Colorado Springs News

The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighborhoods, as other threatening blazes grew in Alaska and elsewhere in the West.

The Colorado secretary of state's office on Tuesday announced organizers vying to oust Senate President John Morse from office submitted 10,137 valid signatures, which now sets in motion the first ever recall election of a lawmaker in the state.

A Colorado Springs family is suing the owners of the Discovery Channel for the wrongful death of Terry Flanell during filming of a pilot show about the gun store and shooting range she owned with her husband.

The Air Force discovered the Black Forest fire Tuesday, a week after it swept across thousands of acres, gutting hundreds of homes.

The survivors of a woman killed during the production of a reality TV show pilot have filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Discovery Communications Inc. and Anthropic Productions Corp. It says the companies were producing a pilot focusing on the family's Colorado Springs business, Dragon Arms Inc. The suit says the opening sequence ... (more)

June 17--Who is Jacques Brel? "I had never heard of him and knew nothing," says Halee Towne, who stars in "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" at the Fine Arts Center.

A group of Colorado Springs leaders has more time to put the final touches on its multi-million dollar tourism projects proposal, which tentatively includes a U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and a downtown stadium.

As of 10:40 a.m. Monday, the following areas have been downgraded to pre-evacuation status: a South of Walker Rd. a East of Bar X Rd. and Highland Estates Rd. a North of Hodgen Rd. a West of Winchester Rd. a North side of Morgan Rd. a North side of Hardy Rd. This does not include the areas east of Winchester Rd., south of Morgan Rd. and south of ... (more)

Residents look at a map detailing the progress of the Black Forest wildfire Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

CBA, several Christian publishers and authors in Colorado Springs, Colo., are expressing a sense of relief as the most destructive blaze in the state's history was nearing containment.

While dry conditions and destructive fire continues to ravage parts of Colorado Springs, there is good news for the local economy.

About 15,700 remain in pre-evacuation zones, meaning they should be prepared to flee.

Among about a hundred people cheering on the shift of firefighters heading in for Sunday night on the Black Forest fire was the Wester family, who joked that their house is probably still burning.

Top U.S. intelligence officials say information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the National Security Agency thwarted potential terrorist plots in the U.S. and more than 20 other countries.

With evacuees anxious to return, firefighters worked Sunday to dig up and extinguish hot spots to protect homes spared by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history.

A report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment shows that the Colorado Springs economy gained strength late last year, continued to improve in the first four months of this year, and had much stronger job growth than previously reported from monthly surveys.

Residents look at a map of the Black Forest Fire after a press briefing in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday, June 15, 2013.

Residents returning to the neighbourhoods they were driven from just days ago by Colorado's most destructive wildfire ever are seeing firsthand the path of destruction left behind by the flames.

A large fire burning in Black Forest that started Tuesday afternoon has claimed two lives and destroyed 473 homes, according to fire officials.

Firefighters advanced against a monstrous wildfire outside of Colorado Springs, expanding containment lines and lifting evacuation orders for thousands of anxious residents in the most destructive blaze in state... Crews gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Saturday and had more than half the blaze contained as ... (more)