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• Memorial concert for fallen officer brings huge crowd

  July 2, 2012 5:35 AM

  DENVER (AP) - More than 100 police officers and sheriff's deputies attended a memorial concert for a Denver police officer who was fatally shot a week ago during a weekly summer jazz music concert. Sunday evening's concert was also held at City Park. It followed her funeral at a Denver... more »

• Fort Carson memorial today for fallen soldiers

  October 13, 2010 9:47 AM

  Fort Carson will hold a memorial service today to honor nine fallen soldiers, all killed in combat operations overseas. The soldiers to be honored: Chaplain (Capt.) Dale A. Goetz - 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt. Mark A.... more »

• AFA to honor fallen graduates

  September 9, 2010 6:40 PM

  The Air Force Academy will hold its annual Homecoming Memorial Ceremony Friday, Sept. 10, beginning at 4:45 p.m. During the ceremony, 64 deceased Air Force Academy graduates will be honored. Each name, the year of graduation and the last cadet squadron to which the graduate was assigned, will be... more »

• DOD confirms two more Ft. Carson casualties

  September 2, 2010 8:53 PM

  The Department of Defense has confirmed two more Ft. Carson soldier deaths, that we first told you about Wednesday on News First 5. 2nd Lt. Mark A. Noziska, 24, and Staff Sgt. Casey J. Grochowiak, 34, died Monday in Malajat, Afghanistan. They were wounded in an improved explosive attack.... more »

• Memorial service today for Colorado Springs fallen soldier

  August 31, 2010 8:38 AM

  Joint Base Lewis-McChord is holding a memorial service Tuesday for a Colorado soldier killed in Iraq. The Army says Sgt. Faith R. Hinkley of Colorado Springs died Aug. 7 in Baghdad of wounds suffered in an attack. She was assigned to the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion of the... more »

• Welcome home! 4th BCT unfurling flag

  August 4, 2010 4:49 PM

  An Army brigade that lost 39 soldiers during a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan is formally marking its return to Fort Carson. The 4th Brigade Combat Team will honor the fallen soldiers and unfurl its flag in a ceremony Friday at the Mountain Post. Eight members of the brigade... more »

• Colorado flags at half-staff Wednesday

  July 14, 2010 8:38 AM

  All flags in Colorado will be flown at half-staff Wednesday to honor a fallen Marine. Funeral services for Cpl. Larry Harri,s Jr. of Boulder will be held Wednesday morning in Denver. Harris was killed July 1 in the Helmand province, Afghanistan. Gov. Bill Ritter announced Tuesday that... more »

• FBI says violent crime rate down again

  May 24, 2010 9:33 AM

  The FBI says the violent crime rate in the United States is down for the third year in a row. The decline last year amounted to 5.5 percent for violent crime and the rate for property crime was down 4.9 percent. The FBI collected the crime data from more... more »

• Pueblo City Skate Park dedicated to fallen soldier

  May 10, 2010 8:09 PM

  Sergeant Blake A. Harris called Pueblo home and Monday the cities skate park was renamed in his honor. His mom is proud to know that her son's memory will live on through the park. Sergeant Harris helped push to get the skate park created in 1999, "He loved it,... more »

• 3 Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  February 18, 2010 3:58 PM

  Three Fort Carson soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Feb. 13, according to the Dept. of Defense. The fallen troops have been identified as Staff Sgt. John A. Reiners, 24, of Lakeland, Fla.; Sgt. Jeremiah T. Wittman, 26, of Darby, Mont.; and Spc. Bobby J. Pagan, 23, of Austin,... more »

• Climber's body recovered in St. Helens crater

  February 17, 2010 11:16 AM

  Authorities say the body of a climber who fell into the crater atop Mount St. Helens has been recovered. The Skamania County Sheriff's office says the body of Joseph Bohlig was found Tuesday, more than a day after the 52-year-old man tumbled 1,500 feet. Bohlig, of Kelso, Wash., reached... more »

• Want drama? NBC makes it with 'Leno' news

  January 11, 2010 10:32 AM

  Just think: NBC was trying to get out of the drama business. Instead, the network's failed 9 p.m. experiment, "The Jay Leno Show," has created nothing but drama, the kind they were trying to avoid. With "The Jay Leno Show" getting the axe right before the Olympics, NBC is... more »

• Army secretary to attend Fort Carson services for fallen soldiers

  November 17, 2009 1:38 PM

  Army Secretary John McHugh will attend memorial services at Fort Carson for 15 soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month. Two services are scheduled Wednesday at the mountain post. One will honor eight soldiers from Fort Carson's 4th Infantry Division who were killed Oct. 3 when insurgents attacked two U.S. outposts... more »

• Remembering the Fallen

  October 14, 2009 9:09 PM

  You could see it on the faces of those in attendance; they didn't want to be there under the circumstances. However, as Major Daniel Chandler with the 4th Brigade Combat Team told News First 5 it helps with the closure. "It really helps us to honor their service,... more »

• Families gather at firefighter memorial

  September 18, 2009 11:56 PM

  Final preparations were made, Friday, for Saturday's ceremony at the National Firefighters Memorial in Colorado Springs. Family of the fallen heroes have been arriving in town all week, and many spent the day at the memorial. The memorial ceremony begins at 1p.m. Saturday, at Memorial Park. more »