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2 hours, 53 minutes ago  A gas leak in Monument, Colo. has forced crews to close Highway 105 between Furrow Road and Archer Road Thursday afternoon.

Today at 8:00 AM  UPDATE: Colorado Springs say a suspicious package found at  AACL Charter School - formally Pike Elementary - is not a threat . The school remains on a two hour delay Thursday morning.

Monday, August 30, 2010  John Hickenlooper and Joe Garcia outlined their education plan Monday, including plans to push replacing the Colorado Student Assessment Program with a more modern, useful and timely assessment test by the end of their first term if Hickenlooper is elected governor.

Friday, August 27, 2010  One local high school band is marching through the neighborhoods of Colorado Springs.

Thursday, August 26, 2010  Introduce your homeschoolers to exciting, hands-on activities at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Thursday, August 26, 2010  The first Latina member of the U.S. Supreme Court is in Denver to talk to students about joining the legal profession.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  The November election is a little more than two months away, so we're breaking down Amendments 60, 61, and Proposition 101.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  A new Gallup Poll has found fewer Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing in support of public education. But they continue to have a highly favorable opinion of their local schools.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  A school principal in Australia says a high school teacher who assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack was not trying to promote terrorism.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010  Colorado is among the finalists in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" education grants.

Monday, August 23, 2010  The head of the National Education Association is kicking off a back-to-school tour in Denver.

Monday, August 23, 2010  A new study finds that children who lived in emergency trailer parks or hotels for long periods after Hurricane Katrina are far more likely to have serious emotional problems.

Sunday, August 22, 2010  Weight-control advocate James Hill says Americans are caught in "an epidemic of poor lifestyles" that's raising health-care costs for diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other ills.

Sunday, August 22, 2010  Bruce Randolph School is the first in Denver to offer condoms, birth-control pills and emergency contraception for students whose parents have signed them up for service at the school clinic.

Saturday, August 21, 2010  Anthony Nkyi is one of 31 doctoral students graduating from the University of the Rockies this Saturday.  But, he's got a slightly different story than the other students there.