State Vibe :: Colorado

More than a thousand mourners packed two services at Fort Carson on Wednesday to remember 15 men who died in Afghanistan during the post’s deadliest month since Vietnam. Eight of them died alongside their badly outnumbered comrades defending ...

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DENVER • Richard Glen Strandlof pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he made false claims about being a decorated military veteran. Strandlof, 32, is charged in U.S. District Court in Denver with five misdemeanor counts related to ...

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DENVER • Flags on state buildings will be lowered today in honor of a Colorado Springs soldier who died in Iraq. Twenty-one-year-old Spc. Jonathon M. Sylvestre died Nov. 2 in Kut, Iraq of injuries from a noncombat incident. He was assigned to ...

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PUEBLO • U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said he’s been assured by colleagues in the Senate that a funding ban on the Army’s proposed expansion of a disputed training site in southeast Colorado will remain in effect. Bennet said the ban would ...

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DENVER • Gov. Bill Ritter, Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Mike Coffman honored service men and women during a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Coffman, an Iraq war veteran, said Americans should remember ...

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DENVER • Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is asking the Army not to appeal a court ruling that rejected its plans to step up training at a disputed site in southeast Colorado. The Army has appealed a Sept. 8 federal court ruling that said ...

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Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Forces throughout the Middle East, said he’s continuing talks with the White House about strategy in Afghanistan, but in the end will do whatever he’s told. Petraeus spoke to hundreds of cadets at ...

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