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Local homeless counted, with federal funding on the line Play Video
January 24, 2012 7:54 PM
How many people are homeless in Colorado Springs? What can be done to help? These questions have been asked a lot around Colorado Springs in the past couple of years. Tuesday, groups were out searching for answers. "...And your birthday?" a volunteer asks a man coming to the... more » -
Weekly US oil and gas rig count drops by 1
November 23, 2011 6:19 PM
HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by one this week to 2,000. Houston-based drilling product provider Baker Hughes Inc. reported Wednesday 1,130 rigs were exploring for oil and 865 for natural gas. Five were listed as miscellaneous.... more » -
Deer counting to be done by air
December 1, 2010 3:39 PM
The Colorado Division of Wildlife will use a low-flying helicopter to conduct annual aerial deer surveys in eastern Colorado in the coming weeks. Flight dates are weather-dependent, but generally, the flights will start around December 15 and continue until December 22 in Crowley, Kiowa, Pueblo, Otero, Bent, Prowers, Bent and... more » -
Colorado refused waiver on military ballots
August 27, 2010 3:20 PM
The Pentagon has told Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher that it has denied a waiver to exempt the state from a federal requirement to mail ballots to military service members overseas 45 days before the November election. Spokesman Rich Coolidge confirmed that Colorado's waiver request has been denied.... more » -
Local census offices surpass national average
April 12, 2010 2:15 PM
Colorado Springs reached a 68 percent participation rate on April 9, surpassing the State of Colorado which had a percentage rate of 64 percent. This response also puts it ahead of the national participation rate for that day of 65 percent. Pueblo also reached 65 percent. The Census Bureau... more » -
Census: Minority areas, cities lagging in response
April 12, 2010 11:48 AM
With five days left for people to mail their census forms, Census Bureau director Robert Groves is urging those in big cities and border regions to step up the response to avoid personal visits by census takers. So far, about 65 percent have completed the 10-question form. The Midwest leads... more » -
P.O. Box users having Census problems Play Video
April 6, 2010 12:22 AM
Eddie Kinney has lived in Palmer Lake for nearly 30 years. During his daily stop at the post office he realized something was missing. "I checked with the post office about 3 weeks ago and they told me that the Census forms had come in but they had to send... more » -
US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect
March 15, 2010 8:36 AM
More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country. The government's once-a-decade population count will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. Fast-growing states in the South and the West could stand to lose the most... more » -
U.S. says too many swine flu cases to count
October 9, 2009 10:21 AM
U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years. And they did it on purpose. Government doctors stopped counting swine flu cases in July, when they estimated more than 1 million were infected... more » -
Will H1N1 impact Colorado school count? Play Video
September 30, 2009 8:49 PM
The impact of H1N1 on school attendance couldn't come at a worse time. October 1 st is school count day, which is the measure for determining each Colorado School's budget for next year. Each student brings a school around $6,000 for next year's budget. If students are absent they... more »
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