Downtown Colorado Springs was bursting with excitement Sunday as global media leader, philanthropist, producer, and actress Oprah Winfrey addressed Colorado College’s graduating class. Winfrey emphatically told the 571 graduates that life is about decisions, emphasizing the choice to be of service to those around you.

High snowpack levels across the state are expected to considerably increase the flow in Colorado’s streams and reservoirs this summer. Karl Wetlaufer is a hydrologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The town of La Veta is installing a state-of-the-art warning system to get ahead of inevitable flooding on the Spring Fire burn scar. Five gauges have been installed on the edge of the burn scar. Two others are on the Cucharas River. Each tracks the presence of water, including depth and velocity.

Ansel Adams is known for his iconic black and white photographs of Yosemite National Park and of Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II, among other work.

The Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy has a spectacular presence both up close and from a distance. Seventeen gleaming aluminum spires reflect the sun and the sky, shining panels of stained glass cast a purple glow on the tile floor. Sound fills the space, creating a soul-stirring acoustic experience.

DENVER — Recent figures show snowpack across Colorado is up by almost half after late-winter, early-spring storms. The U.S. Drought Monitor report shows nearly 5 inches of precipitation fell in some parts of the region in March.

The City of Colorado Springs is working to clean up downed limbs and trees from the blizzard last week, with a rough cost estimate to remove and replant the damaged trees reaching as much as a quarter of a million dollars.  The city’s forestry department worked to remove trees and debris, or slash, from roads

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El Paso County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday in favor becoming a Second Amendment Preservation County. It’s just the latest of several other counties across the state speaking out against a so-called red flag bill currently in the legislature.

A growing number of Colorado counties have declared themselves as Second Amendment sanctuaries in response to a so-called red flag bill making its way through the state Legislature. Custer, Fremont, Montezuma, Otero and Weld counties have said they would not enforce the legislation should it become law.

Starting in the late 80s, rainbow trout in Colorado began dying off because of a parasite that causes whirling disease. By 1997, wild rainbows in the state had all but vanished.

The Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is 100 years old this year. It began in the former home of philanthropists Julie and Spencer Penrose in 1919 as the Broadmoor Art Academy.

The Environmental Protection Agency released an action plan Thursday regarding potentially toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The chemicals have been detected in drinking water in Security, Widefield, and Fountain, among other locations across the country.

Public libraries are a place to find answers—maybe for a research question or a book recommendation. But they’re increasingly places where people seek help locating social services, benefits and housing. And to better meet those needs, libraries across the country are adding social workers to their payroll.

As the partial government shutdown continues, it’s clear that communities and individuals across the country are being affected. That includes southern Colorado and Colorado Springs. Dr. Tatiana Bailey, director of the UCCS Economic Forum, came to 91.5 KRCC to discuss the local implications of the shutdown both now and in the long-term.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump proposed a deal to congressional Democrats that would, among other items, protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for three years in exchange for $5.7 billion to fund the border wall.

Since the partial government shutdown began last month, almost a fifth of the unemployment claims filed in Colorado have been from federal workers. Data from the state Department of Labor and Employment shows that more than 2,300 federal workers have filed unemployment claims as of January 17th.