Fort Carson is formally breaking ground on a new child-development center with activity areas for about 230 children from 6 weeks through 5 years old. The ceremony will be Thursday. Fort Carson says the building qualifies for silver certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED program of the U.S. Green Building [...]
Continue reading …A Fort Carson medic will receive a valor medal for treating injured soldiers and firing at the enemy even though she was wounded herself in a 2009 battle in Afghanistan. Cpl. Helen Ruhl of the 4th Infantry Division will receive the Bronze Star with Valor Device on Wednesday. Ruhl was medically evacuated to the U.S. [...]
Continue reading …The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments is hosting the Fort Carson Community Partnership Town Hall from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. today, April 16, at the Doubletree Hotel, World Arena , 1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd. This event is free and open to the public. The Fort Carson Community Partnership Town Hall meeting will address: Fort Carson’s [...]
Continue reading …A ranch near Fountain is the leading candidate for a new veterans cemetery in southern Colorado. In a statement today, Rep. Doug Lamborn says the Department of Veterans’ Affairs considers Kane Ranch the “leading potential site” out of several southern Colorado sites considered. The VA has initiated an environmental assessment and construction could begin in [...]
Continue reading …FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) – Soldiers at Fort Carson may have to start cutting the grass, hauling trash and taking on other chores because of a proposed 20 percent cut in the post’s operating budget. Army posts nationwide may see their budgets cut as the military tries to hold down non-war spending while escalating the [...]
Continue reading …About 4,500 troops from Fort Carson will be part of the 30,000 troops President Barack Obama plans to send to Afghanistan next year. That’s not very good news for the Colorado Springs economy that’s already hurting for sales tax revenue. “It’s certainly going to have an economic impact,” said UCCS finance professor Tom Zwirlein. “It’s just taking away [...]
Continue reading …A Rolling Stone magazine story chronicles a number of Fort Carson soldiers who have been charged with murder. Click here to read more.
Continue reading …Mortenson Construction has been selected as the design-builder for the $27.3 million Wilderness Road Brigade Battalion Headquarters at Fort Carson. The project will house one large brigade, one medium battalion and five large battalions providing space for administrative and command operations. Construction of the 138,000-square-foot facility will begin during February 2010 with completion planned for [...]
Continue reading …El Pomar Foundation will host the signing of a second Army Community Covenant of Fort Carson today at 3 p.m. at the Garden Pavilion at Penrose House.
The program is designed to foster and sustain effective state and local community partnerships with the Army to improve the quality of life for soldiers and their families, both at their current duty stations and as they transfer to other states.
Continue reading …Military installations in the Pikes Peak region continue to generate projects and jobs for the local economy. Last week, Tepa EC of Colorado Springs was awarded an $8.6 million federal contract and American West Construction of Denver received a $5.89 million military contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha, Neb. Tepa will supply power [...]
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