Tag: southwest
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Southwest flight to Florida makes emergency landing in Colorado Springs Monday night
A Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Tampa was diverted to the Colorado Springs Airport Monday evening due to what officials are calling mechanical issues on the plane, according to the Colorado Springs Airport. Southwest flight 1070 from Denver International Airport departed the airport north of Colorado Springs just after 7 p.m. Monday. The plane…
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Tipping Point: A Call for Change on the Colorado
One hundred years of the Colorado River Compact — the agreement that divides 15 million acre feet of water each year among the seven states of the Colorado River basin and Mexico — has wrecked on the shoals of climate change and 22 years of drought. It doesn’t work anymore. What happens when the law…
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Tipping Point: Colorado River tribes fight for their water rights
Some 10,000 households on the vast Navajo Nation, which covers 27,000 square miles in three states, are still without running water. Native American tribes hold some of the most senior water rights in the Colorado River Basin, but history has shown that having senior water rights and having water are two different realities. The tribes,…
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Tipping Point: Lake Powell reaches record lows amid drought
Drought on the Colorado River is threatening the ability of major dams, including Glen Canyon Dam at Page, Ariz., to produce hydropower, which comprises 54% of renewable energy production in the Southwest. The low levels on Lake Powell have also had a negative impact on recreation, complicating boat access. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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LIFE | A look inside Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park
Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, located in Towaoc in Southwest Colorado, features cliff dwellings, artifacts, and villages of the Ancestral Puebloans. (Video by Christian Murdock)
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Colorado Springs Airport passenger numbers soar to 13-year high
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With a continued boost from Southwest Airlines, travel bounced backed in a big way in June at the Colorado Springs Airport, pushing passenger numbers to a 13-year high of nearly 100,000. The 99,478 passengers boarding outbound flights were the most since 100,514 passengers left the airport…
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Colorado Springs Airport passenger numbers soar to 13-year high
With a continued boost from Southwest Airlines, travel bounced backed in a big way in June at the Colorado Springs Airport, pushing passenger numbers to a 13-year high of nearly 100,000. The 99,478 passengers boarding outbound flights were the most since 100,514 passengers left the airport in July 2008 and 9½ times the number boarding flights…
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BUSINESS | Southwest Airlines begins service to Colorado Springs
Southwest Airlines welcomed its first flight to Colorado Springs on Thursday, March 11, 2021 with cheers, applause and high fives, a moment nearly 20 years in the making. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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BUSINESS | Southwest Airlines to begin servicing Colorado Springs
Southwest Airlines will begin servicing Colorado Springs on Thursday, March 5, 2021.
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TRAILER | High and Dry: Colorado in Drought
HIGH AND DRY: Colorado in Drought: A three-part series from The Gazette begins Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. The severe drought that swept through Colorado in 2020 could be a harbinger of what the future will hold. However, in the arid Southwest, it’s not the first time that such challenges have wrecked lives and livelihoods. In…