Author: By O’Dell Isaac
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Global SuperTanker, based in Colorado Springs, is ceasing operations
A giant firefighting aircraft based in Colorado Springs will be grounded for good. The Global SuperTanker is ceasing operations, a company representative told Gazette news partner KKTV on Friday. The company did not specify the reason for the shutdown. A Boeing 747 aerial firefighter, the Global SuperTanker has flown hundreds of firefighting missions, helping crews…
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State recommends patients who received COVID-19 vaccine at Dr. Moma clinic start shots anew
People who received an initial dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine at Dr. Moma Health and Wellness clinic in Colorado Springs should consider that dose invalid and start the shots anew, state health officials announced late Tuesday night. The medical spa inside the Satellite Hotel in southeast Colorado Springs, had its vaccination privileges suspended…
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Hickenlooper touts $28 billion relief program in visit to Springs brewery
Senator John Hickenlooper visited Colorado Springs on Wednesday to discuss a new COVID-19 relief program for restaurants and breweries. The former Colorado governor met with several local business owners at the Atrevida Beer Company to review the benefits of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a $28 billion endowment created to provide aid to businesses in the…
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Western Colorado University’s president retained after controversy
The president of Western Colorado University in Gunnison will remain in his position despite a majority of the faculty calling for his firing, according to a statement from the school’s board of trustees. On Jan. 7, the day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol building, Salsbury wrote a message to all staff, titled “Voice…
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Pine beetles contribute to record-breaking wildfires
This summer has seen the three largest wildfires in Colorado history, scorching more than 700 square miles of Colorado forests in just the past few months. But the giant Cameron Peak fire, the state’s largest ever, and the East Troublesome blaze, which has become Colorado’s second-largest, owe their rapid spread to a tiny insect about…