversary
December 16, 2005 9:58 AM


archivesMESA VERDE ANNIVERSARY
Victor Locke of KSUT reports that 2006 is going to be a big year for one of Colorado's premier national parks. Mesa Verde will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary next year. [LISTEN] []


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September 30, 2005

Commentary: America the Beautiful?
September 30, 2005 4:19 PM


archivesCOMMENTARY: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL?
Commentator Jessica Feis talks about Katherine Lee Bates' famous song and the region that inspired it. [LISTEN] []

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August 16, 2005

De Donde Eres?
August 16, 2005 4:55 PM


archivesDE DONDE ERES?
Eric Whitney reports on the local oral history project De Dónde Eres, sponsored by the Pikes Peak Library District. [LISTEN] []

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August 10, 2005

Commentary: In Praise of the Intentional City
August 10, 2005 11:05 AM


archivesCOMMENTARY: IN PRAISE OF THE INTENTIONAL CITY
Commentator Sylvia Lovely says the future of American cities lies in respecting history while looking ahead to the new economy. [LISTEN] []

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July 30, 2005

Sand Creek Historic Site
July 30, 2005 12:32 PM


archivesSAND CREEK HISTORIC SITE
Eric Whitney visits a historical reenactment that's taking place at Bent's Old Fort this weekend. Many Native Americans and area residents are looking forward to the dedication of the newly-authorized National Historic Site at the location of the Sand Creek Massacre. [LISTEN] []
EXPANDED CONTENT--> Visit the National Park Service's Sand Creek webpage or the Bent's Old Fort webpage. For even more information, check out PBS's Archives of the West. The number for information on this weekend's Santa Fe Trail Encampment is (719) 383-5010.

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July 12, 2005

Meeker's Dream Realized
July 12, 2005 2:22 PM


archivesMEEKER'S DREAM REALIZED
Brian Larson of KUNC reports on Greeley's new local history museum. [LISTEN] []

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June 10, 2005

Backcountry Archaeology
June 10, 2005 11:57 AM


archivesBACKCOUNTRY ARCHAEOLOGY
Shanna Lewis talks to an archaeologist about historical sites in the Wet Mountain Valley. [LISTEN] []

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Remembering Ludlow
June 10, 2005 11:57 AM


archivesREMEMBERING LUDLOW
Last weekend, workers gathered in Ludlow to rededicate the monument to the nineteen people who were killed there in 1914. Stephen Raher was there, talking to union leaders, workers, and politicians. [LISTEN] []

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April 9, 2005

State of the Rockies, Part 3 (Western Mythology)
April 9, 2005 3:43 PM


archivesSTATE OF THE ROCKIES, PART 3 (WESTERN MYTHOLOGY)
Stephen Raher reports from a lecture by Patricia Limerick and Terry Anderson, concerning the myths, legends, and institutions that formed the Rocky Mountain West. [LISTEN] []
EXPANDED CONTENT--> Patricia Limerick is the staff director of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado. Terry Anderson is the Executive Director of the Property and Environment Research Center.

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February 26, 2005

Commentary: Hell in Uniform
February 26, 2005 4:07 PM


archivesCOMMENTARY: HELL IN UNIFORM
COMMENTARY: HELL IN UNIFORM
Dr. Marc Ringel talks about how things have changed-and haven't changed-for soldiers returning from combat. [LISTEN] []

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February 4, 2005

USFS ONE-HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY PART 2
February 4, 2005 11:27 PM


archivesUSFS ONE-HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY PART 2
The second and final part of Tom Banse's series on the one-hundred year history of the Forest Service, talking about the agencies evolution in the modern era.
[LISTEN] []
EXPANDED CONTENT--> On the web:
€U.S. Forest Service centennial
€SDS Lumber
€Sierra Club

Production credits
Special thanks to the Museum of History and Industry for archival tape. Cathy Duchamp edited this series.

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January 29, 2005

One Hundred Years of the USFS
January 29, 2005 12:23 PM


archivesONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE USFS
USFS ONE-HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Tom Banse, of Northwest Public Radio, presents the first of a two-part series on the history of the U.S. Forest Service, which is turning one-hundred years old this year.
[LISTEN] []
EXPANDED CONTENT--> Special thanks to Phil Shallat, Guy Nelson, and Stephanie Shandera for dramatic readings, to Karl Banse for research assistance, and the Museum of History and Industry for archival tape. Cathy Duchamp edited this series.

On the web:

U.S. Forest Service Centennial

Biographer Char Miller, author of Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism

Evolution of the Conservation Movement (a special presentation of the Library of Congress).

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January 25, 2005

HISTORICAL PROSTITUTION
January 25, 2005 5:47 PM


archivesHISTORICAL PROSTITUTION
Eric Whitney talks to Jan MacKell, author of Brothels, Bordellos and Bad Girls: Prostitution in Colorado 1860 through 1930 about prostitution on Colorado Springs' west side. [LISTEN] []

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Yolanda King Interview by Carol Boss
January 25, 2005 5:44 PM


archivesCarol Boss of Good Radio Shows interviews Yolanda King about her father, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [LISTEN]

Read More --> Continue reading "Yolanda King Interview by Carol Boss" »

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