Starting today, June 20th, almost 300 libraries across the state will offer backpacks for checkout through a new program called “Check Out State Parks.” The backpacks contain a free park pass that gives access to all of the state’s 42 parks.

Statistics show 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted before graduating from college. A recent conference in Colorado Springs brought together higher education representatives from around the country to try and address the issue. Dr. Kimberly Dickman is the sexual assault prevention and response analyst at the United States Air Force Academy.

President Barack Obama spoke Thursday at the Air Force Academy commencement celebration. For many graduates, it was a day they will never forget.  Air Force Academy Superintendent Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson opened the ceremony.

Open seats were scarce at Tuesday’s Colorado Springs City Council meeting as community members crowded in to share their views for the last time before a planned vote on a controversial land swap. Council ultimately approved the deal.

New figures show that obesity rates among Colorado children aged 2 to 4 have dropped in the last three years.  The WIC program, a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, provides food and nutritional counseling to mothers.

A jury has found the Life Care Center of Pueblo and its Tennessee-based parent company negligent in the death of Sophia Alcon. According to Brent Moss, Alcon family attorney, Ms. Alcon, 77, spent several months at the center before her death in 2013.

The statehouse recently voted to commemorate four historical African American army units.  A resolution to designate a portion of Highway 24 in Colorado Springs as the “Buffalo Soldiers Memorial Highway” passed unanimously in the state house and senate along with a recognition of the units’ importance in the state’s early history.

 According to a 2015 survey by a local advocacy group, there are more than 1,000 people experiencing homelessness in Colorado Springs. In the city, a new law that some say targets the homeless has now entered its enforcement phase.

Statistics show that Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the country, and Pueblo County has above average rates in the state.  For one suicide prevention clinic in Pueblo that unexpectedly closed its doors at the end of 2015, economic, technological, and other challenges became insurmountable, leaving some to question the impacts of

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Fire Station 22 in northern Colorado Springs officially opened Monday.  The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at the station against a classic Colorado backdrop, the snowcapped Pikes Peak visible to the west. “Well good morning everybody,” greeted interim Fire Chief Ted Collas, who opened remarks.

Emergency response agencies recently partnered to simulate a blizzard and corresponding crisis conditions in El Paso County.  The exercise was dubbed “Operation Deep Freeze 2016.”  KRCC’s Holly Pretsky visited the command center at the Black Forest fire station and St.

Two different drones will take flight over the San Luis Valley following Federal Aviation Administration approval.  The FAA has approved the launching and testing of two drones in an 8000 square mile airspace near the airport in Alamosa County.

Voters overwhelmingly decided to allow Colorado Springs to retain $2.1 million in excess revenue to repair and improve eight stretches of trail throughout the city.  The targeted trails include Shooks Run, Skyline, and the Sand Creek Trails.