The Latest Breaking News from Colorado Springs

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.