Shanna Lewis

Colorado

Journalist, Photographer and Radio Producer at Freelance

Growth Reporter at KRCC-FM (Colorado Springs, CO)

Writer, photographer, radio journalist

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Newsletter - January 15, 2025

Jan 15, 2025 | letstalkhemp.com | Shanna Lewis

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Jim Bishop, Southern Colorado castle builder, dies at 80

Nov 27, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Shanna Lewis

The man who created one of Southern Colorado’s most beloved and quirky attractions has died, according to a social media post. James “Jim” Roland Bishop began building his monumental stone castle high atop a hillside in the forest of the Wet Mountains in 1969 on land in rural Custer County that he purchased 10 years earlier, as a teenager. An ironworker by trade, the Pueblo resident labored on weekends, mostly single-handedly on what was intended to be a small cottage.
These Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico national park sites brought millions of dollars to the region last year

Oct 11, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Shanna Lewis

About 114,000 people visited the National Park Service’s High Plains Group during 2023. The grouping includes Capulin Volcano National Monument in New Mexico, along with Bent's Old Fort, Sand Creek Massacre and Amache National Historic Sites in southeastern Colorado. The park service's Geoff Goins, who's based in New Mexico at Capulin, said the volcano saw most of the action. “For thousands of years, what's brought people to Capulin has been the same thing,” he said.
Colorado's overlooked Hispanic history

Oct 8, 2024 | npr.org | Shanna Lewis

Before it was a state, Colorado was part of Mexico. Evidence of its Mexican roots aren't always obvious unless one knows where to look. October is Hispanic Heritage Month, and let's head now to Colorado. At one time, most of Colorado was part of Mexico, even though today the border is hundreds of miles away. For some Coloradans, that history is still woven into the fabric of life, and others don't know it at all. From member station KRCC, Shanna Lewis reports.
Colorado's overlooked Hispanic history

Oct 8, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Shanna Lewis

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:October is Hispanic Heritage Month, and let's head now to Colorado. At one time, most of Colorado was part of Mexico, even though today the border is hundreds of miles away. For some Coloradans, that history is still woven into the fabric of life, and others don't know it at all. From member station KRCC, Shanna Lewis reports. (SOUNDBITE OF RIVER FLOWING)SHANNA LEWIS, BYLINE: The Arkansas River runs through the city of Pueblo, Colorado.
Colorado's overlooked Hispanic history

Oct 8, 2024 | kosu.org | Shanna Lewis

Before it was a state, Colorado was part of Mexico. Evidence of its Mexican roots aren't always obvious unless one knows where to look.
Colorado's overlooked Hispanic history

Oct 8, 2024 | wesa.fm | Shanna Lewis

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:October is Hispanic Heritage Month, and let's head now to Colorado. At one time, most of Colorado was part of Mexico, even though today the border is hundreds of miles away. For some Coloradans, that history is still woven into the fabric of life, and others don't know it at all. From member station KRCC, Shanna Lewis reports. (SOUNDBITE OF RIVER FLOWING)SHANNA LEWIS, BYLINE: The Arkansas River runs through the city of Pueblo, Colorado.
Colorado's overlooked Hispanic history

Oct 8, 2024 | kuow.org | Shanna Lewis

Before it was a state, Colorado was part of Mexico. Evidence of its Mexican roots aren't always obvious unless one knows where to look.
Tiny specialized bugs may help with the expensive and rising tide of toilet flushes in rural Colorado

Mar 5, 2024 | cpr.org | Shanna Lewis

Hayfields and rugged peaks create a picturesque setting for humming machinery churning up water in three small ponds. These aerators are working to add oxygen to mud-colored wastewater slowly moving through the lagoons. The ponds, or lagoons, are a primary element in the wastewater treatment plant at the edge of Westcliffe, a small town in the Wet Mountain Valley, about an hour west of Pueblo.
A new roundabout on Highway 115 in Penrose will replace current interchange at U.S. Highway 50

Mar 1, 2024 | cpr.org | Shanna Lewis

Construction will soon begin on a new roundabout on U.S. Highway 50 and Highway 115 as part of an effort to provide more safety for motorists driving between Colorado Springs, Cañon City, Pueblo, and other southern Colorado communities. The new roundabout will be on Highway 115 and will intersect with the ramps of U.S. Highway 50, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.