Author: Tom Roeder
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Police arrest man for allegedly spying at bedroom windows of Colorado Springs teen girls
A man accused of spying on teenage girls at townhomes in the Rockrimmon neighborhood has been arrested on investigation of stalking and burglary, Colorado Springs police announced Thursday. Officers say they identified the man thanks to surveillance equipment at the residences that caught him on camera in a November incident in the 300 block of…
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Fremont County school cancels in-person classes after arrest of student with gun, threats
A teenager carrying a stolen gun was arrested in Cañon City and school officials called off in-person classes after a series of related threats at Florence Junior/Senior High School, authorities said in a news release. Students at the school Tuesday morning told police that a classmate made threats to “shoot up” the place, officials said…
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Weather: Sunny warm day due as Air Force Academy graduates
High temperatures in the 70s and dry conditions were expected Wednesday in Colorado Springs — good news for the Air Force Academy where nearly 1,000 cadets were expected to graduated in an Falcon Stadium ceremony. Some clouds could briefly obscure the sun in the region, forecasters with the National Weather Service office in Pueblo predict.…
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Analysis: NATO, Poland on fence-mending tour | Tom Roeder
America’s allies in the former Eastern Bloc are growing in strength even as Russia ramps up its aggression in the region, Tomasz Szatkowski, Poland’s top representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, told the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council this month. Szatkowski says Poland is working more closely with NATO allies, including the United States,…
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Analysis: After 20 years of trouble, Army ditches big-gun Stryker | Tom Roeder
An unloved machine that filled an important niche for the Army’s Stryker units, including a pair of Fort Carson brigades, will be retired after 20 years of work weren’t enough to fix its notorious maintenance problems, the Army announced. The Stryker Mobile Gun System will be pulled from Army units by 2022, parking the eight-wheeled…
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Senate spy panel leader questions pulling U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs
Two of the top Democrats on the Senate’s Intelligence Committee want President Joe Biden to review a Trump administration decision to uproot U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs over feared negative impacts to the nation’s spy agencies. Intelligence chairman U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat and Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a member…
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Analysis: Pentagon sees red lights ahead in effort to go green | Tom Roeder
The Pentagon supports goals to eliminate greenhouse gases and slow global warming, but don’t expect the military to go green anytime soon, leaders said in a report requested by Colorado Springs Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. Lamborn stuck a requirement for the report into the Pentagon’s annual policy bill to assess the impacts of the…
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Analysis: Army vet Kendall well-positioned for Space Command decision | Tom Roeder
The Biden administration’s pick to lead the Air Force is a West Point graduate well-versed in the high-tech demands of the Space Force. Frank Kendall III, nominated last week as Air Force secretary, was one of the first Obama-era officials to warn of China’s growing military prowess. As the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, he worked…
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Bipartisan group of senators questions pulling Space Command from Colorado Springs
Colorado’s U.S. senators were joined by colleagues from New Mexico, Nebraska and California in a letter to Pentagon investigators that questions the Trump administration’s decision to uproot U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs. The letter to Defense Department Acting Inspector General Sean O’Donnell questions whether the process was thorough and fair. A top question for Colorado Democratic…
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Lakewood police warn residents to take shelter after man holes up on hotel room
Police in Lakewood told residents to take shelter Friday night as they dealt with a wanted man barricaded in a hotel off 6th Avenue, the agency said Twitter. The incident started just before 8 p.m. near the Federal Center as police searched for a man they say was wanted. Details on the man’s identity and…