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Colorado Springs is facing tough times, almost everyone is aware of it, and almost all residents are feeling the effects of the city’s budget crisis. Public pools have been closed, though three of the five public pools have now been re-opened, and some residents have found themselves cutting the grass at local parks due to wide-spread layoffs of city employees.

The present is a tight and frugal one for the city. Recently, Colorado Springs news media reported that there was now a significant brain drain hampering the future recovery of the city. A brain drain is perhaps a loaded term for the ... more


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Friday 27th January, 2012

    • Keystone co-founder Bill Bergman to be inducted into ski hall of fame

    Summit Daily

    The Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame has announce that Bill Bergman has been selected for this year's Pioneer category in the Hall of Fame, and will be inducted at the 2012 Hall of ...

    • Victim Sets Assault Suspect Up For Arrest

    KKTV 11

    A suspect in an assault was arrested at a Fountain Walmart Thursday night due to the victim's quick thinking, Springs police say. According to police, suspect Nicholas Harris, 24, repeatedly ...

    • Florida's Primary Looms Large For GOP Candidates

    KKTV 11

    The four remaining Republican candidates met for the final time ahead of Tuesday's primary, debating in front of a Florida audience. Frontrunners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney clashed over ...

  • Economy Has Strongest Quarter Since 2010

    KKTV 11

    The U.S. economy saw its strongest quarter since early 2010, growing by 2.8 percent in the 4th quarter of 2011, the Commerce Department announced Friday. Still, numbers fell slightly below ...

  • Prisons Face Tough Choices With Aging Population

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    The number of aging prison inmates is growing, leaving prisons to make decisions about how to accommodate. Prisons across the country are considering geriatric units, hospices, and medical parole. ...

  • Boulder DA: 'Street thug wannabe' killed Todd Walker during robbery attempt

    Denver Post

    Elizabeth Roach raises her hand to mimic how the gunman held his pistol and fired it in to the air during Kevin McGregor's trial at the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colorado ...

  • Superior boys wander off after school, raise alarm, found safe

    Denver Post

    Two 8-year-old Boulder County boys who wandered away from an elementary school, and headed for a nearby mall instead of going home, were found unharmed and safe. The incident unfolded Thursday when ...

  • Summit Schools start delayed 2 hours Friday morning

    Summit Daily

    All Summit Schools are on a two hour delay for Friday morning due to weather conditions The following shows what time each school begins classroom instruction: Elementary schools: 10:45 AM Middle ...

  • Hearing continues for AF Academy cadet

    News First 5/30

    AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - A hearing that will determine whether an Air Force Academy cadet will be court-martialed on sexual misconduct charges enters its second day.A hearing continues today ...

  • Cruise Ship Passengers To Be Compensated

    KKTV 11

    Passengers who were on board the Costa Concordia cruise ship are now being offered compensation. The company that operates the capsized cruise ship says it will offer passengers a little over ...

  • Man with AIDS arrested again in prostitution sting

    Denver Post

    Denver police have arrested a man with AIDS on suspicion of prostitution, police said. Darren Garcia, 31, was taken into custody Wednesday when officers arrested prostitution suspects along Colfax ...

  • Douglas County deputy to receive Congressional Badge of Bravery

    Denver Post

    Douglas County Deputy Sheriff Herman Michael Villalobos Garcia will receive the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery in Castle Rock today, one of 21 officers nationwide receiving the new ...

  • Lafayette woman burned after package explodes in car released from hospital; investigation ongoing

    Denver Post

    A Lafayette woman who was severely burned when a package exploded in her car has been released from the hospital after undergoing two skin grafts. Allyson Stone, 44, was discharged Wednesday from ...

  • Trash puzzle confronts Summit County officials

    Summit Daily

    A successful recycling program in Summit County, combined with other factors, has made the business model for the landfill unsustainable, county officials ...

  • Green Mountain Reservoir may see lower rec fees

    Summit Daily

    If the proposal passes state and local approval, Green Mountain Reservoir users may say good-bye to day-use fees. After a nationwide inventory and review of recreation fees within the U.S. Forest ...

  • Summit schools growing - and shrinking

    Summit Daily

    While Summit School District starts exploring whether there will be enough growth to necessitate a new elementary school within the next 10 years, it is predicting some ups and downs in enrollment ...

  • Hey, Spike! visits with skiers, ice castles viewers

    Summit Daily

    Well, well, well, that old Jay ';Jay Bee'; Brossman is still counting those ski days.The skier and wife Sally, four years his junior, both have just about 100 days this season out there on ...

  • Structure Fire On El Paso Street and Fillmore

    KKTV 11

    We have reports of a structure fire on El Paso Street and Fillmore. Fire crews say it is a basement fire. One person has been taken to the hospital. Fire crews say he appeared to be suffering from ...

  • Denver names panelists who will help pick police monitor

    Denver Post

    Mayor Michael Hancock on Thursday announced the five people who will help pick Denver's next police watchdog. The Office of the Independent Monitor was created in 2005 to monitor internal ...

  • Red Rocks' first-ever Winter on the Rocks show likely to live up to its name

    Denver Post

    Kelly Lyon, of Buffalo, N.Y., strikes a rock star pose at the Denver Pavillions on Thursday. Behind her is artist Stephen DeOrio's chalk drawing depicting tonight's Winter On the Rocks ...

  • Suicides rise in wealthier Douglas, Arapahoe counties

    Denver Post

    Douglas and Arapahoe counties logged big increases in suicides in 2011, while the tallies in other metro-area counties have remained about the same or experienced a slight decrease.While final ...

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