- It’s the latest in a string of changes to Colorado school mascots deemed offensive to Indigenous tribes.
- The Colorado Springs City Council is set to vote on a new $2.7 million program to clean trash from city rights of way — and they’d like to employ people transitioning out of homelessness to do it.
- A total of 8,393 people submitted applications to be part of the academy’s class of 2026. That's down 20 percent from pre-pandemic levels.
- The lawsuit alleges that the addictive nature of Facebook led “to body dysmorphia, eating disorder, self-harm, severe anxiety, depression,” among other health effects.
- The visitor center marks the final of five major civic investment projects in Colorado Springs dubbed the “City for Champions” initiative.
- Such bites are rare — Colorado Springs' fire department responds to such calls only once or twice a year.
- Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper asked Air Force leaders to extend "forever chemicals" cleanup programs to Peterson Space Force and Willow Springs Pond.
- This month, Colorado Springs marks 10 years since the Waldo Canyon Fire destroyed 347 homes and killed two people on the northwest side of the city. Officials say their firefighting and mitigation capabilities are much better now than they were then.
- Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family is at the center of one of the most polarizing political debates in the country. As the U.S. prepares for a ruling on Roe v. Wade — a key abortion rights law — the group is reassessing its place in the fight.
- The Government Accountability Office found the process that sent the Command to Alabama didn’t follow best practices.
- “I always get teared up when I tell a family member, ‘It's our honor to welcome your loved one home to the Air Force Academy,’” Mortuary Officer Janet Edwards said. “They don't expect it, but it is true.”
- 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.
