- This month on Air Check, Sub Pop alumna Sera Cahoone hangs out with Vicky and performs a couple of songs, John Bueno from Pueblo’s Pulp magazine chats with The Brightest Quasar over a cup of coffee, local producer Bill Douglass talks about working with Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan, and Hannah Fleming explores the many
- April’s episode of Air Check announces NPR’s Tiny Desk Series move to Colorado Springs–just kidding. But it does bring Colorado Springs musician and Alex Koshak back from a tour with Esme Patterson, where they performed at the real Tiny Desk in NPR’s headquarters in Washington D.C.
- In the last 6 months, Colorado Springs said goodbye to several beloved DIY spaces. Among them was Flux Capacitor, a warehouse venue that hosted hundreds of shows in its two-year lifespan, which was shut down in December for fire code violations.
- On this episode of Air Check Jake talks with local photographer Larry Hulst about the decades of photographs that he has taken of Rock n Roll icons; L.A.
- The U.S Geological Survey says the High Plains Aquifer, also known as the Ogallala, is losing groundwater likely due to increased groundwater pumping. The USGS released a report detailing an 8% decline between the years of 1950 and 2011. The overall average water-level declined about 15.4 feet.
- Four Denver police officers were hit by a car while watching a high school demonstration protesting last week’s grand jury verdict in Ferguson. The decision not to charge Officer Darren Wilson sparked demonstrations across the country, including in Colorado Springs.
- Governor John Hickenlooper visited Las Animas today to recognize the first year anniversary of the Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community. KRCC’s Hannah Fleming reports. The former prison and Veteran’s Affairs hospital in Bent County was repurposed to provide mental and health care services, as well as vocational training for homeless individuals.