Maggie Spencer

Trinidad is the last stop on Amtrak’s Los Angeles-bound Southwest Chief before the train makes its way through Raton Pass and into New Mexico.

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief is a long distance passenger train that travels daily from Chicago to Los Angeles.  Some riders travel the full route, others use it as their primary transportation […]

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief runs from Chicago to Los Angeles, passing through towns in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico.  The future of the route is in question, as the current […]

It’s an annual tradition in the Rocky Mountain Region for folks to search for holiday trees in the National Forests.  Permitting has largely closed for the season, but KRCC’s Maggie […]

Senator Mark Udall is expected in Chaffee County today to unveil new proposed legislation that looks to declare Browns Canyon a national monument and wilderness area.

CDOT’s I-25 expansion project is working to add a 3rd lane in each direction between Colorado Springs and Monument by the end of the year.  As KRCC’s Maggie Spencer reports, […]

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission talked drones at their meeting last week in Lamar.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has released 60 new trail maps that now highlight new trail uses and features. KRCC’s Maggie Spencer has more.

The USA Pro Challenge cycling race will return to Colorado Springs next year after the city was left out of this year’s race.

Traffic stops along Highway 24 continue today as the Colorado Department of Transportation works to stabilize slope lines.

Colorado Springs officials held a neighborhood evacuation drill for residents of Broadmoor Bluffs over the weekend.  Fire officials say that neighborhood has stepped up mitigation efforts in the past year […]

The Pueblo City-County Health Department is reporting another West Nile Virus case. KRCC’s Maggie Spencer has more.

The search for a missing hiker in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains has been suspended after eight days, according to Custer County officials.

A flood warning is in effect for the Arkansas River at La Junta after days of continuous rainfall along the valley and in the Pikes Peak region.