Jon McMichael

Colorado Springs

Digital Multimedia Journalist at KOAA-TV (Pueblo, CO)

News and such, exclusively told (@KOAA) while not wearing a tie.

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Articles

Finds under $40: Summer concerts at Hillside Gardens

1 week ago | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Getting out and exploring Colorado Springs and the surrounding area doesn't need to break the bank. We're highlighting businesses, organizations, and happenings that you can engage with for under $40; the focus for this article (and outing) is the annual the summer concert series at the Hillside Gardens.
Finds Under $40: Public land stewardship with RMFI

2 weeks ago | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

COLORADO SPRINGS — Getting out and exploring Colorado Springs and the surrounding area doesn't need to break the bank. We're highlighting businesses, organizations, and happenings that you can engage with for under $40; the focus for this article (and outing) is the Rocky Mountain Field Institute (RMFI). Founded back in 1982, this Colorado Springs non-profit works to maintain and steward public lands across the Pikes Peak region and Southern Colorado.
Finds under $40: The Pilgrimage of Pints

3 weeks ago | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Getting out and exploring Colorado Springs and the surrounding area doesn't need to break the bank. We're highlighting businesses, organizations, and happenings that you can engage with for under $40; the focus for this article (and outing) is the annual Pilgrimage of Pints.
Finds Under $40: Discover the cosmos with the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society

4 weeks ago | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

COLORADO SPRINGS — Getting out and exploring Colorado Springs and the surrounding area doesn't need to break the bank. We're highlighting businesses, organizations, and happenings that you can engage with for under $40; the focus for this article (and outing) is the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society (CSASTRO).
Platte Furniture in Colorado Springs: 'A Treasure Hunt' for Unique Furniture & Local Art

2 months ago | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

COLORADO SPRINGS — Family owned and operated in Colorado Springs for more than four decades, Platte Furniture has broadened its horizons to include an underground art gallery that regularly features a rotation of works from local artists. What started with Dick Kelly (the store's founder) selling used furniture out of his garage soon lead to the creation of Platte Furniture in 1978; in the years since then, the showroom floor has expanded and now is measured at 36,000 sqft.
The return of skiing at Cuchara Mountain Park

2 months ago | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

CUCHARA — After two decades, skiing opportunities have returned to Huerfano County with Cuchara Mountain Park offering $40 day passes where a snowcat will tow you and "20 of your best friends" to the top of the park's slopes.
Greater Sandhill Cranes migrate through the San Luis Valley

2 months ago | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

MONTE VISTA — For thousands of years, an unbelievable cascade of Greater Sandhill Cranes have poured down on the San Luis Valley near the end of winter as part of their northerly migration. According to the National Park Service, more than 20,000 cranes can be expected to pass through the San Luis Valley during the migratory event with the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge acting as one of the hot-spots for crane-centric activity.
'It has all-wheel drive... they can come out and play', Racing across Georgetown Lake's frozen expanse

Mar 4, 2025 | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

GEORGETOWN — The start of each new year brings with it five weekends of ice racing for a group known as Our Gang 4-Wheelers, a crew that has spent nearly 50 years racing across the frozen expanse of Georgetown Lake. Since 1976, dozens of competitors have dedicated these few weekends (from January to the beginning of March) to driving their jeeps, trucks, and assorted other vehicles to (primarily) Georgetown lake in order to experience winter at speed.
Thousands flock to Leadville for 77th running of the town's famous Skijoring competition

Mar 3, 2025 | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

LEADVILLE — The first weekend in March marked the 77th running of the wildly fast and extremely wild Leadville Skijor, a high-octane happening that's the result of pairing cowboy culture with ski culture. The event, which dates back to 1949, revolves around skiers being towed down the town's main thoroughfare (which is transformed into a snowy obstacle course) at speed while tightly gripping a length of rope that's tied to a sprinting horse.
A Strange Stockpile: The National Wildlife Property Repository

Feb 14, 2025 | koaa.com | Jon McMichael

COMMERCE CITY — Situated within the depths of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is a nondescript warehouse packed with an unusual collection, more than a million parts and pieces (and entireties) of illegally trafficked wildlife artifacts.