UK aims to close coal-fired power plants by 2025
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Britain aims to close its coal-fired power plants by 2025 under plans announced on Wednesday, becoming the first major economy to put a date on shutting coal...
View ArticleSchools closed in the Colorado Springs area; I-25 closed
Winter-like weather moved into the Colorado Springs area Monday night and Tuesday. Here's the latest: - Many schools in the Pikes Peak region are closed Tuesday. Click here for the latest closings and...
View ArticleColorado Springs Utilities delays prescribed burn until 2016
Colorado Springs Utilities is postponing a prescribed burn planned for the north slope of Pikes Peak until 2016. The burn, scheduled for mid October, would have been the first by Utilities since 2010,...
View ArticleReliance on downtown plant has not kept Colorado Springs electric rates low,...
Colorado Springs Utilities' residential electric rate is comparatively high despite reliance on the old downtown coal-burning plant, a federal report shows. And continued use of the Martin Drake Power...
View ArticleColorado Springs plant is costly, rates high when compared nationally
Colorado Springs Utilities' residential electric rate is comparatively high despite reliance on the old downtown...
View ArticleVote expected this week on Colorado Springs Utilities long-range plan
The Colorado Springs Utilities board is expected to take its long-awaited vote Wednesday on a new Electric Integrated...
View ArticleColorado Springs Utilities board votes to close Drake power plant
The Colorado Springs Utilities board voted 5-4 Wednesday night to close the coal-fired Martin Drake power plant by 2035. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette ......
View ArticleColorado Springs Utilities board votes 5-4 to close Drake power plant
The Colorado Springs Utilities board voted 5-4 Wednesday night to close the coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant by 2035....
View ArticleColorado Springs man gets 10 years in prison for illegal ammunition possession
A Colorado Springs man was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a federal court for being a felon in possession of...
View ArticleColorado Springs area income growth in 2014 fastest in 3 years
Incomes in the Colorado Springs area, measured on per-person basis, rose last year by the highest percentage since 2011, mostly as a result of big gains in retiree income, according to a report...
View ArticleColorado Springs jewelry thief caught on video
Before Patricia Eck entered a room at the Jared Galleria of Jewelry in Colorado Springs, surveillance video shows her looking inside for a few seconds. She then placed an item in her coat and picked up...
View ArticleColorado Springs company sued in unpaid-overtime complaint
A Colorado Springs company is accused of violating federal law by not paying a former employee overtime, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court. El Paso County resident Marlene...
View ArticleColorado Springs brewery to celebrate grand opening this weekend
A chasm exists in this city - one roughly stretching from Nevada Avenue to Powers Boulevard. Across that parched land,...
View ArticleColorado Springs area income growth rising, but we're falling behind others...
Incomes in the Colorado Springs area, measured on per-person basis, rose last year by the highest percentage since 2011, mostly as a result of big gains in retiree income, according to a report...
View ArticlePolice investigating body found in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police were investigating a body reportedly found near the intersection of Pikes Peak Avenue and South Academy Boulevard, according to Gazette news partner KKTV. Police and...
View ArticleColorado Springs-area stuntman sets state record
When local stuntman Tanner Vanbebber sets a record, he does it in fiery style - with some minor injury to the hands. On...
View ArticleUK signals closure of coal power plants ahead of talks
The UK is to shut polluting coal-fired power plants by 2025, its government said on Wednesday ahead of key UN climate change talks in Paris. All coal power stations that do not have the technology to...
View ArticleTyson closing plants in Chicago and Jefferson, Wisconsin
JEFFERSON, Wis. (AP) — Tyson Foods says it's closing plants in Chicago and Jefferson, Wisconsin, in a move that will affect 880 workers. Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson said in a statement Thursday...
View ArticleLockdown at Colorado Springs elementary school lifted by officials
Hunt Elementary School in southeast Colorado Springs was on a short lockdown Thursday morning after two shots reportedly were fired in the area, according to police and school officials. A shots fired...
View ArticleSalt Lake City library head eyed for similar job in Colorado Springs
The Pikes Peak Library District board has named the head of the Salt Lake City Public Library as the finalist for its...
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