Colorado Springs

Ted Haggard To Host More Prayer Services After Last Week's High Turnout

Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver


Former New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard says the prayer group started in his basement last week could ultimately turn into a new church. The pastor...

Ted Haggard Prayer Meeting: People Who Showed Up 'Believe In Resurrection'

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says a well-attended prayer meeting at his home wasn't the start of a new church...

Dave Schultheis Compares Obama To 9/11 Hijackers On Twitter

Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver


Republican State Senator Dave Schultheis, who recently announced his retirement, has compared President Barack Obama to the 9/11 hijackers on his twit...

Denver Needs a Dunkin' Donuts

Ef Rodriguez | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver


Ef Rodriguez

We residents of Denver/Boulder have been callously excluded from the warm, inviting Dunkin' embrace (a nearly mythical space I will refer to as the Dunkinsphere).

Budget Votes Prove Unsuccessful Throughout Colorado

The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver


The Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts will continue to operate in aging, asbestos-filled buildings. Aurora will close four of its seven librar...

Ted Haggard To Lead Church Once Again

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Ted Haggard, who was dismissed from the megachurch he founded after a man alleged a cash-for-sex relationship with him...

Hepatitis C Outbreak: Hundreds Who May Have Been Exposed By Delinquent Nurse Still Need Testing

The Denver Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver


Four months after a terrorizing and high- profile hepatitis C outbreak linked to hospital drug theft, hundreds of patients who might have been exposed...

Focus On The Family's James Dobson Leaving Radio Show

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver


DENVER — James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, will no longer host its flagship radio broadcast and is cu...

Fort Carson Soldier Shoots Himself, Lies To Authorities To Avoid Deployment

The Colorado Springs Gazette | MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver


A Fort Carson soldier due to be deployed to Afghanistan allegedly shot himself in the shoulder to avoid deployment Wednesday night, Colorado Springs p...

88-Year-Old Walks 10,000 Miles In Husband's Memory

AP | | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An 88-year-old woman in Colorado Springs who walks laps around a nursing home in memory of her deceased husband has hi...

Sallie Clark, El Paso County Commissioner, Rumored To Be Scott McInnis's Running Mate

The Colorado Springs Independent | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver


The buzz in political circles is that El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark is under consideration as Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McIn...

Save My Job, Save My City

Michael Shandrick | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver


Michael Shandrick

For all the hostile local coverage there has been no discovery of malfeasance or corruption in the Colorado Springs city government.

Rapper DMX Nearly Incites Riot In The Springs Over The Weekend (VIDEO)

Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver


Rapper DMX caused quite a scene in Colorado Springs Friday night. According to MTV, DMX arrived at the Phil Long Ford Expo Center at 11:00 PM Friday ...

Doug Lamborn Town Hall In Springs Turns Heated

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Dean Toda | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver


Civility took a beating Monday when Rep. Doug Lamborn held another town hall meeting on the nation's hottest political topic: health care. A vocal mi...

Colorado Medical Marijuana Under Fire As Attorney General Suthers, Towns Call For More Regulation (VIDEO)

Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver


A KDVR special report last night cited Attorney General John Suthers in claiming that police have been overwhelmed by a rash of crime in areas surroun...

Rocky Mountain Weekend Getaways: The Best The Region Has To Offer (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver


As the days start to get shorter and the temperatures begin to drop, it's prime time for a weekend getaway to shake the fall blues. We want to know: ...

Edie Disler, Air Force Academy Professor, Disciplined For "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Discussion

Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver


A professor at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Edie Disler, alleges that she has been disciplined for inviting gay Academy graduates to spe...

Fort Carson Coping With Tragic Day In Afghanistan

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver


FORT CARSON, Colo. — The Pentagon announcement Wednesday confirmed their worst fears – the eight American soldiers killed in a bloody week...

Colorado Springs Gun Auction: Cash-Strapped City Selling Confiscated Guns Back To Citizens

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Lance Benzel | Posted 10.04.2009 | Denver


Gun displays are a fixture of police news conferences everywhere, allowing cops to pose for television cameras and tout weapons they've taken off the ...

Colorado Springs Llama Rescued After A Month On Pikes Peak

AP | Posted 10.03.2009 | Denver


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A lone llama wandering near the summit of Pikes Peak for a month has been captured and is heading to a new home. Trac...

Phony Veteran Activist In Colorado Springs Issued Arrest Warrant

The Denver Post | Nancy Lofholm | Posted 10.03.2009 | Denver


Rick Glen Strandlof, a former mental patient who posed as a wounded Marine captain to found a statewide veterans group and campaign for political cand...

Olympic Athletes At Springs Training Center "Bummed" By IOC's Chicago Snub

The Denver Post | John Meyer | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver


COLORADO SPRINGS -- About 100 Olympic athletes and staff were stricken with shock and silence this morning when International Olympic Committee presid...

Ted Haggard Opens Up To Colorado Springs Independent: "I'm Here To Be Faithful To Me"

The Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver


...And if I said the things that the therapists have said to me, some people out there would read it as me giving an excuse, which I don't want to do....

Colorado Springs Llama Lost On Pikes Peak

The Colorado Springs Gazette | R. SCOTT RAPPOLD | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver


For three weeks, a mysterious visitor has been haunting Pikes Peak, buzzing the trains, amusing the tourists and confounding efforts to catch it. F...

Gorilla At Colorado Springs Zoo Treated By Local Doctors

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Bill Radford | Posted 09.25.2009 | Denver


It was a house call that Dr. Joseph Hegarty and others won't soon forget. Hegarty, an ear surgeon from Colorado Springs Ear Associates, performed sur...