Fort Carson News

FORT CARSON, Colo. - Matthew Ellis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District; Maj.

Spc. David Mendez helps to case a U.S. flag following a ribbon cutting ceremony at Fort Carson on Jan.

SPC Andrew Seymour, right, and Staff Sgt David Huling of Fort Carson's 52nd Engineer Battalion keep watch as they wait for a helicopter to arrive during an exercise simulating an IED attack on a convoy resulting in injuries Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Fort Carson.

Lorrie Boyer of Brush was honored with the Amicus-Friend of Agriculture Award at the 2012 Colorado Corn Annual Banquet.

A Minnesota soldier is back home looking for a new career. Matt Birr is returning from Fort Carson, Colorado where he was recovering for a bullet wound to the head.

Just after 8 p.m., a 60-year-old parolee had shot two people - killing one - in an AutoZone parking lot.

A memorial service has been held at Fort Jackson for a retired Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Vietnam war.

A combat engineer at Fort Carson has been arrested and charged in the slaying of a food operations specialist in the barracks at the Colorado Army post, officials said Friday.

Fort Carson has arrested a sergeant in the slaying of a soldier found stabbed to death in her barracks room early this month.

The idea of bringing dozens of helicopters and thousands of soldiers to Fort Carson and the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeast Colorado in the next couple of years got a chilly reception here last night.

ABC Fund Raising Inc., a Denver-based company, in partnership with 120 local elementary schools, donated $78,000.00 worth of merchandise to the Yellow Ribbon Support Center to help support American forces serving abroad.

Read more: Local , National , Community , Business , News , Military , The Mountain Post , Fort Carson , U.S. Army , Army to Cut Combat Brigades , Combat Brigades , Pentagon , Soldiers , American Soldiers , Recruiters , Army Recruitment Office , Denver , Colorado Springs , Morning Show , Family , Fort Carson Wednesday U.S. officials announced the ... (more)

Spec. Gage Bianca and Spec. Ashlie Totten of the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, practice their medic skills on Dr.

An Environmental Assessment of the Combat Aviation Brigade coming to Fort Carson in the next year or two will be front and center from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday night the at Crowne Plaza Hotel .

Southern Colorado ranchers and critics of the proposed expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site said Monday that the Army is now trying to take over Southeastern Colorado through the "back door." The Army released a draft environmental assessment Jan.

A Fort Carson deputy commander has been nominated for a second star.Brig. Gen. Jeffrey L. Bailey is in line to become a major general.

More than 70 volunteers, including 12 Fort Carson troops, gathered in Colorado Springs to conduct a survey of the homeless population in town.

Anne Beer with Pikes Peak United Way asks Eric Thoms some questions as a part of a survey of the homeless in Colorado Springs.

The mother of a female soldier found stabbed to death in her barracks at a Colorado infantry post claims to know who killed her daughter but will not identify the suspect publicly until the Army investigates further.

But Republican Albert Sweet has announced his bid to represent the district, which covers much of southwestern El Paso County.