After landing and while taxiing to the gate, the right-hand engine caught fire on an American Airlines jet prompting an emergency evacuation via slides.

One passenger who was amongst the over 170 that were evacuated off of an American Airlines plane at Denver International ...

The culprits ranged from dust storms and fires in the Southern Plains to tornadoes in the Mississippi Valley and the South.

Adobe Stock Colorado Springs ranked among the best cities for women in the workforce.  A study, recently released by Checkr, ...

Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) will be proposing an increase to natural gas fuel rates at Wednesday's Utilities Board ...

Nick Smith • Special to the Independent Like many Colorado Springs residents, 23-year-old Xavier Ayala hasn’t voted in April’s local elections. Mainly, they just haven’t been on his radar. This year, ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has suggested he will mount a primary challenge against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in 2026. Paxton has been a noted critic of Cornyn, especially after ...

Eight shootings in the past seven days have been reported by Colorado Springs police. Six people were injured but no one died ...

The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating after a man was shot Monday morning around 5:30 a.m. on the Southwest ...

The USL Championship on Tuesday announced the Team of the Week for Week 2 of the 2025 regular season with El Paso ...

Nick Smith • Special to the Independent Historically known as the impoverished part of Colorado Springs, the southeast has ...