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Trial Date Set For Man Accused Of Threatening State Representative

Posted 05.21.2013 | Denver

The trial date for the Colorado Springs man who was arrested in March and charged with threatening a Colorado State Representative has been set. A...

Prince Harry In Colorado For Warrior Games

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.12.2013 | Denver

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Escorted by Britain's Prince Harry and swimming superstar Missy Franklin, a U.S. Navy officer blinded by an improvised...

Colorado Man Shoots Self While Cleaning Gun

AP | Posted 05.06.2013 | Denver

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Authorities say a 24-year-old Colorado man accidentally shot himself while cleaning his handgun. Police say the man, whose...

Family Of Slain Prisons Chief Gives Emotional CNN Interview

AP | Posted 04.05.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- The wife of Colorado's slain prisons chief says she could become enraged that a clerical error led to the early release of the parolee suspe...

El Paso County Sheriff Says He'll Ignore Some Gun Laws

Posted 03.15.2013 | Denver

The gun debate hasn't cooled or subsided yet in Colorado since the Legislature passed a series of bills aimed at reducing gun violence, but lately the...

5 Suspicious Packages Found At NORAD

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.07.2013 | Denver

DENVER — NORAD headquarters in Colorado were evacuated for about 4 1/2 hours Thursday after employees found five suspicious packages, but the co...

'Brass Ceiling' Breached: Woman To Lead Air Force Academy

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 03.04.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- The appointment of the first woman to command the Air Force Academy marks another breach of the "brass ceiling" that keeps women from top as...

CU-Colo. Springs Calls For 'Urinating, Vomiting' As Rape Defense

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 02.19.2013 | Denver

CORRECTION: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs says that the original page in question published on their website was published in 2006, not 2...

2 Children, 1 Adult Killed In Equestrian Stabbing

Posted 04.16.2013 | Denver

Two children under the age of five and one man, age 22, were killed in an apparent stabbing in Falcon, Colorado, according to the El Paso County Sheri...

Shoplifter Sues Store Owner After Being Shot In The Face

Posted 12.12.2012 | Denver

A shoplifter who was chased down and shot in the face after stealing a bottle of vodka from a Colorado Springs liquor store is now suing the owner of ...

Pro-Civil Unions Incumbent Faces Tight Race

The Colorado Independent | Scot Kersgaard | Posted 11.05.2012 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard. Pete Lee has served one term in the Colorado House, and as a Democrat from conservative Colorado Sp...

Must Register As A Sex Offender

Posted 10.25.2012 | Denver

A former Ellicott School Board member who pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy was sentenced on Wednesday in Colorado Springs. Ste...

Report: City Officials Could Have Been Better-Trained

Posted 10.23.2012 | Denver

City officials in Colorado Springs have released an "Initial After Action Report" (AAR) for the Waldo Canyon Fire that assesses their actions during t...

No Medical Marijuana For PTSD? Then Just Legalize It

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.27.2012 | Denver

A group of Colorado veterans are forming a pro-marijuana legalization group after state health officials denied a second petition to allow medical mar...

Back In Colorado

Posted 09.05.2012 | Denver

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan will reportedly make a campaign stop in Colorado Springs on Thursday, the last day of the Democratic ...

Officers Get A Lesson In Gun Laws

Posted 08.16.2012 | Denver

There is no law in Colorado that prohibits the open display of a gun in public city parks, Colorado Springs Police learned after a man was wrongfully ...

Wildfire Recovery Likely To Take Years

AP | DAN ELLIOTT and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 09.30.2012 | Denver

DENVER — A once-thriving Colorado neighborhood of homes and healthy trees has been reduced to a barren expanse of ash and debris. Across the sta...

LOOK: Adorable Giraffe Calf Born At Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 07.12.2012 | Denver

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs announced the birth of the newest member of their family on Wednesday -- a beautiful male reticulated giraff...

Has America's Fire Been Contained?

Ethan Casey | Posted 09.04.2012 | Books
Ethan Casey

I've been intending to share a sketch of the itinerary I'm planning for my drive around the USA this fall for my next book, but that keeps getting overtaken by events. I'm starting to get used to the idea that this might be the way it goes for any of us from now on.

PHOTOS: More Aerial Photos Show Extent Of Fire Destruction

Posted 07.14.2012 | Denver

Officials are allowing evacuees temporary visits of the neighborhoods devastated by Waldo Canyon Fire, near Colorado Springs over the weekend -- appro...

Obama Issues Disaster Declaration In Colorado

AP | Posted 06.29.2012 | Denver

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- President Barack Obama has issued a disaster declaration for Colorado, releasing federal funds to help areas affected by tw...

PHOTOS: New Aerial Photos Show Devastation To Homes

Posted 06.29.2012 | Denver

Officials said that approximately 346 homes were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire making it the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history -- an...

'Our Once-Beautiful State Turning Into Kindling'

The Colorado Independent | Posted 06.29.2012 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's David O. Williams: ASPEN — Public policy and political will must shift as dramatically as the winds that have whi...

PHOTOS: Waldo Canyon Fire Devastation

Posted 06.27.2012 | Denver

The Waldo Canyon Fire burning near Colorado Springs began burning on June 24 and has on June 26 forced the evacuation of 32,000 residents, including t...

Waldo Canyon Fire Explodes

Posted 06.27.2012 | Denver

The Waldo Canyon Fire, burning near Manitou Springs, surged anew on Tuesday, moving quickly toward homes in the Cedar Heights subdivision. The residen...