Author: Liz Forster, The Gazette

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus this week received a $120 million gift, the largest private philanthropic commitment in its history. The gift made by The Anschutz Foundation will support strategic faculty recruitment and retention, innovative research efforts, industry partnerships and a new 390,000-square-foot health sciences building, a press release from the university said.…

One hundred-sixty years ago, Julia Archibald Holmes made history when she became the first woman to climb to the top of Pikes Peak. Lured by the sense of adventure, she defied those who believed it was improper for a woman to attempt a summit, much less doing so in trousers below a skirt that ended…

COLORADO SPRINGS – Driving from Denver to Colorado Springs on Interstate 25, the landscape is dotted with subdivisions, shopping centers and construction trying to keep pace with the state’s ballooning population. Just south of Castle Rock, the development suddenly disappears and is replaced by lush grasslands, dramatic mesas, grazing cattle and sweeping views of an…

An orphaned bear cub whose feet were badly burned in the 416 fire north of Durango is one of the recent victims of wildfires that are raging across  Colorado this month. The 416 fire ignited June 1 and has since burned 41,617 acres. It was 37 percent contained as of Saturday morning, according to InciWeb, a national…

COLORADO SPRINGS – Black soldiers in the 10th Cavalry Regiment fought on the frontlines of the Wild West, enduring attacks by renegade Native Americans and ruthless weather through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They survived on hard pieces of bread and small slabs of bacon. They earned 23 Medals of Honor and played…

Extensive drought in southern Colorado has prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to offer natural disaster assistance to affected farmers and ranchers in El Paso, Teller and seven other counties. Two of those nine counties – Chaffee and Fremont – were designated as primary natural disaster areas. As of May 15, 79.51 percent of the…