"We never know what our day will look like," says Will Merwin, who works for the Blue Star Group.

Massive investments in the Pikes Peak Cog Railway and the new Summit Visitors Center reaffirm the mountain's status as one of the world's can't-miss attractions.

On January 11, 2007, China conducted its first antisatellite (ASAT) test. The kill vehicle impacted the nonoperational Chinese weather satellite Feng Yun 1C at more than 20,000 miles per hour, creating thousands of pieces of debris.

Developers in Downtown Colorado Springs are catering to a demographic that has been underserved in the area for many years: urban dwellers.

After 10 days of evacuation, Mountain Shadows resident Steve Weed let out a sigh of relief last July, seeing his family home still standing against the apocalyptic landscape.

Colorado was granted statehood in 1876, making it the Centennial State. At that time, adventurers headed west for a better life.