Popular trail gets touch-up
Rocky Mountain Field Institute teamed up with volunteers from Colorado College to tackle problems along Barr Trail, in Manitou Springs. Barr Trail is…
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Could athlete endorsements make children fat?
Is Peyton Manning, the professional NFL quarterback and namesake of a children’s hospital, responsible for making children fat? A new study in…
Continue ReadingFeds to let states pay to open parks
The Obama administration says it will allow states to use their own money to reopen some national parks that have been closed because of the…
Continue ReadingFamily: Vail misled officials about fatal slide
The family of a teen killed in an avalanche at Vail Mountain last year says there is “substantial evidence” that employees have given…
Continue ReadingMan accused of stealing cemetery flower urns
A Grand Junction man is accused of stealing $9,000 worth of flower urns from a cemetery, many of them from the graves of veterans. A judge ordered…
Continue ReadingColo. shooting lawyers argue about tech testimony
Colorado theater shooting defendant James Holmes is returning to court as his lawyers challenge possible trial testimony about computer analysis and…
Continue ReadingEx-soldier pleads guilty in infant stepson’s death
A former Fort Carson soldier will serve 32 years in prison after pleading guilty in the death of his 10-month-old stepson. Zachary Ryan Doggett…
Continue ReadingS. Korea cuts off beef imports from Colo. plant
South Korea has cut off beef imports from a Colorado meat-packing plant after finding a controversial growth enhancer in the meat. KUNC reports that…
Continue ReadingSalvaging roadkill for the dinner table could be a mouse click away
Montana officials want to make salvaging roadkill for the dinner table as easy as a mouse click. State officials plan to let drivers who accidentally…
Continue ReadingManitou leaders collect ideas to prevent future flood damage
Manitou Springs leaders collected ideas from flood experts on how to prevent future flood damage. The town was hit hard by floodwaters over the…
Continue ReadingStormwater battle in Colorado Springs
The waters are turbulent between Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach and the Pikes Peak Regional Stormwater Task Force. Mayor Steve Bach introduced his…
Continue ReadingLeaders disagree over stormwater solutions
The Colorado Springs mayor, city council and El Paso County commissioners disagree on how to fix problems with southern Colorado’s stormwater,…
Continue ReadingBurglary arrests bring relief to Black Forest merchants
Merchants in Black Forest and Cimarron Hills are breathing easier after authorities arrested two people suspected in a series of burglaries.…
Continue ReadingParental rights vs. child welfare examined
In a battle between parental rights and patient welfare, parents have rights over their children — to an extent. Mary Ann Cutter, a philosophy…
Continue ReadingKitchen fires cause the most home fires every year
Firefighters go out on 50,000 calls per year between 21 fire stations in Colorado Springs. The leading cause of fires in the city and around the U.S.…
Continue ReadingPueblo County OKs 10 recreational pot shops
Pueblo County officials have agreed to allow recreational marijuana sales next year, but to cap the number of dispensaries at 10. The Pueblo…
Continue ReadingFamily renews pleas for answers one year after daughter’s disappearance
It has been one year since loved ones have heard from Kara Nichols. The then 19-year-old left her home in Colorado Springs on Oct. 9, 2012 for a…
Continue ReadingBeloved pet clinic returns to Black Forest
A popular veterinary clinic for 30 years in Black Forest has recovered from a wildfire and working in a temporary clinic to reopen in a new location.…
Continue ReadingHolmes jury selection, trial may take 8 months
The judge in the Colorado theater shooting case says it could take up to three months to pick a jury and up to five months to conduct the trial of…
Continue ReadingAir Force To Resume Athletic Competitions
The Academy is awaiting written final Department of Defense guidance, however, we have been advised that all Air Force Academy intercollegiate…
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