- A grass fire near the 6700 block of Ackerman Drive in Colorado Springs started around noon.
- A federal Department of Defense report has found that former President Donald Trump’s decision to move the Space Command Headquarters from Colorado to Alabama was “reasonable.” But Colorado lawmakers say another report due out soon may still turn up flaws in the process.
- As for the noticeable tan haze in the sky, a meteorologist says it’s largely composed of dust from northwest New Mexico.
- Some new ideas include using tax rebates to spur new development and keep rents low so Colorado Springs doesn't lose workers essential to making the city tick: teachers, firefighters, police officers and others.
- Despite being a fourth-generation Coloradan, 75-year-old Karen Michalak of Elizabeth, Colorado, still wasn’t sure exactly what the fossil beds were when she recently wrote in for our series Colorado Wonders.
- The homes planned for the new project in Fairplay are available solely to applicants working at least 32 hours a week within Park County, with priority given to local educators, law enforcement, first responders and municipal workers.
- We met Jim McKinney last year as he was living in a hole he dug as he was trying to build his house. High building costs have kept him in the hole this winter as he tries to complete his new home.
- Median home prices in the greater Denver Metropolitan Area shot up $35,000 in a single month, up to $575,000. In the Pikes Peak region, prices were up to $465,000.
- The Pueblo chemical depot has been destroying hundreds of thousands of World War II-era chemical weapons since 2016. It’s now heading into its final stages, where it starts intentionally blowing up much of the remaining stockpile in a controlled isolation chamber.
- The results also suggest broad and growing support for policies promoting environmental stewardship and those increasing protections for and access to public lands.
- Oundjian says the symphony needs to balance classical music traditions with the evolution necessary to remain relevant.
- Colorado Springs City Council voted Tuesday to increase the size of a downtown district where it's illegal to sit or lie down in public rights of way.
- In addition to the $2.975 million the city will pay, it has also agreed to several reforms in the police department, including annual anti-bias training for officers.
- Flight simulators are not new to the academy grounds, though in the past their use was focused on teaching cadets the basic principles of flying aircraft.
- They're still setting new records, and one expert says it might be a decade before housing prices cool off along the Front Range.
- Potential residents will be nominated from human services organizations in Colorado Springs. Initial leases will last for two years to allow tenants to adjust to adult responsibilities and process trauma.
