Ap Fact Check: Anti-Polis attack ad omits key details

Colorado gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis debated at the Penrose House in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Colorado gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis debated at the Penrose House in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, October 13, 2018.

Koch group condemns ‘divisiveness’ and ‘lack of leadership’ in…

Registration will allow you to post comments on GreenwichTime.com and create a GreenwichTime.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Charles Koch, shown in 2015, told donors gathered in Colorado Springs, Colo., that "we're just getting started" and "I assure you, I am not getting weak in the knees."

Guest Column: Possible solar storms are a major threat

As Colorado Springs next week prepares to host the premier global meeting of the space industry with such featured speakers as Vice President Michael Pence, concerns are growing that our state - and, in fact, the nation - is dangerously vulnerable to massive solar storms. Colorado is a national leader in the aerospace industry.

Proposal to allow community colleges to offer four-year nursing degrees advances

A homegrown proposal that would allow Colorado's community colleges to give students who earn an associate's degree in nursing the chance to obtain an advanced bachelor's degree left the House floor Monday with "an enormous amount of momentum," said Rep. Paul Lundeen, a Republican from Monument who represents portions of El Paso County, where the proposal initiated. On Monday's third reading, House Bill 1086 passed with 55 votes in favor of advancing it to the Senate and eight opposed.

Air Force Academy Racial Slurs Decried

Racial slurs were written on dormitory message boards outside the rooms of black cadet candidates at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, earlier this week, Newsweek reported . One of the cadet's mother exposed this when she posted a photo to Facebook depicting a derogatory slur written on the whiteboard outside her son's room.

Women’s march organizers: Resistance to Trump’s policies can’t stop now | Colorado Springs Gazette, News

Protesters march down Tejon Street Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, during the Colorado Springs Women's March in downtown Colorado Springs. The sister march of the Women's March on Washington, D.C., drew between 5,000 and 10,000 people.

Shut out of appointments, undocumented immigrants march in Colorado Springs for driver’s licenses

More than three dozen people chanted, "What do we want? Licenses!" in Spanish as they marched through southeast Colorado Springs Friday night, seeking improvements to a program that allows undocumented immigrants to receive driver's licenses. The mile-long march to Memorial Park came on the heels of a similar protest earlier this week in Denver, which marked the latest chapter in a yearslong fight to fix a program mired in delays stretching more than a year.

Colorado Springs experts say threat of hacking goes far beyond Russia’s suspected email poaching

In a world where enemies can destroy a power grid with a key stroke, devastate the economy with malware or even kill hospital patients with a computer virus, the hack of Democratic National Committee emails was far less damaging than what experts say could be in the offing. But that doesn't mean that the world's most prominent political hack hasn't gotten the cybersecurity industry's attention.

Throttle blamed for Colorado jet crash near Obama appearance

A throttle malfunction on an Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatic demonstration jet is being blamed for the jet's crash last June near the Colorado Springs Airport where President Barack Obama was attending an event. According to a report from Air Force investigators, the malfunction on the F-16 jet caused the pilot to accidentally turn the engine off.

Daily NewsDOJ files suit against Springs for stormwater permit violations

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs for its "continuing and significant" violations of the Clean Water Act. The DOJ first notified the city of its intent to sue Nov. 5. The violations, according to information from the DOJ, are related to the city's permit for stormwater discharges.

Manchin to nominate 40 students for US service academies

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says he'll nominate 40? West Virginia students from 17 counties to the U.S. service academies after reviewing recommendations by a selection board that met last month. They include 10 nominees for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and 10 to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.