Nearly four decades after he put on the uniform, Army Gen. Charles Jacoby stepped down Friday as head of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command. - The general earned a reputation as one of the Army's top thinkers. As a three-star general, he led the...

New U.S. Northern Command boss Adm. Bill Gortney took his first moments on the job to express confidence in himself and his new team in Colorado Springs. "Rest assured," he told an audience Friday that included top brass from the U.S., Canada and Mexico. "We will succeed." Gortney,...

A Colorado Springs soldier who earned the Medal of Honor in World War II will have his name affixed to the new Department of Veterans Affairs clinic on Fillmore Street. After months of delays, the Senate late Wednesday approved naming the clinic after Pfc. Floyd K. Lindstrom, the...

A former U.S. ambassador to Iraq told a told a Colorado Springs crowd Thursday that America needs a better plan to uproot the Islamic State terror group. Christopher Hill, a career diplomat who served in Iraq from 2009-10, said the Obama administration is combating Islamic State in...

CAñON CITY - The two dozen Cotter Mill workers who gathered Wednesday say the uranium processing business was wild and dangerous in its early days. Men worked uranium ore into "yellow cake" concentrate with little thought to the radiation it emitted, several said. "There was no such...

The Defense Department's Inspector General is probing how the Air Force Academy handled an investigation into misconduct by members of the football team, the Pentagon has confirmed. A memo released Tuesday says investigators will determine whether "criminal investigations, to include...

Benefits for workers sickened by Cañon City's atomic legacy will be outlined at a federal Department of Labor town hall Wednesday morning. The department oversees a program designed to compensate nuclear workers for cancer and other maladies associated with mining, hauling and...

A Colorado Springs veteran will be home for the holidays this year thanks to a mortgage-free house donated by a number of Pikes Peak region businesses and charities. The freshly renovated house was handed over to retired Army Sgt. Patrick McPherson and his family in time for...

Next Sunday, there will be a small gathering at 11 a.m. to bring together a few survivors of the attack that plunged America into World War II. Three, maybe four, Pearl Harbor survivors are expected to be joined by scores of onlookers inside the Pikes Peak Regional Building office at...

A crowd estimated in the thousands stood in the dark at The Broadmoor Saturday, until the Jolly Old Elf threw the switch. Santa triggered more than 350,000 lights at the resort, showering the place in a dazzling, white glow. It's the 29th year for The Broadmoor's White Lights,...