KOAA News Archive

News Archive

Ed McMahon

Former ‘Tonight’ sidekick lauded for humor, exuberance for life.

money

CSPD and the Sheriff's Office will use the money for new equipment and personnel.

CSPD

The officer's patrol car hit an SUV in the intersection. The other driver was not hurt.

Simplicity crib recall

The agency previously reported the death of an 8-month-old child, who suffocated when some of the hardware on his crib broke and created a gap.

air france

The lead investigator says life vests found among the wreckage of the plane were not inflated.

Grocery Shopping

An arbitrator has sided with grocers in a dispute over a multi-employer pension fund for unionized Colorado grocery workers.

DIA

Denver's airport could get a $1 billion makeover that would include moving security checkpoints out of the main terminal's vast Great Hall and adding a passenger train station.

north korea

A defense ministry official says the North fired two short-range missiles from its eastern coast today.

Soldier Afghanistan

The U.S. military says insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan.

Jobless Claims

If laid-off workers who have given up looking for new jobs or have settled for part-time work are included, the unemployment rate would have been 16.5 percent in June, the highest on records dating to 1994.

Jobless rate

Focus on the Family

The conservative evangelical group from California to Colorado Springs in 1991.

New Casino

Colorado's gaming communities are gearing up for some big changes. Beginning at midnight this morning, casinos are now open 24-7, betting limits are higher and there are more games to choose from.

Casino Changes

NF5 Generic - Its Your Money

Some are paying double - or more - the old rate.

Registration Fees

nathans.jpg

A Colorado man looks to eat his way into the record books at the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest this Saturday in Coney Island, NY.

Hot Dog Eating Champ

NF5 Generic - Safety Alert

Consumers have been shocked while replacing Intermatic timers' batteries.

sparklers.jpg

The Colorado Springs Police Department's bomb squad is concerned about people turning legal fireworks into bombs.

Fireworks Bombs

bed bugs

Last year about 600 couches changed hands.

Arkansas River rescue

The Pueblo Fire Department pulled three wet, but unhurt, teens from the Arkansas River.

River Rescue

Karl Malden

The actor who won an Oscar for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and starred in "The Streets of San Francisco" with Michael Douglas.

Dalina Turman

The suspect is already serving time in the Fremont County Jail.

NF5 Logo - News First 5

Any fears of heights were conquered Wednesday--as Pueblo County Sheriff's deputies rappelled off the jail. They scaled down the 85 foot tall building as part of a training exercise.

Deputies rappel

Crime Graphic

Colorado Springs police have arrested three suspects for menacing and attempted first degree burglary.

people

Immigration officers are investigating workplaces in every state in the U.S. to check whether they are hiring illegal workers.

school bus

More school children in Pueblo County will be walking to school.

NF5 - First Alert Weather

Temperatures will be quite warm again, with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible across southeast and south central Colorado Wednesday afternoon and evening.

freddie mac

Battered mortgage giant Freddie Mac has received $6.1 billion in new funds from the Treasury Department to help offset its mounting liabilities.

gary donato

A sexually violent predator is being released from prison, and will be living in Pueblo.

Police Lights 11_30_08

The Colorado State Patrol are currently investigating a single vehicle rollover accident, which resulted in one fatality. The accident occurred Tuesday approximately 2 miles east of Walsh, CO.

Alexander, Herbert

The Colorado Springs Police are looking for two suspects in several separate and unrelated robberies.

usda

Trudy Kareus has been appointed as Colorado's executive director for the Farm Service Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kareus was a member of former Sen. Ken Salazar's Colorado staff and previously worked for the USDA, including as the Southwest area director for the Farm Service Agency.

Bike riding

Colorado is getting about $400 million in stimulus money for highway projects. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood helped break ground on Colorado's latest highway stimulus project west of Denver Tuesday.

New Casino

Colorado casinos are getting ready to raise betting limits, add games and take wagers all night long.

Used Car Lot

Starting today, Colorado drivers will have to pay more to register their cars and trucks.

Colorado Rockies Hat Logo

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jason Marquis pitched a two-hitter to become the first 10-game winner in the National League, leading the Colorado Rockies over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Brandon Hynick

Something special happened Tuesday night at Security Service Field as 7,651 fans witnessed the first ever perfect game thrown in Colorado Springs Sky Sox history.

Calhoun signs shirt for troops

Air Force football coach Troy Calhoun has just returned from the second annual coaches tour to the Middle East

Calhoun Visits Troops

Extreme Yoga

Extreme yoga athletes visited Pueblo Tuesday night. Click this story to find out how to see them Wednesday.

Extreme Yoga

Craig's extreme yoga

colorado flag

More than 50 new Colorado laws will take effect Wednesday, July 1.  Read about a few of them here.

New Colorado Laws

fireworks

Fireworks are illegal in city of Colorado Springs, but in El Paso County they're just fine.  For shoppers recognizing the difference can sometimes be difficult.

Fireworks & the law

Vacation Deals

With the uncertainty in the economy, fewer people are traveling this summer. The trend has hotels, restuarants, and attractions slashing their prices.

4th Deals

Monument Fire

Tri-Lakes firefighters say a faulty motor in a grill hood caused a business in Monument to catch fire Tuesday evening. 

Pueblo City Hall

Job cuts are under consideration in Pueblo as the city tries to piece together next year's budget. Interim City Manager Jerry Pacheco is also looking at consolidating some departments.

Road Work; Road Construction

A bike path along C-470 west of Denver is being repaved for $5 million and a stretch of the highway closer to Intestate 25 is also being repaved for $27 million.

June snowstorm on Pikes Peak

Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the mountains.

West Nile Virus

The patient has not been identified but is recovering at home.

Remains of truck cab following collision with train.

Two taken to the hospital. The igloos containing World War I-era chemical weapons are several miles from the crash site and were never in danger.

Tylenol

Taking too much acetaminophen can cause potentially fatal liver damage.

Police Lights 12_28_07

Colorado Springs police are looking for a driver of a black Chevrolet Corvette that is involved in a car theft and robbery.

obama

President Barack Obama says his new Consumer Financial Protection Agency will protect Americans from unscrupulous practices and make financial products easier to understand.

nestle

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant last week has tested positive for E. coli.

Hyundai

Hyundai is offering to guarantee gas at $1.49 a gallon for consumers who buy its vehicles during the next two months, as it looks to assure customers uncertain about the direction of fuel prices.

Police Lights 11_30_08

Colorado Springs are investigating a fight between two baseball teams. As of right now two juvenile girls are being charged with fighting and an adult female is under investigation for third degree assault.

fireworks

Colorado authorities are issuing the usual warnings and reminders about the Fourth of July and fireworks.

fda

The Food and Drug Administration has assembled more than 35 experts for a two-day meeting to discuss and vote on ways to prevent overdose with acetaminophen - the pain-relieving, fever-reducing ingredient in Tylenol and dozens of other prescription and over-the-counter medications.

Yemeni Airbus

A Yemeni aviation official says the Yemeni Airbus 310 that crashed off the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean had 142 passengers and a crew of 11 Yemenis on board. A rescue and search effort is under way and a Comoros police official says a toddler has been rescued alive.

health money

Colorado will receive nearly $17 million in federal stimulus funds to repair and renovate 15 health care
centers across the state.

woman at computer

Colorado's online system for filing unemployment claims has been crashing lately, leaving thousands of people worried about receiving their benefits.

Los Angeles Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andre Ethier hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Monday night in the opener of a suddenly significant series between NL West teams.

911

911 operators in Colorado Springs say about half of the calls they get aren't emergencies.  Read some of the reasons why people call 911.

Pickleball.JPG

You've probably heard of handball, stickball, kickball, dodgeball and volleyball.  But it's likely you've never heard of pickleball.

Pickleball

A state computer system that allows people to file for unemployment benefits online has been down. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has been trying to fix it.

Unemployment problems

Police Lights 12_28_07

The 34 year old man collapsed at the end of the physical agility test.

Solar energy panel; panels

The government is setting aside 1,000 square miles of federal Bureau of Land Management property in Colorado and other states to determine where solar power stations should be built.

Coiled rattlesnake

The woman tied a constricting band to her leg to slow the venom's spread, then walked more than an hour to get help.

Pvt. Steven Thomas Drees

The private was injured when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.

Produce

Eating a lot of fish and cereal and avoiding dairy products did not appear to have anything to do with longevity.

x

Forensic pathologists with the El Paso County Coroners Office are conducting an autopsy on the remains of a woman who is believed to have gone missing from Monte Vista in 2002.

Britney Spears

Hackers broadcasted bogus information about the celebrities.

Michael Jackson

Katherine Jackson has filed to a petition become the administrator of Michael Jackson's estate to ensure his three children are its beneficiaries.

It's your money

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. is hiring 600 employees to staff positions at a new call center in northwest Colorado Springs.

New Jobs

xxxxx

Storms continue to build along the front range. There is a slight chance for potentially severe weather within those storms.For today is will be about 3-5 degrees warmer than yesterday.

Billy Mays

A Florida medical examiner says television pitchman Billy Mays likely died of a heart attack but further tests are needed.

Katherine Jackson

Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, was granted temporary guardianship of his three children Monday.

Road Work; Road Construction

Traffic will be detoured through Walsenburg.

 

I-25 detour

Bernard L. Madoff

Disgraced investor learns fate for his multibillion-dollar scam.

Pueblo neighborhood featured in 'This Old House'

This Old House editors have picked the 51 best old-house neighborhoods in the country. A historic neighborhood in Pueblo made the list.

dolphins

Pipe bombs and .357 magnum among the weapons of war over fish.

New Haven Fire Department

But high court delays deciding status of anti-Hillary movie.

Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines Holdings is announcing a new ticketing partnership with Midwest Airlines. The two carriers have been targeted for acquisition by Republic Airways Holdings.

dog army

A new Veterans Administration program adopts dogs from animal shelters, trains them and matches them with wounded warriors home from Iraq and Afghanistan to help with their recovery.

School money; college money; books money

Repaying a student loan could soon be a little less painful.

people

A new survey suggests the generation gap in America is the largest since the 1960's.

children

New research suggests a surprising number of teenagers -- nearly 15 percent -- think they're going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe behavior.

Bernard L. Madoff

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff is due back in court to hear his punishment for running a massive Ponzi scheme.

Homeless Camps

Colorado Springs police say an internal probe found no wrongdoing by officers overseeing the
city's clean up efforts at homeless camp sites.

police car lights

An overnight accident at a construction site has left one person dead.

IMG00145.JPG

Officer recovering from surgery listed in stable condition.

Gambling Age

Casinos in Cripple Creek have spent, in some cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars to prepare their property and people for the expansion in gaming that begins July 2 at 12:01 a.m.

High Stakes Gaming

cycle.jpg

If you ride a motorcycle, Tejon Street was the place to be on Sunday.

Bear Cubs

A mother bear and her cub decided they wanted to have Sunday brunch in Broadmoor Bluffs.

mda

A group of Colorado Springs firefighters are happy to be off the roof.

ambulance

The young boy was killed while competing in the Little Britches Rodeo for youth at the Boulder County Fairgrounds.

Ground Beef Recall

A recall earlier this week has been expanded by a Colorado Company.

obama

Click this story for information on how to get involved in the President's Town Hall.

Billy Mays

An autopsy is planned to determine what caused the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays at age 50.  His wilfe found him unresponsive Sunday morning in his Florida home.

x

A bizarre afternoon on Saturday in Colorado Springs ends with a dead body found hanging from a tree near Lake and Southgate.

Colorado Springs Police Department

A man discovered a pipe in a ditch, while working in his yard.

cars on road

C-Dot crews are working on parts of Highway 24 and Fountain Boulevard.

x

A firefighter was killed while working to remove aspen trees.

health

A woman is suing Memorial Hospital.

Top Story Videos

Don't Miss It

Heron at Fountain Creek Nature Center. Photo by Scott Thompson.

Featured Picture

Upload your favorite photo to our website.  Others can see it and your photo may be featured on News First.

Job of the Day
Environmentalist
Ft. Carson
$46,600 - $104,500

Jobs First Colorado

Search for jobs locally and throughout Colorado.

 

News First Vacation

Explore your own beautiful state --
destinations in Colorado.

Weekend on the GO! logo 80x60

Weekend on the GO!

Fireworks Displays 
All over Southern Colorado

 

Special Sections

Wacky Stories

Weird, wild and unusual stories from Colorado Springs and around the world. This stuff truly earns the title “WACKY."

Most Wanted Predators

News First keeps an updated list of Southern Colorado's most wanted sexual predators.  Your anonymous tips can help authorities track them down.

Sponsored Events

Check out the events sponsored by KOAA-TV, News First 5/30.

Teachers First

Honor that special person who inpires kids to learn and grow. Nominate him or her for this monthly award from News First.

 

Gas Tracker

Find the cheapest gas in Southern Colorado.  Gas Tracker is simple, interactive and always up-to-date.

Connect With Kids

Tough topics about kids and teens. Research-based parenting tips, teacher info, and news about kids.

Check For Life

News First has joined the fight against Breast Cancer. Click here to find out where to get your Check for Life kit.