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1 month ago | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
Shoppers Brace for Higher Prices as Trade War Tariffs Could Impact Retail. Shoppers Brace for Higher Prices as Trade War Tariffs Could Impact Retail
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
COLORADO SPRINGS — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order putting a hiring freeze in place for federal civilian workers. Many veterans work in the federal government after leaving the military, so News5 wanted to see how this freeze impacts those looking for jobs. "It's not degrading, but it just makes you feel, I'd say...
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
COLORADO SPRINGS — Families are gathering and waiting for more answers as school starts on Friday for their kiddos, after Jenkins Middle School was closed for now due to safety reasons. "It was a concern. I know that I chose to keep my son home from school for the rest of the week, and he did some online learning that way because communication was just, at that moment, what I found."Danelle Vallejos is a parent of a sixth grader at Jenkins Middle School.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
COLORADO SPRINGS — Moving from installation to installation is just a reality when you are in a military family. For some military spouses, that can make career-building a challenge. The Portraits for Patriots headquarters here in Colorado Springs. It's a national nonprofit that helps our military members and their spouses navigate that transition process and helps them apply for jobs in the future.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
Stratmoor Hills Fire District’s crews have been helping the L.A. fire for ten days now. John Ortiz normally works on the south side of Colorado Springs, but now he's in Los Angeles fighting alongside California crews and others called out to help. So far, the fight has been unlike anything he's seen before. “Even though we're trained as wild land firefighters and we are trained to deal with urban interface.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
COLORADO SPRINGS — The solemn toll of a bell is a sound often heard at military funerals to honor the sacrifices made by our troops. In our state, the Honor Bell performs that role, but the foundation behind it simply cannot get to all of the funerals across Colorado. That's why they're trying to get a second one made. I spoke with one veteran who tolls that bell about why another bell will make such an impact. "It's an honor. It's an honor to the family.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
COLORADO SPRINGS — Concerned parents gathered at Doherty High School to get more information about how the rest of the school year will look after the closure of Jenkins Middle School due to safety concerns. Tonight News5 learned the district is making yet another change to families' schedules. The district says the building is closing down because of unsafe conditions like cracks in the wall and separation of the walls and floors.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
COLORADO SPRINGS — Long wait times, medical transfers, and delays for care. That's what some people with TriWest insurance say they've been dealing with during an IT outage affecting the company. News 5's Piper Vaughn looked into the issue and spoke to one woman trying to get the health care she needs. We reached out to TriWest to ask them what they are doing to fix this problem that is affecting military members in our area, including one Gold Star military woman we spoke with.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
COLORADO SPRINGS — Some people may not know about the struggles our military spouses face as they apply for jobs—especially when you don't know how long you'll be in one place. Amanda Scott, the Co-chair of the Military Spouse Community Coalition tells me about her own challanges. "I started applying for jobs as a young college grad—eager, ready to start my career—and I faced pretty bad discrimination.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
koaa.com | Piper Vaughn
FORT CARSON — Complaints about long lines and not-so-great food are some of the concerns we have been looking into. "Sometimes there isn't like a lot of food options. So, like, it's kind of hit or miss, I guess."Private Willem Mohr tells News5 that whether or not you get a quality meal in these dining halls comes down to how quickly you get in line. "If you are showing up first, which I think we did, then it is a lot better versus towards the end when it is almost closed," he said.
