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• Landowners voice concerns over proposed military expansion Play Video

  January 27, 2012 1:03 AM

  The military is getting some push back from local landowners when it comes to the new 13th Combat Aviation Brigade Thursday night marked a crowded and sometimes boisterous debate in Colorado Springs, as the public gave their thoughts on proposed expansion plans both at Fort Carson and in Pinon... more »

• New commander says Pinon Canyon vital for Army training

  December 10, 2011 8:39 AM

  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Fort Carson's new commander says Army training at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site is vital for the safety of soldiers in combat. Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson on Friday reiterated the Army's position that it won't try to expand Pinon Canyon for at least five... more »

• Pinon Canyon preservation meeting in Pueblo

  July 15, 2011 6:28 AM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A public meeting on a request to protect Fort Carson and its Pinon Canyon training area from mineral development for 15 more years is scheduled in Pueblo next month. About eight square miles of surface public lands and 221 square miles of subsurface federal minerals... more »

• Pinon Canyon fire update

  June 11, 2011 11:03 AM

  Updates on the Bear Springs and Callie Marie Fire: Both are 75 percent contained. Callie Marie is estimated to be around 9,000 acres. Bear Springs around 35,000 acres. Residents in the Bear Springs neighborhood were allowed to return to their homes. There will be officials in the... more »

• Army backs off expansion at Pinon Canyon

  January 27, 2011 3:37 PM

  PUEBLO(AP)-The acting commander at Fort Carson says the Army has no current plans to expand a 370-square-mile training site in southeastern Colorado. Brig. Gen. James Doty told the Pueblo Chieftain in Thursday's editions that a change in training doctrine and looming budget cuts mean the Army has "no plans... more »

• Army considers helicopter brigade at Fort Carson

  November 5, 2010 6:10 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A draft report from the Army says stationing new aviation units in Colorado and Washington state would have some significant environmental or social impacts. The report, made public Friday, says the Army's preferred alternative is to place one combat aviation brigade each at Colorado's Fort Carson... more »

• Pinon Canyon open house today

  August 5, 2010 9:47 AM

  Fort Carson soldiers will host an open house today at Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southern Colorado, beginning at 11 am. The open house will follow a simulated convoy attack exercise by soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The open house will include a display... more »

• Pinon Canyon Maneuver site open to the public Thursday

  August 4, 2010 10:52 AM

  Fort Carson soldiers will host an open house at Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southern Colorado Thursday, beginning at 11 am. The open house will follow a simulated convoy attack exercise by soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The open house will include a display... more »

• Hickenlooper against Army's Pinon Canyon expansion

  June 14, 2010 11:13 AM

  Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper has come out against plans by the Army to expand training in Pinon Canyon. Hickenlooper made the comments Sunday evening during a campaign stop in Hoehne in southeastern Colorado. The Denver mayor told property owners he is pro-military, but he opposes the expansion... more »

• Congressman wants to keep Army from seizing land

  April 21, 2010 1:52 PM

  Colorado congressman Mike Coffman says he's trying to help the Army expand a training site in southeast Colorado by banning the military from seizing the land it needs. The Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would prohibit acquiring land through condemnation to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.... more »

• Army focused on current land at Pinon Canyon

  January 19, 2010 1:37 PM

  The Army says it's focusing on its existing land and "mending fences" with its neighbors rather than expanding the hotly contested Pinon Canyon training site in southeast Colorado. Col. Robert McLaughlin, the garrison commander at Fort Carson, said Tuesday that the Army may still need to expand the Pinon... more »

• Army drops appeal over Pinon Canyon study

  November 18, 2009 11:10 AM

  The Army is dropping its appeal of a court ruling related to plans to step up training at Pinon Canyon, Fort Carson's down range training site. The Army appealed a Sept. 8 federal court ruling that said it didn't adequately assess the environmental effects of increasing training at the southeast... more »

• Army appeals judge's ruling on Pinon Canyon

  November 10, 2009 11:08 AM

  The Army is appealing a federal judge's ruling that rejected its plans to increase operations at a disputed training site in southeastern Colorado. A two-sentence document filed in U.S. District Court Monday said the Army is appealing Judge Richard Matsch's Sept. 8 ruling. Matsch said the Army's environmental review... more »

• Judge scuttles environmental review of Army plan

  September 9, 2009 7:12 AM

  A federal judge has thrown out an environmental review of the Army's plan to increase its training at a site in southeast Colorado. U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch (maych) in Denver issued a ruling yesterday overturning a 2007 environmental analysis. The ruling says the Army didn't adequately assess the environmental... more »