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US Air Force set to launch 1st next-generation GPS satellite, built in Colorado

Dec 16, 2018

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Dan Elliott, Associated Press

UPDATE, 12/18: The launch of a new GPS satellite has been postponed for one day because of an unspecified problem with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will put the satellite in orbit. After months of delays, the U.S. Air Force is about to launch the first of a new generation of Colorado-built Global Positioning…
Defense policy bill includes $120M for work at Colorado military bases

Jun 7, 2018

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Tom Roeder, The Gazette

Colorado would see more than $120 million in construction at local military bases under a $716 billion military policy and spending bill the Senate is taking up this week. The bill, which has already made its way through the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, would spend more than $100 million on Fort Carson, which would…
Secretive space defense center in Colorado Springs begins 24-hour operations

Feb 20, 2018

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Tom Roeder, The Gazette

The National Space Defense Center at Schriever Air Force Base has moved beyond war games, with intelligence agency experts and Space Command airmen joining forces to protect American satellites in orbit. The center, which last year was operating with borrowed troops, has begun operating 24 hours a day and boasts a staff of 230. Their…
Retired Air Force General Ronald Keys talks energy, national security with Colorado farmers

Dec 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

In the decade he’s been examining the relationship between climate change and national security, retired Air Force General Ronald E. Keys says he’s seen huge advances in efficiency, affordability and ways to use renewable energy in more and more situations, but some of the most profound changes he’s seen have been in attitudes. “People would…
Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand juggling obligations to run for Congress

Aug 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Tom Strand isn’t planning on giving up his seat on the Colorado Springs City Council to run for Congress against Republican Doug Lamborn, the entrenched 5th Congressional District incumbent up for election next year. Strand said his obligations to the council – he was elected as an at-large member in 2015, and as chairman of…
Colorado Springs Councilman Tom Strand says he plans to mount GOP run in 5th Congressional District

Aug 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand plans to enter the crowded Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District seat held by five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, he told Colorado Politics Thursday. The retired Air Force colonel and former member of the Colorado Springs School District 11 board said he’s been considering a run for…
Republican Darryl Glenn declares he’s challenging Colorado U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn: ‘Our country is in the balance’

Jul 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Declaring that the 5th Congressional District needs someone who will “fight for what he knows is right” and not just vote the right way, Darryl Glenn, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in Colorado last year, announced on Monday that he’s running for the seat held by incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, another Colorado…
Hickenlooper appoints Air Force Major General Michael A. Loh as adjutant general of Colorado

Mar 31, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed U.S. Air Force Major General Michael A. Loh as Colorado’s new adjutant general, the governor’s office announced Friday. Loh will also serve as executive director of the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Loh will take over for Adjutant General U.S. Air Force Major General H. Michael Edwards, who announced his impending…
Top Colorado National Guard officer Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards to retire

Jan 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, Colorado’s adjutant general, will step down on March 31 upon reaching mandatory retirement age, Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday, Edwards has commanded the Colorado National Guard since 2007 and also serves on the governor’s cabinet as executive director of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. “For the last 43 years, our…
Nicolais: Sexual assault all over again

Nov 9, 2016

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Mario Nicolais

“His words are weightless to me. You cannot bargain or barter the truth.” It has only been a few months since I last wrote about a sexual assault case from Boulder, but yet another tragedy is under the spotlight. The quote above is taken from a letter the victim wrote and read aloud in court,…