As part of the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama and Colorado First Lady Jeannie Ritter are co-chairing Delegate Service Day Wednesday, in which delegates from across the country will volunteer at service organizations throughout Denver. The convention committee has encouraged Democrats statewide to schedule their own events in conjunction with Delegate Service Day. KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin reports on one group that got a jump on the activities.
The Democratic National Convention’s Denver host committee rolled out the red carpet for thousands of members of the media on Saturday night. The press was treated to free food, free drinks and free rides at Elitch Gardens Amusement park in downtown Denver. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
The cities of St. Paul and Denver aren’t the only ones gearing up for the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Social service organizations are expanding their hours and working overtime to make sure homeless people aren’t disrupted when thousands of delegates, media organizations, and high level officials descend on their space. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
Closing arguments were presented Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the Colorado Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union aimed at protecting free speech rights during the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
State lawmakers have formed a committee to deal with a kicking incident on the House floor on Monday by Republican Representative Douglas Bruce. The Colorado Springs lawmaker is refusing to apologize to a Rocky Mountain News Photographer who took his picture during the morning prayer. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
Media from around the world came to Colorado Tuesday (11/13) to tour the Democratic National Convention site. And it wasn’t just traditional newspaper and TV outlets that showed up. Democrats say more bloggers will cover this convention than ever before. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
This weekend is the 20th anniversary for the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival. There will be twenty films, all made by women filmmakers, shown at the Fine Arts Center and Colorado college’s Armstrong Hall. CC student Kate Dawson spoke with the festival’s executive director and a featured filmmaker about the event.
On Friday, Oct. 26, the Air Force Reserve unit based at Peterson Field flew members of the local media to California to see their air and ground crews in action fighting fires.
A new policy banning newspaper distribution at most campus buildings at UCCS is probably going to change in light of faculty concerns about free speech rights.
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Labor day weekend traditionally marks the end of the summer tourist season. Tourism is a 9 billion dollar a year industry in Colorado and the state is hoping that a new infusion of cash into advertising will break last year’s record number of visitors. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
Earlier in June KRCC ran a series of interivews with Maj. Thomas Mowle, a Ph.D. political science professor at the Air Force Academy. We talked to him about his new book, “Hope Is Not A Plan: The War In Iraq From Inside the Green Zone.”
Now, PBS television has released a program online that features Maj. Mowle, as well as Army Col. H.R. McMaster, former commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment when it was stationed at Ft. Carson.
Kathryn Eastburn was the editor of the Colorado Springs Inedpendent when she began working on the story of the Dutcher murders in Guffey, Colorado on December 31st, 2000.
This fall, Eastburn will publish a book about the incident, called, “Simon Says: A True Story of Boys, Guns and Murder in the Rocky Mountain West.” She will read from her forthcoming work Thursday night, June 28th as a part of the Colorado College Summer Arts Festival. Noel Black spoke with her about the book.
Photo: Daniel Zwerdling, NPRSix months ago, an NPR investigation found that leaders at Fort Carson, Colo., were punishing some soldiers who returned from war with serious mental health problems - and were preventing them from getting the treatment they needed. In some cases, officers kicked the soldiers out of the Army.
Those stories sparked ongoing investigations of the post, including one by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and another by Pentagon officials.
Early this year, commanders at Fort Carson responded by launching what they described as an important new program: They required every leader, from sergeants up to generals, to attend a training course on how to spot and help soldiers who potentially have post-traumatic stress disorder. Officials say more than 2,200 leaders have taken the course so far, most of them early this year.
But during a recent return trip to Fort Carson to see whether conditions for troubled soldiers had improved, the most significant changes appeared to be rhetorical.
This is the audio of Colorado Springs Police Chief Richard Meyers’ “After action report” to Colorado Springs City Council, given on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. He gave a nearly identical presentation the day before.
As part of the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama and Colorado First Lady Jeannie Ritter are co-chairing Delegate Service Day Wednesday, in which delegates from across the country will volunteer at service organizations throughout Denver. The convention committee has encouraged Democrats statewide to schedule their own events in conjunction with Delegate Service Day. KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin reports on one group that got a jump on the activities.
The cities of St. Paul and Denver aren’t the only ones gearing up for the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Social service organizations are expanding their hours and working overtime to make sure homeless people aren’t disrupted when thousands of delegates, media organizations, and high level officials descend on their space. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
The Colorado Springs lawmaker is refusing to apologize to a Rocky Mountain News Photographer who took his picture during the morning prayer. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
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Earlier in June KRCC ran a series of interivews with Maj. Thomas Mowle, a Ph.D. political science professor at the Air Force Academy. We talked to him about his new book, “Hope Is Not A Plan: The War In Iraq From Inside the Green Zone.”
Kathryn Eastburn was the editor of the Colorado Springs Inedpendent when she began working on the story of the Dutcher murders in Guffey, Colorado on December 31st, 2000.
This is the audio of Colorado Springs Police Chief Richard Meyers’ “After action report” to Colorado Springs City Council, given on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. He gave a nearly identical presentation the day before.