The Colorado Springs Gazette

Fruits of Colorado College students' labor available to public

Each year, a different batch of Colorado College students become urban farmers. For an entire year of their undergraduate studies, starting in March, they plan, budget, plant, maintain and harvest produce for the school cafeteria - and get paid to do it. This year, there's a new twist: The public can buy some of their bounty. Luke Paulson,...
Medical marijuana oil bill aims to help more children across US

Federal legislation announced Monday could legalize marijuana oil that appears to ease symptoms of debilitating epilepsy - a move that could offer hope to families from across the nation who flocked to Colorado seeking help for their children. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., said he will introduce the Charlotte's Web Medical Hemp Act of 2014 Monday...
Colorado Springs police helps Teens with Promise get ready for school

The Colorado Springs police will collaborate with Teens with Promise, a local non-profit dedicated to providing disadvantaged teens with the supplies they need to start and stay in school, to fill 1,000 backpacks and raise $10,000 in the following weeks. The organization is conducting donation drives at the four Colorado Springs police...
Then and Now: Photographs re-create days gone by for friends and families

We laughed. We cried. We clicked back and forth between your original and re-created photos in our Then and Now contest. We received dozens of entries last month, including shots of puppies morphing into elderly dogs, a truck and even a 1950s aerial photo of Glockner-Penrose Hospital that's now Penrose Hospital. And the winner is local...
56th annual rocket event encourages science, engineering interests

Some people loved rockets when they were children. Others picked up the hobby as adults, sharing the fun with their own kids. For Dr. Warren B. Layfield, rocketry has been a lifelong passion that was strengthened after working as an engineer with NASA for a decade. About 300 amateur rocket builders and designers from around the country...
New Format and New Name for Pikes Peak Parent

At the age of 21, Pikes Peak Parent Magazine reached a stage when it was time to leave the nest and transition to a new, advanced structure
Gazette 'Cutest Kid' photo contest supports charity, Empty Stocking Fund

Kids, they're just so. Darn. Cute. We know, if you had a dollar for every adorable child picture stored in your cellphone ... you'd donate it to charity, right? The Gazette's Cutest Kid Photo Contest invites readers to share their most awwww-inducing portraits for the chance at a $100 prize, while helping out a fundraising campaign that for...
Drive-thru review: 'Heroes in a half shell' join forces with Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut's Cheesy Bites Pizza is back. You remember the pie with 28 pull-apart puffs loaded with cheese circling the pie. As if Pizza Hut was lacking for places to hide more cheese, now even stuffed crust isn't the pole-sitter. Here's the Cheesy Bites Pizza breakdown: a large, one-topping, 14-inch pizza surrounded by 28 cheese puffs instead...
Academy operates STEM teacher boot camp

As an institution of higher learning - one that specializes in science and engineering - the Air Force Academy embraces its responsibility to prepare young minds for a future in science, technology, engineering and math by opening its classrooms once a year to train teachers. The Academy Office of Research teams with the Challenger Learning...