13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (387+ words) Warm and fuzzy, a quilt is something to hold while suffering sudden tragedy. That is the message of the 90 quilts sent to victims of the Aspen Acres fire by Quilters Above the Clouds. The fire, ignited June 29 near Pueblo, burned…...

11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (704+ words) The Switchbacks have won by more than Friday’s 2-1 margin of victory over visiting San Antonio FC, but the win stands out as one of the best in Alan McCann’s half-decade tenure on the sidelines at Weidner Field in downtown Colorado…...

15+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1394+ words) The aerospace and defense industry has remained a consistent bright star as Colorado’s slowing economy struggles with remaining competitive. Yet the state could get outshone if it doesn’t take action soon. At least, that’s what major business organizations are warning…...

11+ hour, 39+ min ago   (504+ words) During a Saturday morning community roundtable at the Penrose Library, roughly 25 people showed up to hear how the Front Range Rail District will build and pay for a planned commuter rail system. Proponents of the rail line argue it will…...

14+ hour, 22+ min ago   (442+ words) When James Woodhead arrived at the Air Force Academy for school in 1989, he came alone and waited by himself in a hotel for his military education to start. “I was just nervous and terrified,” Woodhead said. It’s how it was…...

18+ hour, 12+ min ago   (707+ words) A coalition of advocacy groups and several district attorneys rallied outside the Colorado Capitol on Thursday to oppose a ballot measure that, if approved by voters in November, would require state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (314+ words) An El Paso County judge on Friday ruled that prosecutors had enough evidence to move forward with homicide charges against Timothy J. O’Brien, who is accused of bludgeoning a woman with a hammer in a Colorado Springs motel in May. O’Brien,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (125+ words) Colorado Springs police issued a community notification for missing 14-year-old Alexander Jones on Friday, the department posted on social media. He was last seen around 3 p.m. on Friday in the 6800 block of Black Forest Road, which is the location of Vista…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (263+ words) Ilse Venter does it all and then some. And now she’s about to throw open the doors to her inaugural Wild West Home & Homemade Expo at Norris Penrose Event Center on Sept. 19-20. Venter, who moved with her family to the…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (239+ words) The Colorado Supreme Court suspended Mesa County Court Judge Michael J. Grattan on Thursday amid a misconduct investigation. The court’s Sept. 10 order gave Grattan 21 days to explain why his paid suspension should not continue through the end of his disciplinary proceedings....