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Running through the weekend
Posted 5 months 1 day ago by Andy Koen
Source: KOAA
Around 1,100 people spent their Labor Day Weekend running, literally. The American Discovery Trail Marathon is an all volunteer event that raises money for the Trails and Open Space Coalition and the Pikes Peak Road Runners.
The race consists of a full marathon, half marathon, a marathon relay and a kids fun run. All of the races finished in America the Beautiful Park. The full marathon actually began in Palmer Lake and came south on the new Santa Fe Trail before joining the Greenway … Click to Read More
Marijuana advocates worry about increased DUI enforcement Play Video
Posted 5 months 1 week ago by Andy Koen
Source: KOAA
Billboards and gas pumps in Colorado now carry a specific message warning drivers not to get behind the wheel if they've used marijuana or some other prescription drug. As part of the Heat is On campaign, the Colorado Department of Transportation notes that 16 percent of all traffic fatalities in past 5 years have involved a driver who was using drugs.
Sergeant Craig Simps… Click to Read More
DUI crackdown focuses on marijuana and prescription drugs Play Video
Posted 5 months 1 week ago by Andy Koen
Source: KOAA
As part of the current Heat is On impaired driving campaign, officers in our state are targeting drivers who use medical marijuana and prescription drugs before driving.
Posters such as the one pictured are being put up at gas pumps across the state warning drivers not to medicate and drive. There's also a public service announcement being broadcast on radio stations.
Statistics released by the Colorado State Patrol indicate that between the years 2006 and 2010, at least 411 p… Click to Read More
Racing through town: community impact of USA Pro Cycling Challenge Play Video
Posted 5 months 2 weeks ago by Andy Koen
Source: KOAA
An event the size of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge impacts the entire community from schools to businesses, even getting around town. The final leg of the Prologue went right down Colorado Avenue which put extra cars on streets not used to having them.
A great example was West Pikes Peak Avenue. The detour traffic put extra cars on the street right in front of West Elementary and Middle School.
Principal Terry Martinez says he made special arrangements with parents to pick up … Click to Read More
Energy exploration sparks debate Play Video
Posted 5 months 2 weeks ago by Andy Koen
Source: KOAA
An oil boom is underway in our state but the drilling methods to reach it have many landowners concerned. The massive Niobrara oil shale deposit covers an area that begins near Colorado Springs and stretches north into Wyoming. It's buried 2 miles below the ground level and about a mile beneath a rock shelf that serves as the base of of the Denver Water Basin.
Drills in Weld County recently hit a big pocket of oil in the Niobrara. That find along with higher crude oil prices and impr… Click to Read More
