Following the devastation from Waldo Canyon Fire in 2012, the Rocky Mountain Field Institute (RMFI) is beginning a two year public planning process to reimagine the future of the area. Last year, RMFI received a $45,000 State Trails Planning Grant to initiate the process.

Conservation groups are planning to buy a ranch near Trinidad that includes the landmark Fisher’s Peak. The $25.5 million acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of February with a goal of eventually allowing public access to the land.

Drivers of electric vehicles will soon have 33 additional sites to charge their vehicles in Colorado. The sites will be placed along six major transportation corridors. There are 15,000 electric vehicles or EV’s registered in Colorado.

The Colorado Springs-based North American Aerospace Defense Command–or NORAD–has officially begun tracking Santa Claus for this holiday season. Using the same technology in place to defend our continent, for 63 years NORAD and its predecessor have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve journey around the world to deliver presents.

Colorado Springs has had a record number of traffic fatalities this year. To date, 47 people have died in crashes on city roads: 12 pedestrians, 4 bicyclists, 23 in vehicles and 8 motorcyclists.

An archaeological dig in Garden of the Gods Park has uncovered artifacts linked directly to Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer. To find the items, archaeologists are literally digging through General Palmer’s trash. They’ve uncovered broken ceramics, oyster shells, fish bones and glass bottles from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Colorado Springs has held several public town halls regarding the city’s Homelessness Action Plan for the coming year. The next meeting is Thursday, November 15. Andy Phelps, the city’s Homelessness Prevention and Response Coordinator, put the plan together. 91.5 KRCC’s Abigail Beckman sat down with Phelps to discuss the feedback he’s heard so far.

Veterans Day is Sunday, and all this week we’re hearing stories from Colorado veterans who participated in StoryCorps’ Military Voices Initiative in Colorado Springs earlier this year.   Isaac Pazoa was deployed to Afghanistan while his wife Hannah Bowen was pregnant.

Ballots are out and drop-off locations and polling centers are open for the 2018 mid-term election. For many voters in Colorado, the ballot is a long one.

The effects of the current drought in Colorado are hard to miss—water levels are down in rivers and reservoirs. Hay prices skyrocketed over the summer. Wildfires have been fueled by dry conditions and a lack of moisture. But the drought has also caused problems for pollinators, specifically, honeybees.

The economic outlook for Colorado Springs and El Paso County continues to be positive. According to a forecast by Dr.

For a few hours on Sunday, October 7th, vehicles were not allowed Garden of the Gods. A gloomy, crisp morning didn’t keep people away from the park’s second so-called Motorless Morning. Bikers, runners and walkers roamed freely throughout the park, appreciating the landscape and the wildlife—and no one seemed to miss the traffic.

This Sunday morning, Garden of the Gods will once again be closed to vehicles.

The National Park Service is donating more funds to preserve, restore and increase education about Japanese American internment camps scattered across the U.S.  Most of them are in the West.  The funds total $1.5 million and are part of the agency’s Japanese American Confinement Sites grant program.

A new campaign aimed at reducing the stigma surrounding men’s mental health is underway in El Paso County. The initiative is called Man Therapy and it uses humor to cut through what experts say is a tendency among men to avoid seeking help.

The city of Colorado Springs is trying to figure out how to manage the large number of deer living within city limits. Frank McGee is the area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. He is also a member of the city’s Urban Deer Task Force.