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Colorado Springs (AFP) - Though satellite internet has existed for years, the competition is about to rapidly intensify, with companies planning to launch thousands of their own systems into low Earth orbit.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — More than a dozen aerospace companies throughout the state rallied together to say Colorado should be the permanent home for U.S. Space Command.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The shocking fentanyl overdose deaths of five young people in a Commerce City apartment last weekend marked an ugly milestone for Colorado: It was the country’s largest single fentanyl overdose event the Drug Enforcement Administration believes it has seen in one place at one time.

A Colorado Springs-based nonprofit that turns guns into garden tools has disabled more than 1,000 firearms across the country since its inception in 2013

The city of Colorado Springs has reached a nearly $3 million settlement in a civil lawsuit brought by the family of a 19-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in the back by police officers in 2019

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Americans are more likely to die before they turn 25 than their peers in other wealthy nations, a report co-authored by a University of Colorado-Boulder researcher found, with people of color at even higher risk of dying young.

When Amendment 64 passed in 2012, Colorado Springs residents approved adult-use marijuana by more than 3,000 votes. Despite voter approval, local officials have continued to ban recreational marijuana sales over the past decade.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Selling flavored tobacco and nicotine products could soon be illegal in Colorado after a bill prohibiting the sale of the products was introduced in the state House of Representatives last week.