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The Gazette in Colorado Springs has laid off 11 employees, including seven in the newsroom, leaving fewer than 300 people on the staff.
A charitable foundation is donating $3 million to help keep the U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs.
Former pastor Ted Haggard says his decision to hold prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs living room has attracted great interest from the media.
An 88-year-old woman in Colorado Springs who walks laps around a nursing home in memory of her deceased husband has hit a major milestone: 10,000 miles. Martha Michel walks laps daily around the lake at Namaste Alzheimer Center. Michel started walking the lake with her husband, Lester, who was a patient at the center. After Lester Michel's death in 1998, Martha Michel kept up the walking in his memory.
Colorado Springs police said a minivan driver intentionally hit a cyclist who he mistakenly thought had stolen his son's bike. Police said the cyclist suffered minor leg injuries when he was hit Monday but didn't require hospitalization. Investigators said the driver got out of the minivan and approached the cyclist, and the cyclist punched him, fearing he would be hit again.
Leave your purse in the car, or you won't get service at one Colorado Springs liquor store.
The Colorado Springs city council approved a deal Tuesday that will keep the U.S. Olympic Committee in town for the next 30 years.
The U.S. Olympic Committee moved closer to keeping its headquarters in Colorado Springs on Thursday when the board signed off on revised terms of a deal with the city.
Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. The rambunctious child stuck a BB in his ear and doctors had to operate to remove it.
A 49-year-old Colorado Springs man who is an administrator with USA Wrestling faces charges of using the Internet to try to lure a child into having sex.
The U.S. Olympic Committee has been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by the company building a new USOC headquarters in Colorado Springs.
A public defender is demanding that TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman be charged with felonies for claiming that a man fired a gun at him and his crew while they were filming in Colorado Springs last month.
A retired Air Force colonel with decades of experience as a flight instructor gave one of his students a hands-on lesson in a key principle of flying: Don't run out of gas. Al Uhalt of Colorado Springs made a bumpy but safe landing in a field Thursday when the single-engine Aviat Husky he and a student were flying ran out of fuel near the end of a 45-minute lesson.
A 13-year-old boy is accused of killing his younger brother and wounding their mother at the family's northeast Colorado Springs home.
All she wanted to do was take a nice walk on a paved path along a creek near her Colorado Springs home. Now, Ashley Swendsen is still trying to figure out how her walk became a national story — and how she came to be portrayed as a villain responsible for the death of an innocent bear.
The Gazette newspaper in Colorado Springs hopes to revive advertising sales with new small newspapers meant to be read in about 10 minutes.
A judge has ruled that a Colorado Springs church building belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado and not a breakaway parish.
A pediatric neurosurgeon says a tumor he removed from the brain of a Colorado Springs infant contained a tiny foot and other partially formed body parts.
A Colorado Springs elementary school principal has apologized for making students look inside a bag of human feces and urine.
A Colorado Springs man and his two oil and gas companies have agreed to pay $510,000 to settle civil fraud allegations, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.
An intruder who broke into a Colorado Springs electronics store won't face any charges, even if authorities can find the culprit. Seems no one wants to poke an angry bear.
Authorities say a Colorado Springs police officer in presidential candidate Barack Obama's motorcade suffered minor injuries when his motorcycle crashed.
Authorities searched a home in suburban Englewood early Monday, seeking any link between two deadly shooting sprees at Christian religious centers that left both communities baffled and stunned.
A gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a Colorado Springs church on Sunday, striking four people, the church's pastor said.
The Rev. Ted Haggard moved Wednesday from his longtime home in Colorado Springs to Phoenix, where the disgraced minister will join the same church that helped fallen televangelist Jim Bakker.
Illegals crackdown soughtFollowing this month's bust of 14,500 marijuana plants that allegedly were in part being grown by Mexican migrant workers, a Colorado Springs senator is calling on Gov.
Juvenile Arrested in Slaying of Sex Assault SuspectJon Hazard, 43, was found dead near the picnic pavillion in Palmer Park on June 1st. He was shot multiple times. A juvenile has been arrested for his murder. Hazard was set to go on trial on several charges involving sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl, now 15.
Surgery Tech Faces Charges In Hepatitis C ProbeA former surgery technician took syringes filled with Fentanyl and replaced them with used syringes filled with saline solution. Not only did the patients at the hospital not get Fentanyl, they may have gotten Hepatitis C instead. Up to 6,000 people may have been exposed.
A PLEA In the Author's Note for his book Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller writes: I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside Bagdad Theatre in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone.
Mom-to-be hit by car while fleeing bear is OK on Yahoo! NewsA pregnant woman who was fleeing a bear when she was struck by a slow-moving car said she would honor the euthanized animal by giving her baby the middle name "Bear."
Lamborn opposes changing combat rule designed to help vets with PTSDVeterans groups fighting to update the definition of combat to ease hurdles for service personnel to tap into health care benefits found an unlikely opponent in U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn.
Woman Trapped In Flames As Gas Pump ExplodesCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- An 18-year-old woman burned to death Tuesday after a chain-reaction crash caused a pickup truck to run into a gas pump at a convenience store in Colorado Springs, triggering an explosion and fire that engulfed her and her minivan.
Cheapskate brothers exchange same birthday card for 36 yearsExcerpt: Darryl and Dan Culberson were cheapskates before it was cool. And they can prove it. The two brothers have been exchanging the same birthday card since 1973.
More layoffs at Focus on the Family Ministry spent more than $500,000 to pass California's Prop. 8 gay marriage banFocus on the Family announced this afternoon that 202 jobs will be cut companywide — an estimated 20 percent of its workforce. Initial reports bring the total number of remaining employees to around 950.
Colorado: Land of James Dobson and GOP Hate SenatorsColorado, Land Of James Dobson, has some truly warped and hateful Republican state senators.
House 'stimulus' plan spreads pork. by Guest Columnist DOUG LAMBORN. The so-called stimulus package that just passed the U.S. House will not only fail to accomplish its stated purpose, it will damage the economic health of our country for decades to come.
Drunk Man Killed When Banging on Wrong DoorIt now appears a man shot to death as a suspected burglar was actually drunk and tried to get into the wrong house in Colorado Springs.
Tumor Removed From Infant's Brain Contained "A Tiny Foot and Other Partially Formed Body Parts," Raises Questions About What Constitutes Human Life A pediatric neurosurgeon says a tumor he removed from the brain of a U.S. infant contained a tiny foot and other partially formed body parts.
Sodomy and gratitude Nine perfect ways to prepare for the End of Bush. Can you believe it? Can you sense it? Do you feel the deep tingle? Because amid the fiscal meltdown and Obama's stunning poll numbers and the stress of the election, this staggering fact: George W. Bush is nearly done.
Controversial Colorado Legislator Loses Seat in PrimaryControversial Republican state representative Douglas Bruce lost a bid to keep his seat in Tuesday's primary election against political newcomer Mark Waller.
The ground was hot enough in a Colorado Springs park to burn through an eight year old boy's shoes and cause at least second degree burns on his feet.There was no fire, but the ground was hot enough in a Colorado Springs park to burn through an eight year old boy's shoes and cause at least second degree burns on his feet. The boy went the hospital. His Crocs style shoes that were left behind have big holes with burned edges.
Snake Oil Sellers of the Christian Right? 'Converted ex-Muslim Terrorists' Peddled by Neocons, Christian Zionists, Cable NewsThe U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs came under heavy criticism earlier this month from Muslim and religious freedom advocacy groups after it invited to a conference three self-professed "former terrorists" with strong links to the Christian right.
Reducing the risk of copycat killers: How papers can avoid glorifying perpetrators. By Dave Kopel. Saturday, December 15, 2007The way the media cover an event influences whether there will be repetitions. For example, if a fan runs onto the field during a baseball game, the broadcast cameras usually avoid showing pictures of the fan.
New Life Cancels Performances Of Christmas ShowNew Life Church in Colorado Springs is canceling the remaining performances of its Christmas show because of Sunday's shooting.
Church Is A House Of Prayer And Not A Place For KillingMatt Murray 24 son of a Denver Neurologist and living with his parents in their Englewood home has been identified as the shooter in the Colorado Church shootings.
Guard's hands "didn't even shake" as she shot gunman The guard who saved untold lives at New Life Church gives credit to God for giving her cover, and boosting her firepower as she shot a heavily-armed gunman.
ABC News: Gunman Kills 2 in Co. Missionary Centerfour people shot during Sunday afternoon conditions in New Life Church at Colorado Springs training center is showing that they too are , in fact, ethnocentric sectarians.
Police Report Second Shooting At Colo. Springs ChurchDENVER -- Authorities in Colorado said three people have been shot outside a church in Colorado Springs. It's not immediately clear if any of them were killed.
HS coach takes stand in trial of hitting players in the groinA former high school basketball coach on trial on allegations of hitting players in the groin with basketballs, a clipboard and other objects took the stand Monday and called himself a fun-loving coach and that some players were lying.
In Colorado, a 'Hippie Mayberry'MYSTERIOUS forces draw people to Manitou Springs, Colo., a little jewel box of a village at the foot of Pikes Peak; mysterious forces inform even their mundane errands around town.
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