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Lutheran High School faces suspension over allegations of racism

The Colorado High School Activities Association also placed the school’s athletic department on a one-year probation.

The Aspen Acres fire scorched places burned by six previous blazes in Southern Colorado. Why? And what can we learn from it?

Wildfire scars don’t prevent new fires.

Breaking down Michelin’s visit to Colorado Springs with Side Dish

Four by Brother Luck and the Penrose Room at the Broadmoor were each acknowledged by the famed Michelin Guide.

Colorado Springs artist paints places before they change

Katie Sermons’ plein-air paintings capture historic buildings and familiar landscapes as they look now — before time, development or nature changes the view.

Beulah’s recent floods are the result of burn-scarred ground, complicating the community’s water situation

The long anticipated monsoon season dropped several inches of rain on the Aspen Acres Fire area in just a few hours. But the burned barren ground couldn't absorb the wate

State expands warnings after raw sewer spilled into the Arkansas River downstream of Pueblo last week

The issue began Thursday when the City of Pueblo Wastewater Department said there was an "unplanned discharge of untreated sewage" into the Arkansas River.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs prepares for centennial celebration with new CEO and giraffe enclosure

The zoo’s new giraffe enclosure will open during the zoo's week-long centennial celebration in September.

A Michelin primer for Colorado Springs

The premier hospitality guide will announce winners from across Colorado in September.

Chainsaw-wielding youth are helping with fire mitigation in Colorado neighborhoods

A team from Mile High Youth Corps spent time in Genesee building skills as they worked to reduce fire risk.

A drought-tolerant grain could help Colorado farmers save water. First, they need customers.

The Rye Resurgence Project is building a market for a water-efficient grain while keeping agriculture alive in the San Luis Valley.

A drought-stricken Southeastern Colorado river is drying up

The Cucharas River runs dry before it gets to the town La Veta, threatening farming, recreation and everyday life in the region.

Donuts, coffee, and Pikes Peak are the formula for a new world record set in Southern Colorado

On Colorado Day, nearly 300 people set a world record with a dunk and bite on America’s mountain.

Rafting companies find ways to stay afloat amid record-breaking low water on the Arkansas River

Some sections of the river are now impassable. This changes the experience of rafting on this whitewater classic.

Can the adobe building at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta be saved before the walls come tumbling down?

The structure was built 50 years ago in the footprint of an 1800s trading post to celebrate the nations bicentennial.

Beulah residents who lost everything return home to assess damages wrought by Aspen Acres fire

Each person who entered the area on Monday had a card verifying they owned a home that was completely destroyed by the fire.

Lawsuit claims San Isabel Electric power lines sparked the Aspen Acres fire

The more than 150-square-mile fire is now one of the largest and most destructive in state history.

Just miles from the Aspen Acres fire, a shelter full of displaced pets hopes it won’t have to evacuate next

For many rural Colorado families, evacuating means finding safety for more than a few animals.

New downtown grocery store in Colorado Springs set to open this week

The Warehouses’ Chef James Africano is renovating the venue space into a grocery store

At 88, he built an adobe labyrinth by hand. Now visitors come to pray, grieve and wander

Beside Colorado’s oldest church, Alphonso Abeyta created a sanctuary using more than 50,000 adobe bricks and traditional knowledge passed down in the San Luis Valley.

Colorado Springs’ mayor hired the candidate he beat. How’s that going? 

Mayor Yemi Mobolade and his chief of staff, Wayne Williams, say their partnership is a return to American values, as the nation marks 250 years.