Local News
Marijuana advocates worry about increased DUI enforcement
Posted 1 year 8 months ago by Andy Koen
Source: KOAA
Billboards and gas pumps in Colorado now carry a specific message warning drivers not to get behind the wheel if they've used marijuana or some other prescription drug. As part of the Heat is On campaign, the Colorado Department of Transportation notes that 16 percent of all traffic fatalities in past 5 years have involved a driver who was using drugs.
Sergeant Craig Simps… Click to Read More
DUI crackdown focuses on marijuana and prescription drugs
Posted 1 year 8 months ago by Andy Koen
Source: KOAA
As part of the current Heat is On impaired driving campaign, officers in our state are targeting drivers who use medical marijuana and prescription drugs before driving.
Posters such as the one pictured are being put up at gas pumps across the state warning drivers not to medicate and drive. There's also a public service announcement being broadcast on radio stations.
Statistics released by the Colorado State Patrol indicate that between the years 2006 and 2010, at least 411 p… Click to Read More
Racing through town: community impact of USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Posted 1 year 8 months ago by Andy Koen
Source: KOAA
An event the size of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge impacts the entire community from schools to businesses, even getting around town. The final leg of the Prologue went right down Colorado Avenue which put extra cars on streets not used to having them.
A great example was West Pikes Peak Avenue. The detour traffic put extra cars on the street right in front of West Elementary and Middle School.
Principal Terry Martinez says he made special arrangements with parents to pick up … Click to Read More
The time for fire mitigation is now
Posted 1 year 11 months ago by Jeannette Hynes
Source: News First 5
The Colorado Springs Fire Department has tested vegetation (fuel moisture) in the city and the department is finding a disturbing trend - we're drying out. Way out.
Firefighters say the situation is turning critical and conditions are mimicking what it was like in 2002, when the Hayman Fire burned 138,000 acres in several counties in Colorado.
Now is the time to take action to protect your home, especially if you live on the west side of Colorado Springs or any urban interfac… Click to Read More
State lawmakers telling schools to play
Posted 2 years 1 month ago by Jeannette Hynes
Source: News First 5, Associated Press
Colorado lawmakers from the House and Senate have reached an agreement on a bill that would require 30 minutes of exercise in elementary schools every day to help combat childhood obesity.
"It's a shame that there would need to be legislation requiring something that is so valuable and that is so readily available," says Edd Lukens, a father of two elementary-aged children and one preschooler.
Lukens says his children receive plenty of physical activity in school, from recess … Click to Read More
