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• Hundreds Attend Emotional Memorial for Tom Clements Play Video

  March 25, 2013 3:01 PM

  Hundreds attended a memorial service Monday morning for slain Colorado Department of Corrections Director, Tom Clements. It was held at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Governor John Hickenlooper, colleagues from Missouri and Clements' wife, Lisa, were among the speakers at the emotional service. The memorial focused on... more »

• USPS Cuts Saturday Mail, Public Supports Move Play Video

  February 7, 2013 12:58 PM

  The U.S. Postal Service is drowning in red ink. To try and save $2 billion a year, they will end a 150 year old service: Saturday mail delivery. The USPS has threatened the cut for a while, in an effort to offset those dwindling revenues. And while the cut... more »

• Two cities still without gas service after pipeline breaks

  November 7, 2012 2:23 PM

  A broken gas pipe leads to two whole cities without natural gas service. We found out what it means for those who live and work in Walsenburg. Eight miles south of Walsenburg, crews are hard at work trying to dig down to the broken pipeline. After 47 years,... more »

• Gas service restored to 3,300 homes in Mountain Shadows

  July 4, 2012 5:59 PM

  As more evacuees return home, crews are putting in long hours to make sure the utilities are safely restored. Hundreds of workers with Colorado Springs Utilities and Xcel Energy have been going door-to-door in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood restoring natural gas service to homes. Regulations require workers to access... more »

• Educating businesses on allergy service dogs Play Video

  March 17, 2012 7:56 PM

  A Monument woman and her little girl say they were forced to leave a fast food restaurant because they needed to bring in a service dog. The little girl suffers from a peanut allergy, and their dog alerts them if any are nearby. We went with them back... more »

• Guidelines change for allergy service dogs

  March 15, 2012 7:45 PM

  New guidelines are in place for service dogs, and it gives the animals more access to businesses. Those with Angel Service Dogs say the new guidelines now include the phrase "alerting individuals to the presence of allergens." The founder of Angel Service Dogs says they train their dogs to detect... more »

• Colorado Springs Airman will be laid to rest Monday

  March 7, 2012 12:18 PM

  A funeral service for a Colorado Springs native killed in Africa will be held March 12 at 10 a.m. in the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, followed by a graveside service at the Academy cemetery. Capt. Ryan Hall, 30, was one of four Airmen killed Feb. 18 when their... more »

• Memorial service for 2 fallen soldiers at Fort Carson

  November 9, 2011 8:43 AM

  There will be a memorial on the Mountain Post today for two fallen soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fourth Infantry Division. Captain Joshua Lawrence and Captain Drew Russell will be remembered at 11:00 a.m. this morning at Fort Carson A rocket propelled grenade killed them both... more »

• Community service for Floyd Mayweather

  November 8, 2011 6:51 AM

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered prizefighter Floyd Mayweather Jr. to perform 40 hours of community service for dodging a deposition in a dispute with a South Carolina man. In a ruling released Monday, Judge Joseph Anderson instructed Mayweather to log his community service at the... more »

• Remembering Sgt. Lex Lewis

  August 10, 2011 11:40 AM

  A memorial service for Staff Sgt. Lex Lewis will be held at 11 a.m. today at Fort Carson's Soldiers' Memorial Chapel. Sgt. Lewis was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan. He served with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. more »

• Fallen officers to be honored Friday

  May 18, 2011 7:25 PM

  On Friday, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office will host the 18th Annual Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers' Memorial Service. The service will be held at America the Beautiful Park, located at 126 Cimino Drive at 10:00 a.m. The memorial service honors the twenty seven Pikes Peak area peace... more »

• Some Saturday bus service restored

  March 4, 2011 2:27 PM

  Mountain Metropolitan Transit will restore limited Saturday bus service to some routes beginning March 12. Saturday service will be restored to routes 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 9 (UCCS only), 12, 14 and 25. The outlying Saturday service start time will be approximately 6:30 a.m. and the end time... more »

• People line up to hear President Obama in Tucson

  January 12, 2011 2:48 PM

  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - University of Arizona students and others made up a line several blocks long by midday Wednesday outside of the Tucson arena where President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak. Deputies are present to control the crowd. Some people brought lawn chairs, food and snacks. Obama... more »

• Hundreds fill NC church for Edwards' funeral

  December 11, 2010 2:27 PM

  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The funeral for Elizabeth Edwards has begun in a church filled with family, friends and others touched by her personal tragedies. The 61-year-old Edwards has been praised for her strength amid a series of challenges that included the death of a son, betrayal by her... more »

• Smoke coming from Pikes Peak a controlled burn

  December 1, 2010 2:15 PM

  If you see smoke coming from Pikes Peak area, no need to worry. There are some controlled burns going on today. One is on the north slope of Pikes Peak where the Colorado State Forest Service is burning slash piles left over from a from a large mitigation project... more »

• 9 fallen soldiers to be remembered at Fort Carson

  October 13, 2010 1:49 PM

  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Fort Carson is remembering nine soldiers killed in Afghanistan. The post will hold a memorial service Wednesday for the soldiers, all members of the 1st Brigade Combat Team. Five were riding in the same heavily armed vehicle when they were killed by a roadside... more »

• Democrat Hickenlooper returned tax break to IRS

  September 15, 2010 8:31 AM

  A Denver TV station is reporting that Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper paid over $52,000 to the Internal Revenue Service in 2008 to settle issues surrounding tax credits he received on conservation easements. KMGH-TV reported Tuesday that the easements were on land that Hickenlooper and a partner acquired in... more »

• No new Boulder evacuations; strong winds in forecast

  September 10, 2010 10:00 AM

  Crews are monitoring hot spots at the wildfire burning near Boulder amid concerns that strong winds could fan the flames and send them into the city. City officials had urged roughly 9,000 residents Thursday afternoon to prepare to evacuate at a moment's notice because of conditions that were ripe... more »

• 2nd marijuana grow site found in Colo. mountains

  September 1, 2010 8:19 AM

  Authorities say a second suspected illegal marijuana growing site has been found in the mountains north of Boulder. Boulder County sheriff's Cmdr. Rick Brough says the second site found Tuesday is larger than one found nearby Monday that had about 3,500 marijuana plants, estimated to be worth a half... 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 »

• Colorado receives grant to fight invasive mussels

  August 25, 2010 10:00 AM

  Colorado has been awarded a $124,000 grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to battle invasive mussels. The Colorado Division of Wildlife will use the money to publish a manual outlining procedures to stop the spread of mussels from a waterway that's already contaminated. The manual will be available... more »

• Update: "Law enforcement legend" was God's servant

  August 20, 2010 1:19 PM

  At today's memorial service John Ramsey talked about Lou Smit's integrity and faith in God and said Smit never stopped working on JonBenet's murder case. "I had the opportunity to visit Lou a few hours, shortly after he went into hospice and a week before he died," Ramsey told the... more »

• Durango dentist killed in Afghanistan remembered

  August 16, 2010 8:14 AM

  A Durango dentist who was among 10 medical volunteers killed in Afghanistan was remembered at a memorial service for his fascination with "The Simpsons" television show, the rice he made from an Afghan recipe and his impressive Scrabble vocabulary. Speakers at a Durango auditorium on Sunday also spoke of... more »

• Services planned for women killed in Greeley crash

  July 14, 2010 8:30 AM

  Memorial services are planned this week for two women who died after a pickup truck crashed into a Visionworks store at the Greeley Mall. The crash Saturday killed 32-year-old Kimberly Fletcher and 23-year-old Jennifer Hudgens of Pueblo, a student at the University of Northern Colorado. Hudgens was a... more »

• Germany takes most submarines out of service

  June 21, 2010 1:00 PM

  Germany says it has taken six of its ten submarines out of service to save money. The Defense Ministry told The Associated Press on Monday the German navy originally wanted to use the six 206A type submarines until 2015 but decided two weeks ago to cut maintenance expenses. A... more »

• Verizon has Pueblo problem

  June 7, 2010 7:10 PM

  Verizon has a problem in Pueblo and doesn't know when it will be fixed. Verizon customers noticed only intermittent service all day Monday. It complicated matters today for Pueblo Police Officers who use Verizon. Others reported fast busy signals when trying to make calls and text service that just... more »

• Democrat lied about being a Vietnam veteran

  May 18, 2010 2:45 PM

  Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal has conceded he has "misspoken" in claiming he served in Vietnam but defended his military record and his commitment to veterans. At a news conference backed by veterans, the popular Connecticut attorney general said he meant to say he served "during Vietnam" instead of... more »

• Bark in the Park is back!

  May 10, 2010 7:41 PM

  The Colorado Springs Sky Sox announced that "Bark in the Park" nights at Security Service Field are once again returning for the 2010 season. On three select Wednesdays this season, May 12 th , August 4 th and August 25 th , fans that purchase a ticket to the game... more »

• D-70 outsources bus service, despite protests

  April 21, 2010 12:22 AM

  School District 70 has decided to stop operating its school buses. The decision was made at a school board meeting Tuesday night at Pueblo West High School. By a vote of 4-0, the board unanimously passed a measure to contract bus transportation out to a private company. School board member... more »

• New health care agency open in Pueblo

  April 16, 2010 11:31 AM

  Here's what I'm working on today. Total Longterm Care is now open in Pueblo. The agency helps elderly people who need long term health care. What's unique about them, is that they offer home health care care and transportation services, giving seniors an alternative to living in nursing homes. ... more »

• Amtrak service returning to normal in Northeast

  April 5, 2010 11:37 AM

  Amtrak service to the Northeast is returning to normal. Amtrak officials say they have resumed near full Northeast Regional and Acela Express service for Monday. Service between New York and Boston had been curtailed because of flooded tracks in Rhode Island brought on by record-setting rain storms. Most... more »

• Memorial service announced for Lewis Palmer senior

  March 30, 2010 6:20 PM

  A memorial service has been announced for Levi Patrick, the Lewis Palmer High School student who was killed in a traffic crash, over Spring Break. Patrick will be honored during a service next Tuesday, April 6, at New Life Church. It will run from 3 to 6pm. The... more »

• Attorney agrees to pay in service dog dispute

  March 30, 2010 2:47 PM

  A federal court has approved a consent decree with a Colorado Springs attorney accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The consent decree resolves a lawsuit filed Nov. 3 that alleged Patric LeHouillier wouldn't allow veterinarian Joan Murnane, her husband or her attorney into his office because Murnane... more »

• Postal Service parent agency urges go-slow approach

  March 11, 2010 8:24 AM

  Although the Postal Service is free to cut services and close locations as it sees fit, the Postal Regulatory Commission is urging the service to give residents more advance notice and take into consideration their concerns and comments. Among the suggestions: give people more time to express their opinions... more »

• City of Pueblo faces hardships in 2010

  March 5, 2010 5:13 PM

  The City of Pueblo is dealing with money woes, that could impact services. January's sales tax revenues fell -1.1% from the same time a year ago. "Housing starts are down, commercial construction is down, that's the lion's share of that use tax money that comes in," said Jerry Pacheco, City... more »

• Hundreds in Pueblo attend Ash Wednesday services

  February 17, 2010 5:14 PM

  It's Ash Wednesday. For Christians everywhere the day marks the beginning of Lent, leading up to Easter. During the lunch hour in Pueblo, hundreds showed up for an Ash Wednesday service at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Pueblo's new bishop, Fernando Isern led the service. The ash cross on... more »

• Free tax help this Saturday

  February 15, 2010 2:57 PM

  If you're having trouble preparing your income tax returns you can get free help this Saturday from the Internal Revenue Service. The Colorado Springs IRS office will be open from 9 am - 2 pm. "There are many tax credits and deductions that may help individuals struggling in... more »

• Christmas tree permits now available

  November 27, 2009 12:47 PM

  Some people are beginning to head to the mountains to cut down their own Christmas tree. Permits are now available for $10, limit two trees per household. If you plan to cut down your own tree the U.S. Forest service reminds you to be prepared for winter conditions. Take warm... more »

• Remembering the Fallen

  October 4, 2009 9:06 PM

  Lt. Mike Smaldino with the Colorado Springs Fire Department says, “Even though they’re not part of our department, we still feel the loss just the same. It's just like losing one from sitting right next to you.” Sunday at the 28th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial, four Colorado firefighters... more »

• Memorial date set in NY for slain Yale student

  September 21, 2009 1:16 PM

  A date has been set for a memorial service for slain Yale student Annie Le at her fiance's New York synagogue. Synagogue member Rich Pilatsky says the service will be Wednesday night at Temple Beth El in Huntington on Long Island. Temple leaders were to officiate at Le's wedding to... more »

• Forest Service apologizes to Hispanic campers

  September 15, 2009 12:46 PM

  The U.S. Forest Service has apologized for suggesting that campers who eat tortillas, drink Tecate beer and play Spanish music may be armed marijuana growers, calling it "regrettable" and "insensitive." orest Service officials apologized to Colorado Hispanic leaders in a meeting two weeks ago and released a written apology this... more »

• Bomb kills US service member in Afghanistan

  September 1, 2009 11:32 AM

  NATO says a U.S. service member has died in Afghanistan from wounds suffered in an explosion. The service member died Tuesday after a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Monday. No other information has been released. The death, the first for the U.S. in September, comes after the close of... more »