As the West reckons with drought, one artist is looking at the past, present and future of El Paso County’s Monument Creek
It’s a project the artist hopes can cut through polarized conversations as the state’s second-largest city examines its water resources in an increasingly arid West.
Want to go to the moon? For space startups, the first step just might be in Colorado
There are about 500 companies focused on the space industry in Colorado. Now a new frontier in space startups is opening up, the new way to the moon.
At Air Force Academy commencement, Biden urges cadets to prepare for a ‘change in the character of conflict itself’
Biden’s address noted the class of 2023 is the most diverse in the institution’s history. “(That diversity) is why we’re strong, that’s why we’re who we are, that’s why we’ll never give up.
After bravely protecting her eggs from hail, a Boulder osprey hatches a new chick
Mom and chick are real busy … eating.
Charges against Black ranchers in Yoder have been dismissed
The Yoder case — a story of back-and-forth accusations of stalking, racism and harassment — became national news earlier this year.
There’s a big fight in Pueblo over who should lead, a city manager or a mayor
Opponents of the city’s form of government say their effort to put the question of who should run Pueblo back to voters was stymied by bad information they got from city officials.
Demolition on the Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs will begin this summer
The plant stopped burning coal in the summer of 2021 as part of an effort to move toward using cleaner sources of electricity.
Some Pueblo residents want to ditch the city’s strong mayor system. But a failed effort to get their initiative on the ballot was complicated
Petitioners say they were told the wrong number of signatures they needed to collect, as well as the wrong due date to turn them in.
April 14, 2023: Where is the war in Ukraine headed? We ask foreign policy experts in Colorado Springs
When Russia invaded Ukraine, many thought the war would only last a few days. Now, just over a year later, there’s no end in sight, and the role of outside influencers, like China, is evolving. This week, the World Affairs Council in Colorado Springs gathered experts to offer context. CPR’s Southern Colorado Reporter Dan Boyce moderated the discussion.
Arapahoe County votes down moratorium on Lowry oil and gas drilling project
The decision allows for new fossil fuel development at a former bombing range east of Aurora.
Construction students in Trinidad are fixing up blighted homes. Hands-on training and helping their community is the payoff
At Trinidad State College in Southern Colorado, students are getting paid to learn a trade — renovating rundown homes. Proponents say the program could help alleviate the affordable housing issues found all over the state. But it’s not that easy.
A new survey shows sexual assault is increasing at the Air Force Academy
The anonymous survey comes 20 years after a scandal rocke
Club Q shooting: Judge won’t release surveillance video of attack to the public
The shooting on Nov. 19 left five people dead and many others wounded.
Downtown Colorado Springs has grown over the last few years. Now, officials say more development is on the horizon
An annual report from a trade group representing downtown Colorado Springs is touting a strong post-pandemic recovery for the city’s core, with signs of accelerating development in the years to come.
20 years after a national scandal, the U.S. Air Force Academy is still dealing with rising sexual assault rates
Twenty years after the black mark left by the Air Force Academy’s sexual assault scandal, the problem only looks to be getting worse. But there are efforts underway to help solve it.
Colorado Springs crime has fallen since 2010, even as total crime in the state is up a lot
The decrease in crime in the state’s second-largest city since 2010 coincides with a sharp rise in spending for the city’s police department, the report’s authors say.
