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  • 5 days ago | gazette.com | Ajia Cuevas

    The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo made an “extra special” Mother’s Day announcement this year. Asha, the zoo’s 32-year-old critically endangered Western lowland gorilla, is pregnant, the zoo said in a news release. This will be Asha’s third baby, but will it be the first for dad, Goma, according to the zoo. Asha’s two other children live in zoos outside of Colorado. She is due sometime between mid-May and the end of July.

  • 1 week ago | gazette.com | Ajia Cuevas

    A storm system brought rain and snow to Colorado Springs and the surrounding areas Tuesday. According to snowfall reports from the National Weather Service in Pueblo, parts of Colorado Springs saw less than 2 inches of snow, whereas cities to the north and west reported double that amount.

  • 2 weeks ago | gazette.com | Ajia Cuevas

    A motorcyclist has died following a crash at the intersection of Interstate 25 and Bijou Street Thursday evening, according to a blotter item from the Colorado Springs Police Department. At 4:35 p.m., police were called the intersection of I-25 and West Bijou Street for a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle.

  • 2 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | Ajia Cuevas

    Video Player is loading. Current Time 0:00Duration -:-Remaining Time -0:00Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. A "fluffy" bundle of "cuteness" has hatched at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. An African penguin chick hatched April 8 at the zoo in Colorado Springs and is "growing up big and strong," according to a news release from the zoo.

  • 2 weeks ago | gazette.com | Ajia Cuevas

    A "fluffy" bundle of "cuteness" has hatched at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. An African penguin chick hatched April 8 at the zoo in Colorado Springs and is "growing up big and strong," according to a press release from the zoo. The now-22-day-old chick is weighed every few days and currently weighs 983 grams—901 grams up from its first weight of 82 grams on April 11.