Mary Shinn

Comic Books for Troops donated the 20,000 books in the Digital Lizards of Doom series for military families.

Operation Foster helps ensure troops can return home to their pets

The Space Force needs more people. It’s just not precisely sure how many more.  A Government Accountability Office report released earlier this month found that the youngest and smallest military branch does not have a process to consistently or accurately determine how many people it needs. The Space Force agreed and said it would work […]

Air Force Academy cadets will be expected to master artificial intelligence but not before they learn to think for themselves.  The academy’s new dean, Brig. Gen. James Valpiani, outlined his vision for incorporating AI into the classroom as it becomes a war-fighting tool for the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors during a meeting Monday. […]

The Space Force is offering bonuses to incoming enlisted members who commit to serve eight years. The pilot program opened July 1 and will run through Nov. 30, according to a news release.  Enlisted members typically serve four to six years.  But since Space Force guardians spend two years training, longer contract periods will help […]

“Health maxxing,” or working to hit reach your peak physical and mental condition, was among the topics the leader of  Space Force Combat Forces Command and a NASA astronaut took on Thursday during a talk at Peterson Space Force Base.  Their appearance was part of a large lineup of events during the Forge the Force […]

Editor’s note: This story was updated with information provided by officials Friday night. Following a big jump in containment, a damage reassessment for the Aspen Acres fire has lowered the total number of destroyed homes. Initially thought to be 337 total homes destroyed in Pueblo and Custer counties, the number has decreased to 319 overall, […]

Firefighters knocked down a fire burning north of Colorado Springs along Interstate 25 south of Baptist Road. A Gazette photographer observed fire crews putting out hot spots and officials reopening southbound I-25 south of Baptist Road shortly after 2 p.m. on Monday. Monument Fire District Chief Andy Kovacs said the cause of the fire is […]

By Savannah Eller and Mary Shinn The Gazette Nearly two weeks after the Aspen Acres fire exploded onto the landscape, residents are beginning to reckon with the destruction, even as the fire burns on. On Saturday, the fire had charred 97,505 acres and destroyed about 850 structures, including at least 254 homes in Pueblo County […]

The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office has evaluated 661 properties inside the burn scar, and 254 homes have been destroyed, said spokeswoman Gayle Perez said. Four businesses also burned in the fire. She said the number of properties inside the burn scar could rise.