The Army opens a public comment period on a report detailing plans for expanding the Pinon Canyon training site, and a report from KUNC on the BLM’s Roan Plateau lease auction. Plus, more plans for the Democratic National Convention.
Monday was the deadline for turning in signatures to get initiatives on the November election ballot. Bente Birkland reports from Denver on one measure that could be on the ballot that aims to generate millions of additional dollars from the oil and gas industry. Plus, two town hall meetings in southeast Colorado bring an Assistant Secretary of the Army and a Texas oil tycoon. The Pike’s Peak Area Council of Governments gets a grant to help plan for an influx of soldiers at Ft. Carson, and more.
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment, Keith Eastin (LEFT). Maj. Gen. Mark Graham, Division West (First Army) and Fort Carson commanding general. (RIGHT) Photo: A. ChalfinThe United States Army has released a report examining proposed expansion plans at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeast Colorado. At the same time, the Army is announcing they’re dropping their desired acreage for the training ground by three-quarters. KRCC’s Andrea Chalfin reports.
Fort Carson is struggling to find enough nurses to care for injured soldiers– partly because of a new Army requirement to hire more health care workers. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney has the story.
A Democratic state representative is asking the U.S. army to explain why it didn’t react faster to a wild fire that erupted last week on the Piñon Canyon military training sight in southeast Colorado. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
Troops from Ft. Carson have been busy in recent weeks in Iraq. They’ve been seeing combat every day after a period of relative calm.
Families back home are ticking off the fifth month that their loved ones have been away. It will be another ten months before they come home.
Recently some soldiers families got together to celebrate a new program that helps them fight the long deployment blues, and keep them in shape at the same time. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney has the story.
In 1993, former army medic Greg Mortenson attempted to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, which is located on the China-Pakistan border. Mortenson didn’t make it to the summit. Exhausted and disappointed, he got lost on his descent and stumbled into a Pakistani village, where locals generously nursed him back to health. When Mortenson saw schoolchildren there using sticks in the dirt for lessons, he found his calling: building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This week Greg Mortenson will visit Colorado Springs to discuss his experiences working in the heart of Taliban country. KRCC’s Michelle Mercer has the story.
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Event information:
GREG MORTENSON AT CC
01.15.2008
GREG MORTENSON, AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING BOOK THREE CUPS OF TEA, WILL DISCUSS HIS EXPERIENCES IN PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN IN A FREE LECTURE TITLED “ONE MAN’S MISSION TO PROMOTE PEACE… ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME” AT COLORADO COLEGE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15TH. Sponsored by the UCCS Center for Homeland Security.
• INFO: 7 P.M., COLORADO COLLEGE, SHOVE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 1010 N. NEVADA AVE., 389-6607.
Read an extended account at the Colorado Springs Independent: [HERE]