Monday News Index

By On February 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Index, KRCC News

State &#8226 Regional &#8226 Colorado Springs/El Paso County &#8226 Other Areas in the KRCC Listening Region



State

    &#8226 Colorado’s coal production is up 10.4 percent from last year due to an improving economy and new international exporting opportunities (Colorado Springs Business Journal).


Regional

    &#8226 The Arkansas Valley conduit project has been approved for funding but will not be started until 2022 (Chieftain).


Colorado Springs/El Paso County


Other Areas in the KRCC Listening Region

    &#8226 The Bureau of Land Management has approved higher fees for various camping sites north of Canon City (KRDO).
    &#8226 Nine nonprofits were awarded a total $4,000 by the Florence Erueka Days organization (Canon City Daily Record).

 
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AP
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Arts & Life

‘Battle Of The Sexes’ Poised To Be A Crowd-Pleaser All Over Again
September 22, 2017 | NPR · Battle of the Sexes tells the story of the 1973 tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King. The event drew an enormous audience and NPR’s Bob Mondello says the movie could too.
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‘Battle Of The Sexes’ Revisits Billie Jean King’s Historic Win Against Bobby Riggs
September 22, 2017 | FA · Emma Stone stars as King in a breezy new film that carries us back to ’73, and the heyday of the women’s lib movement. Critic John Powers says the message of Battle of the Sexes still resonates today.
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20th Century Fox
‘Kingsman’ Sequel: This Time, A Flat ‘Golden Circle’
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Music

Jazz Pianist Harold Mabern Is In Full Command On ‘To Love And Be Loved’
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Courtesy of the artist
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Courtesy of the artist
Amadou & Mariam On World Cafe
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