On Saturday July 21 the Heartland chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences held its annual Emmy Awards and three Colorado Springs residents walked away with statues.

KRDO anchor Heather Skold won for her narration of “Fallen Peace Officers,” a story that aired in May about the construction of a Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers Memorial in Colorado Springs to honor officers who have died in the line of duty while serving the communities within the Pikes Peak Region. Skold and photographer Michael Lee Ring also won the Community Service Emmy for the same story.

“It’s an honor to be recognized but I’m not the hero,” said Skold. “That goes to Charles Frye, Jared Jensen and Brent Holloway, the three people profiled in the story. The goal of the piece was to raise awareness and give thanks to those who have served and continue to serve today. It was an honor to be recognized but the real honor goes to them.”

Pikes Peak Library District Multimedia Producer Jamey Hastings was also awarded a Heartland Emmy Award in the Interstitial program category for her piece, “Colorado Springs Beat: The News Photography of Stan Payne.” According to the PPLD website, the short documentary chronicles the work of Stan Payne, a Gazette Telegraph employee from 1947 to 1976, and was based on research by PPLD Special Collections Assistant Manager Dennis Daily.

The Heartland chapter of the NATAS was formed in 1986 and serves the television industry in Denver, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Wichita/Hutchinson, Omaha, Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Lincoln/Hastings-Kearney, Topeka, Grand Junction/Montrose, Cheyenne/Scottsbluff and North Platte.