Colorado Springs

Mysterious Donor Buys 15 Rooms For Homeless In Colorado Springs

AP | Posted 12.24.2009 | Denver


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Fifteen homeless people in Colorado Springs will be inside for Christmas, thanks to a mysterious donor who paid for th...

Colorado Springs Dispatchers Suspended For Watching Christmas Movies During Shift

The Denver Post | Posted 12.22.2009 | Denver


The Colorado State Patrol suspended three staff members as part of an internal investigation into the delayed dispatch of troopers to a report of a di...

Veterans' Benefits Stolen: 8 Indicted For Filing $214,000 In False Claims

Colorado Springs Gazette | JOHN C. ENSSLIN | Posted 12.22.2009 | Denver


A federal grand jury in Denver has indicted eight current or former Colorado Springs residents on charges they filed false claims for unemployment mon...

Colorado Water Use Explodes On The Western Slope As It Slows On Front Range

The Denver Post | Posted 12.21.2009 | Denver


Colorado Front Range residents are using less water, but some parts of the Western Slope have seen per capita water use explode in the past decade, ac...

Air Force Academy Religious Climate Improving

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 12.17.2009 | Denver


AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force Academy says religious tolerance has improved dramatically since allegations five years ago that evange...

Charlie Brown House: Woman In Springs Resisted Selling Of Springs Home With Rare Charles Schulz Mural

Colorado Springs Gazette | Bill Vogrin | Posted 12.14.2009 | Denver


Polly Travnicek gave away her winning lottery ticket. And she feels richer for it. Actually, it wasn't a lottery ticket. Travnicek, 82, gave away the...

Soldiers' Mental Health A Concern In Colorado Springs As Brigade Prepares To Return Home

Colorado Springs Gazette, CO | DAVE PHILIPPS | Posted 12.12.2009 | Denver


In the campaign to help soldiers find normalcy after returning from combat, Fort Carson is preparing for the toughest battle yet -- the return this sp...

Colorado Springs Police: DUI Reports Were Inaccurate

Colorado Springs Gazette | JOHN C. ENSSLIN | Posted 12.11.2009 | Denver


The Colorado Springs Police Department incorrectly reported at least 82 blood-alcohol tests since January, a statement from the department said today....

Colorado Springs Natural Gas Record: City Uses More Gas In One Day Than Ever Before

Colorado Springs Gazette | R. SCOTT RAPPOLD | Posted 12.09.2009 | Denver


Colorado Springs Utilities customers set a new record for natural gas usage, with 231,684 million BTUs used between 8 a.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesd...

Can Obama Answer a Soldier's Questions?

Michael Shandrick | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver


Michael Shandrick

Given the pomp and circumstance of Obama's speech one would not expect warmed over politics. Soldiers deserve better. Among them is Pfc. "O", a soldier trained at Fort Carson now on his first tour in Iraq.

Fort Carson Will Nearly Double Number Of Troops In Afghanistan Under Obama's Plan

Colorado Springs Gazette | TOM ROEDER | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver


President Obama's Afghanistan plan was met in Colorado Springs Tuesday by a mix of cheers and protests. And for local GIs, it may bring relief afte...

Exposed Breasts Not Covered Under 1st Amendment: Colorado Springs Judge

Colorado Springs Gazette | Daniel Chacon | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver


A judge has upheld a decision to suspend the liquor license of a Colorado Springs nightclub where several women bared their breasts during a "Girls Go...

Ted Haggard Prayer Meetings: Ex-Counselors "Wish He Would Not Do This"

The Christian Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver


A member of Ted Haggard's now-defunct restoration team says he and the others wish the former megachurch pastor would have followed their counsel rath...

Breckenridge Ski Area: 14 Year Old Killed In Ski Accident

Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver


A 14-year old Colorado Springs girl died of injuries from a ski accident at Breckenridge Ski Resort on Friday, marking the first fatality of the new s...

Nicole Fox Is America's Next Top Model: Who Are Colorado's Reality TV Stars? (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver


With the victory of a Colorado native on America's Next Top Model Wednesday night, we thought we'd take a look at Colorado's reality TV stars, past an...

National Governors Association To Meet In Colorado Springs

Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver


Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will host next year's meeting of the National Governors Association at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The 2010 seminar ...

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...