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Dig into fossils, crystals and jewelry at the 62nd Pikes Peak Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (273+ words) From glittering gemstones to dinosaur-era fossils, the 62nd Pikes Peak Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show is ready to rock Colorado Springs once again. This weekend, the Norris Penrose Event Center is about to get a little more sparkly, with dozens of vendors…...
We cannot keep waiting to reduce wildfire risk | Guest column
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (446+ words) Teller County is a beautiful place to live, but it is also a fire-prone place to live. Those of us who choose to live among trees, grasses, brush, wind, and steep terrain must be honest about that reality. Wildfire is…...
Lessons from Ukraine inspire ongoing hackathon at Fort Carson to integrate legacy computer systems
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (710+ words) By Mary Shinn and Savannah Eller Lessons from Russia's war in Ukraine inspired an ongoing hackathon at Fort Carson, where defense contractors are integrating previously siloed technology, such as air and missile defense systems and drones." Army Secretary Dan Driscoll…...
Tornado warnings issued around Colorado, airports hit with major flight delays
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (530+ words) The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for several counties until 8 p. m. Monday as forecasters anticipate possible 75 mph winds, tennis ball-sized hail and a few tornadoes. The watch, issued by several Weather Service offices, covers over…...
Fort Carson soldiers test new communications system for the battlefield at Pi'on Canyon
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (29+ words) Colorado Springs Gazette Fort Carson soldiers test new communications system for the battlefield at Pi'on Canyon...
Perspective: Behind the AI curtain at Anthropic
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (909+ words) Earlier this month, I was invited to look behind the curtain." Not at Oz, but at Anthropic, one of the companies"building"some of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems in the world. Along with a small group of theologians,…...
Tapped: Facing similar drought conditions, Utah declares emergency while Colorado relies on Phase 2 response
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (930+ words) Record-breaking drought conditions led Utah Governor Spencer Cox to recently declare a state emergency because of severe conditions driven by the lowest snowpack levels in nearly 100 years. Will Colorado follow suit? It remains to be seen. In March, Gov. Jared…...
Night sky events at Florissant Fossil Beds
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (224+ words) The National Park Service and the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society are offering a series of night sky events at Florissant Fossil Beds this year. An International Dark Sky Park since 2021, Florissant Fossil Beds provides an excellent setting for viewing night…...
Satellite launched to identify tiny orbital space debris in bid to make future missions safer
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (386+ words) The U. S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D. C. , is trying to understand how much small debris is orbiting earth as more rockets and satellites begin to crowd into low earth orbit. As part of this mission, it launched the Lightsheet Anomaly Resolution…...
Starlink outage hits drone tests, exposing Pentagon's growing reliance on Space X
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (789+ words) Last August, U. S. Navy officials carrying out a test of unmanned vessels realized they had hit a single point of failure: Starlink. A global outage across Elon Musk's satellite network affecting millions of Starlink users had left two dozen unmanned surface…...