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The number of soldiers coming back from the Middle East with emotional problems is increasing and the Fountain Police Departments is taking steps to deal with the needs of a large military population.

PUEBLO, Colo. - The federal government is dropping an appeal of a court ruling related to the Army's plans to step up training at Pinon Canyon.

Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 9:26 a.m. Jomar Falu-Vives was sentenced in court this morning to two consecutive life sentences without parole for murder, and two consecutive 48-year sentences for attempted murder.

Secretary of the Army John McHugh visited "The Mountain Post" here Nov. 18 as the second of three stops on his first official tour of Army installations.

FORT CARSON, Colo. a ' Fort Carson paid somber tribute Wednesday to 15 of its soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month, the worst single month for combat deaths the post has endured since the Vietnam War.

A former Missoula man is a Top 3 finalist in "Operation Rising Star", what some call the military's version of American Idol.

The secretary of the Army was at Fort Carson Wednesday. He was also there to get a feel for the Mountain Post's ability to train and prepare soldiers for war.

Jurors are deciding the case of a Fort Carson soldier accused of killing two people in a drive-by shooting.

Army Secretary John McHugh will attend memorial services at Fort Carson for 15 soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month.

The secretary of the Army made his first official visit to a military installation since being sworn in in late September.

As President Obama continues to consider the next steps in Afghanistan, thousands of troops, many from Fort Carson, are on the ground fighting.

A brand new Army medical facility was opened Tuesday in Colorado Springs. Evans Army Community Hospital hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Fort Carson's new off-post, Premier Army Health Clinic.

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet says he's been assured by his colleagues in the Senate that a funding ban on the Army's proposed expansion of a disputed training site in southeast Colorado will remain in effect.

A random call to go to another area on Fort Hood pulled Angleton soldier Sgt. Michael Easterling away from where officials say an Army officer opened fire and killed 13 people.

The Army's most elite soldiers are teaming with one of North Carolina's top universities to improve training on national security issues.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is asking the Army not to appeal a court ruling that rejected its plans to step up training at a disputed site in southeast Colorado.

Rolling Stone magazine unveils a new article about Fort Carson that may give the Mountain Post a black eye.

Troops board a jet at an airfield on Fort Hood, bound for deployment to Kuwait as part of Operation Intrinsic Action in August 1995.

Sheriff's officials say a 22-year-old Fort Carson soldier is suspected of shooting at two people who were leaving a Colorado Springs bar.