An Army environmental study says Fort Carson is the best location for a new combat aviation brigade…The Colorado Department of Transportation and Trinidad city officials marked the opening of southbound Interstate 25 through the city today…and, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association has dropped its lawsuit challenging new rules to regulate the state’s energy industry.

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With temperatures still hovering around the zero degree mark, energy companies in the region are clearly experiencing in a spike in natural gas consumption…According to a release from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, nearly 50 students at the college are relocating from the UCCS Housing Village to new rooms due to a break in water lines that serve fire sprinklers…Republican Representative Scott Tipton paid a visit to his former colleagues in the Colorado legislature today.

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Ovens, ranges, microwaves…all these are common in Colorado homes. Worldwide, most food gets heated over portable cookstoves that burn wood, dung or straw, often inefficiently, generating smoke that can lead to deadly respiratory disease. The United States has recently signed on to help clean up this pollution. Some leaders in solving the problem are at Colorado State University in the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab. KRCC’s Shelley Schlender has this profile of some of the people and the work they do for cook stoves and other pollution control efforts.

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Wind tower manufacturing giant Vestas opened a new factory south of Pueblo earlier this year. Two accidents, one of them fatal, marked its first six months of operations, along with the announcement that the international company was laying off some 3000 workers in Europe. Nonetheless, Vestas created some 450 jobs in the Pueblo area, and the company’s total workforce at all of its Colorado facilities totals about 1600. KRCC’s Shanna Lewis has this look at the Pueblo factory.

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The investigative arm of Congress says the availability of water could eventually limit the growth of oil shale development in Colorado and Utah…Colorado is among eight states chosen to have students tested in math and science for a study comparing their performance with students in more than 60 countries…and, students in Cripple Creek and Victor Schools will return to class tomorrow.

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Colorado regulators are hearing more on Black Hills Energy’s plan to cut emissions by 2018…and, the search for a new president at Colorado State University-Pueblo is gearing up, as the school brings in an interim president.

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The Bureau of Land Management says it has completed its review of three nominations for oil shale research leases on federal land in Colorado and Utah…The Environmental Protection Agency continues its cleanup of an old lead mine on Hardscrabble Mountain, north of Westcliffe…and, The Colorado National Monument near Fruita is revisiting the Jurassic Period by unveiling the discovery of three major fossilized dinosaur footprints.

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The Colorado Springs 2011 general fund budget proposal is up for review…Vestas Wind Systems celebrated the official opening of a new wind tower factory in Pueblo today….and, An instrument designed by University of Colorado-Boulder students has traveled 1.67 billion miles from Earth.

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Colorado Springs medical marijuana businesses plan to fight proposed zoning rules that would restrict their distance to religious institutions….Organizers have canceled a planned October debate between candidates for the 4th Congressional District…and, a ceremony at Rocky Ford High School tomorrow marks the installment of solar energy systems.

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Advocates on both sides of a ballot initiative regarding abortion are beginning their campaigns…One of three companies with federal leases to research and develop oil shale in Colorado says it plans to start testing its technology next year…Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has received an Air Force Academy award for contributions to U.S. defense and security…Colorado Springs city officials are providing drivers to the downtown area a little bit of relief when it comes to parking meters…and, the Pueblo Zoo is mourning the loss of long-time resident, Solar Sue.