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• Black Hills energy looking to cut solar-panel incentive plan

  August 24, 2012 12:37 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Black Hills Energy is asking the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for permission to cut its solar-panel incentive program by about 75 percent. The utility serves Pueblo and 52 towns and cities in southern Colorado. According to the Denver Post, the Rapid City, S.D.-based utility made the request... more »

• Black Hawk copter crashes in bad weather

  April 20, 2012 7:49 AM

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan official says a U.S. Army helicopter that crashed went down in bad weather as it was racing to the site of a suicide bombing against a police checkpoint. The American military has confirmed the Black Hawk crashed on a nighttime mission Thursday, and initial... more »

• Family's plea to get back precious documents Play Video

  October 13, 2011 8:44 PM

  "There's no money, there's nothing of any value in that box at all, of any value to anyone besides us," desperately says mother of four and military wife Lora Lyon. On Wednesday afternoon Lora and her husband, Captain Dean Lyon, who serves in the U.S. Army, came home to... more »

• New Deputy Fire Chief welcomed

  March 2, 2011 12:21 PM

  Colorado Springs welcomes a new deputy fire chief, the first African American to achieve that rank in this city. Tommy Smith paid tribute to his father, who died a little over a week ago. Smith said his father grew up in South Carolina and as a boy wasn't allowed... more »

• Jewelery store robbery thwarted by armed store owner

  December 24, 2010 10:23 AM

  Colorado Springs Officers from the Stetson Hills Division were called to McNulty's Jewelry Store located at 7603 N. Union Boulevard to initially investigate a report of an argument between two people. When police arrived they discovered that an attempted robbery had taken place. An unidentified caucasian male wearing a... more »

• Zoo's $2.5 million project will include Rhinos

  December 9, 2010 7:12 PM

  The Pueblo Zoo has big construction plans, which include adding a new Black Rhino exhibit. The zoo is trying to raise $2.5 million for the project. The first is to build a new learning center near the entrance which will be as big or bigger than the existing building. The... more »

• Pueblo council passes budget, disagrees on spending measure

  November 23, 2010 1:58 PM

  Pueblo City Council has approved $76.8 million dollar budget for 2011. City Manager Jerry Pacheco says in order to balance the budget, the city had to reduce personnel costs. This means 26 vacant full time positions will remain un-filled in the coming year. In related business, council members were at... more »

• Police investigate possible hate crime

  November 12, 2010 1:05 PM

  Pueblo Police are investigating a possible hate crime that happened in the parking lot of Dutch Clark Stadium on November 5. A freshman from Pueblo West High School reported he heard an ethnic slur and turned to see who said it when someone hit him in the face. This happened... more »

• African American boys have 4x the risk for food allergies

  October 7, 2010 4:08 PM

  A new study reveals African American boys may be at particular risk for food allergies. The National Institutes of Health survey included data on antibody levels that would flag allergies to peanuts, milk, eggs and shrimp. The odds of male black children having food allergies was more than... more »

• African American boys at risk for food allergies

  October 7, 2010 4:04 PM

  A new study reveals African American boys may be at particular risk for food allergies. The National Institutes of Health survey included data on antibody levels that would flag allergies to peanuts, milk, eggs and shrimp. The odds of male black children having food allergies was more than... more »

• Black Hills moving on power plant construction

  September 28, 2010 8:22 PM

  Construction in underway on two new natural gas power plants near the Pueblo Memorial Airport. Black Hills Energy is spending more than $400 million to build the complex, which is located off of Pete Jimenez Parkway. On Tuesday, Pueblo County Commissioners approved an incentive agreement with the energy company. Black... more »

• Texas congresswoman admits she violated rules

  August 31, 2010 8:53 AM

  A Texas congresswoman is admitting that she wrongly steered thousands of dollars in college scholarships to her own relatives and the children of a staff member. Dallas-area Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson said in a statement that she was unaware she was in violation of any rules governing the Congressional... more »

• Colorado recall: deli meat may contain listeria

  August 24, 2010 9:19 AM

  Now that you've rid your refrigerator of suspect eggs, here's another recall to check out. Deli meat sold at Wal-Mart is being recalled because of a possible listeria contamination. The meat was sold here in Colorado and nationwide. The meat was marketed under the Marketside Grab and Go... more »

• Three armed robberies at Colorado Springs 7-11 stores

  August 3, 2010 12:31 PM

  Three 7-11 stores in Colorado Springs were robbed overnight. No arrests have been made. There were no injuries. In each instance, two armed robbers made off with cash. On Shasta Dr., two black men robbed the store and escaped in a dark colored sedan. On S. Nevada... more »

• Fort Carson talks cleanup at Colorado crash site

  July 29, 2010 8:07 AM

  Military officials will discuss cleanup efforts at the site of a Black Hawk helicopter crash last year that killed four crew members on Colorado's Mount Massive. Officials from Fort Carson and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command say debris was recently discovered where the crash happened in August and... more »

• Health Department investigates illness at conference center

  June 25, 2010 6:38 PM

  The El Paso County Health Department is investigating an illness that sickened people who have been at the LaForet Conference Center in Black Forest. Susan Whelan from the Health Department says they were notified about the illnesses Thursday. It is gastrointestinal in nature. The Health Department is working to... more »

• More than a thousand homes without power in Pueblo

  June 21, 2010 1:34 PM

  More than a thousand homes in Pueblo lost power at around 10:30 a.m. Monday. A Black Hills Energy spokesman confirmed the outage, on Pueblo's south side. Customers along Vinewood, south of Pueblo Boulevard are affected. The number of houses and business without power is listed as 1,159. Crews... more »

• Princess Diana's dress sold at auction

  June 9, 2010 11:41 AM

  A Chilean fashion museum is the new owner of a racy black gown that was worn by Lady Diana Spencer on one of her first official engagements -- before she became Princess Diana. The winning bid at the auction in London was more than $275,000 -- and that's several... more »

• 'Serendipity' kicks off 83rd National Spelling Bee

  June 3, 2010 8:33 AM

  The spellers have taken the stage for the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington. Fourteen-year-old Allison Black of Ider, Alabama, started things off Thursday morning by approaching the microphone and correctly spelling "serendipity." The 273 spellers from around the world are vying for the winner's trophy and more... more »

• KKK lesson gets teacher in trouble

  May 24, 2010 6:10 PM

  A north Georgia history teacher faces punishment after administrators say she let four students wear Ku Klux Klan-like robes for a historical reenactment. Lumpkin County Schools superintendent Dewey Moye told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that teacher Catherine Ariemma made a poor decision. Administrators say four students in Ariemma's advanced placement... more »

• First lady releases child obesity recommendations

  May 11, 2010 10:23 AM

  A government panel says women could help reduce childhood obesity by maintaining a healthy weight when they become pregnant and by breast-feeding their babies. The suggestions are among 70 recommendations in the panel's report, released Tuesday by first lady Michelle Obama. One in 3 American children is overweight... more »

• Nintendo launches dark Wii, expanded bundle in US

  May 3, 2010 12:59 PM

  Nintendo Co. is trying to expand U.S. sales of the Wii by throwing in an extra game and its MotionPlus accessory for making the console's signature motion-sensing wand more precise. The company is also offering a black version of the system as an alternative to the game system's white casing.... more »

• Caribbeans urged to write in ancestry on US Census

  February 24, 2010 12:35 PM

  Black people of Caribbean descent are being asked by their community's leaders to write in their nationalities on the upcoming U.S. Census. Those leaders wanted the Census Bureau to treat Caribbean immigrants and their children like Hispanics, who get to note whether they are descended from another country like... more »

• Minorities see punishment gap in Colorado schools

  January 5, 2010 11:44 AM

  Black and Latino children in Colorado schools are more likely than whites to face harsh punishments such as suspension or expulsion, The Denver Post reports. The newspaper published an analysis Tuesday of state disciplinary records for the 2008-09 school year. The paper found that black students made up just 5.9... more »