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For nearly 100 years, Drake Power Plant has powered Colorado Springs, mostly by burning coal.

This year, Science Hill School is making it elementary. The singe-facility school district in northern Pulaski County announced this week that they would be buying and providing necessary school supplies for every students in every grade for the coming 2021-22 school year. "We're hoping to take pressure off of parents this year, (instead of) having to go to Walmart, fight the crowd, find the school supplies, you can't find your list" said Science Hill Superintendent Jimmy Dyehouse. "We'll be able to purchase those with 'FRYSC' money and have those waiting on students the first day when they g...

Embed STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This was one of the viral videos of police activity in 2020. Almost a year ago, a 73-year-old woman with dementia was violently arrested by police in Loveland, Colo. The officers have since resigned and are facing criminal charges. The woman's lawyer says officers dislocated and fractured her shoulder. As police departments face pressure to examine the use of force, this arrest has highlighted a problem. Police often lack the skills to interact with disabled people. From KUNC in northern Colorado, Leigh Paterson reports.

A driving range with climate-controlled hitting bays will be part of the 54,000-square-foot Topgolf — formerly Crush Golf — entertainment venue that's under construction at the 200-acre Polaris Pointe retail complex in northern Colorado Springs. Dallas-based Topgolf is aiming for a summer opening of the facility, whose high-tech games, food and beverages are designed to cater to golfers and nongolfers. CHANCEY BUSH, THE GAZETTE 

Today, the 200-acre Polaris Pointe retail center in northern Colorado Springs is being called one of the city's most vibrant shopping centers.