The 302nd Airlift Wing is an Air Force Reserve Command unit stationed at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. The unit recently passed the twenty-day mark in support of firefighting efforts throughout California. But it’s not just any support. KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin tagged along on Tuesday’s “media day” to see what the Springs-based reserve unit is doing.

Filed under: Andrea Chalfin, Environment, Fire, Military — Delaney Utterback @ 1:29 pm

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Fireworks laws, a beef recall, firefighting air tankers, and wild horses and burros.

Filed under: Agriculture/Ranching, Animal Rights/Wellfare, Colorado, Fire, Forest Plans — Delaney Utterback @ 5:33 pm

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Emergency crews rushed to portions of southwest Colorado Springs this afternoon after a fire broke out in an area of grass and heavy scrub oak near the Broadmoor Bluffs-Cheyenne Mountain region.

Filed under: Colorado Springs, Environment, Fire — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 6:04 pm

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