Tag: alaska
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Bird Call: Colorado bird photographer’s finch photo nabs gold in contest
Somewhere around Homer, Alaska, lives a gray-crowned rosy-finch who’s blissfully unaware it’s an award winner. Evergreen photographer Alan Murphy managed to capture its frosty visage one winter’s day a couple of years ago and dubbed it “Winter Pink.” For his efforts, he won gold in the best portrait category of the annual Bird Photographer of…
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‘I love story’: Colorado Springs author releases 40th book, reflects on writing career
After having her first child, Kimberley Woodhouse found herself captivated by writing. Her baby, Josh, was often sick. To cope, Woodhouse turned to the pen. “I just started writing in the middle of the night to do something with the creative juices. I never told anybody, because I was a music person,” she said. The…
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Pikes Pick: You’ll get chills watching new season of ‘True Detective’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Remind me not to move to Alaska in the dead of winter anytime soon. “True Detective: Night Country,” set in tiny Ennis, Alaska, (not a real town) is the fourth iteration of the “True Detective”…
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Pikes Pick: You’ll get chills watching new season of ‘True Detective’
Remind me not to move to Alaska in the dead of winter anytime soon. “True Detective: Night Country,” set in tiny Ennis, Alaska, (not a real town) is the fourth iteration of the “True Detective” series. This time Jodie Foster and Kali Reis take on the lead detective roles as they’re faced with a true…
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Big addition to former Mr. Bigg’s venue as Colorado Springs defense contractor plans major growth
Few if any structures have had as varied uses as one on Mark Dabling Boulevard on the north side of Colorado Springs, which has been a missile component manufacturing plant, a source of family fun, a church and more. Now the building is returning to its manufacturing roots; Colorado Springs-based Jaxon Engineering & Maintenance, which…
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VIDEO | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomes a new baby moose
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomed a male moose calf Wednesday after it had been orphaned in Alaska. (Video by Katie Klann)
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Colorado Springs missile defenders go two-for-two in interceptor test
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Score a pair of holes-in-one for the 100th Missile Defense Brigade in Colorado Springs, which hit an intercontinental ballistic missile target with a pair of interceptors last week in the fullest test of its system…
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Space Force: Springs is epicenter for space
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs and Colorado have become the epicenter for America’s military space efforts over the past 36 years. Here’s a look at some local military space units: Air Force Space Command: This four-star command at Peterson Air Force Base overseas military space efforts nationwide. With…
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Space Force: Springs is epicenter for space
Colorado Springs and Colorado have become the epicenter for America’s military space efforts over the past 36 years. Here’s a look at some local military space units: Air Force Space Command: This four-star command at Peterson Air Force Base overseas military space efforts nationwide. With a budget topping $12 billion and 30,000 airmen and civilian…