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Hate 1 at the Fort Carson military base south of Colorado Springs.

Lima beans and toast: Fort Carson working to combat bad food at soldier dining facilities

Colorado leaders applaud as Air Force says Schriever Space Base to serve as home of Space Delta 15

Absentee ballots

Of Colorado’s millions of votes, a few are coming from very far away

By Kiara DeMare

Colonel James Harvey, 101, sits with a baseball cap that identifies his Tuskegee team as winners of the first-ever Top Gun completion in 1949.

‘Be kind to others and have a sense of humor:’ Life lessons from a 101-year-old Tuskegee fighter pilot

By Andrea Dukakis

A man in military fatigues looking up into an airplane while performing maintenance.

Colorado in head-to-head fight with the U.S. Air Force over Air National Guard control

A man stands at a podium on the steps of Colorado Springs City Hall. A group of military veterans stand behind him.

After cancellation, it looks like Colorado Springs will have a Veterans Day parade after all

The Colorado Capitol in Denver

Amendment K: Modify election deadlines, explained

By Michelle P. Fulcher

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Amendment H: Judicial Discipline Board, explained

Amendment G: Expanded property tax exemption for veterans, explained

By Megan Verlee

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U.S. lags behind China and Russia in hypersonic weapons, Rep. Doug Lamborn says

An aerial view of lines of rectangular bunker structures with rounded rooflines that appear to be old. There also appears to be foundations or something similar in between some of the bunkers as if buildings might have been removed.

The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot closes after more than 80 years

By Shanna Lewis

Yellow and blue jets labled with U.S. Navy fly in formation.

Life and Culture

U.S. Navy Blue Angels headline Colorado Springs airshow

By Andrea Chalfin

Controversial Amara annexation proposal moves closer to reality in Colorado Springs

By Shanna Lewis

An oblique aerial view of part of PuebloPlex showing a flat landscape with sparse green vegetation and several dozen long low industrial, warehouse and storage buildings lined up in rows along with a parking lot at the center of the image. More low buildings can be seen in the distance. Several roads lead into and through the area. The sky is blue with puffy white clouds.

US Army transfers first parcel of land at Pueblo Chemical Depot to PuebloPlex

By Shanna Lewis

A man holds a cluster of fireworks in his hands.

For veterans with PTSD, illegal fireworks on Independence Day can be a torment

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