Southern Colorado Blogs

The newly completed Woodmen Road Corridor Improvement Project – Phase 1 has received an “Engineering Excellence Award” from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Colorado. The project was one of six recognized across the state and has been forwarded for consideration in the national ACEC award process.

The veterans and protesters of Colorado Springs know that they both want peace, they just argue different sides of the same coin. As the Veterans Day parade passed by the epicenter of the Occupy Colorado Springs movement on the corner of Bijou Street and Tejon Street, protesters held up signs that were very appropriate for the occasion. Veteran and protester Taylor Gordon of Colorado Springs held up a sign that said “Bring my brothers home” as he cheered the parade. Other signs said “Stop war and greed” and “Bring our troops home! Support Our Troops!”

Federal officials today are expected to announce a crackdown on medical-marijuana dispensaries in California, the latest escalation in the ongoing conflict between the U.S. government and the nation's burgeoning medical-marijuana industry.