Author: Mary Shinn
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El Paso County judge allows more homes in Hay Creek Valley along dead-end road
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An El Paso County judge has ruled additional houses can be built north of the Air Force Academy in Hay Creek Valley, siding against a resident who had tried to hold the county to its own rule that limits development on dead-end roads. The dead-end road in question, Hay Creek, is the only way into…
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Space Force general in charge of new Golden Dome will rely on existing technology
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The Space Force general tasked with leading the effort to build the new missile defense system known as Golden Dome spoke to a global audience this week about how he will tackle the enormous challenge. On his second day in charge of the project, Gen. Michael Guetlein spoke during Innovate Space: Global Economic Summit, in…
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New vision for VA is taking shape amid hopes, uncertainty, staff reductions
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The Trump administration’s final vision for a remade Department of Veterans Affairs is still coming into focus, but as staffing and budget bombs continue to drop, some employees and veterans are relieved, while others are fearful for the future. Plans announced earlier this year to downsize the VA’s workforce by about 80,000 jobs were rolled…
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Colorado Springs City Council, Mayor Mobolade at odds over marijuana tax revenues
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The Colorado Springs City Council and Mayor Yemi Mobolade are at odds over the power to pick who will receive the tax revenues from recreational marijuana sales. Voters laid out the broad framework for marijuana tax revenues in 2022, requiring potentially millions to fund post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans, mental health service and public safety services.…
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Researchers study forever chemical removal at Peterson Space Force Base
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A team from the Colorado School of Mines is leading research at Peterson Space Force Base this summer to evaluate technologies that remove forever chemicals from sediment. For years, forever chemicals from firefighting foam at the former Air Force base contaminated the groundwater under Fountain, Security and Widefield, prompting all three communities to install water…
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Bipartisan bill would bolster care for military members with traumatic brain injuries
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Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday aimed at improving care for active-duty service members with traumatic brain injury. U.S. Reps. Jason Crow, D-Aurora, and Jeff Crank, R-Colorado Springs, worked together on the bill that would create a working group to study strategies for treating traumatic brain injuries through digital health technologies and recommend an investment…
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Air Force Academy eliminating 140 positions, no cuts to majors planned
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As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs. Acting Dean Col. Steven Hasstedt outlined the cuts and the $10 million budget shortfall for civilian employee pay in an email last week. The email stated that most of the positions have already been vacated…
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Colorado’s beetle battle: Forest Service combats mountain pine beetle surge with fake pheromones
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Don Hardin’s hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an overwhelming number stand dead. Some of the trees have died in just a few weeks with Ips beetles munching their tops and mountain pine beetles coming through their…
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Censorship concerns: As Air Force Academy reviews books for removal, group forms to push back
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As library staff at service academies and war colleges review books for removal under a Department of Defense directive, a new group is starting to push back on what they perceive as censorship at libraries serving military members and their families. Castle Rock resident Kelly Wilson said she is helping found the Committee of Military Families…
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Fort Carson memorializes D-Day heroes 81 years on
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Capt. Leonard Schroeder Jr. was the first of about 21,000 4th Infantry Division soldiers to land on Utah Beach in France on June 6, 1944. He made the trip among nervous men in the dark, who prayed and told jokes, as they awaited the landing on Utah Beach, Maj. Gen. David Doyle said Thursday during…