Updated: 9:33 PM Unemployment reaches a new high in the high country.

Updated: 5:51 PM Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne are reunited, and sign one-year contracts with the Avs.

Updated: 5:27 PM Fireworks return this year and the crews are already preparing

Updated: 4:57 PM Six members of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment are hurt when their convoy came under hostile fire, according to a military spokesperson in Iraq.

Updated: 4:42 PM An accident involving one of the escalators at Coors Field in Denver sends dozens of people to the hospital.

Updated: 4:37 PM Lots of rain this spring means there's plenty of fuel now for summer wildfires.

Updated: 8:57 PM The Arapahoe Basin ski area closed for the season Wednesday, with hot weather spoiling plans to stay open until July 4.

Updated: 7:43 AM The window of opportunity for thousands of Colorado tax cheaters has closed, but not before thousands took advantage of it.

Updated: 8:50 PM Women’s groups are working to keep Air Force Secretary James Roche from becoming the new Army secretary.

Updated: 8:34 PM An Air Force Academy cadet accused of raping a female cadet in a dorm room last fall will face a court-martial.

Updated: 8:51 AM Three former Florence prison guards, accused of attacking inmates, ask a judge, to release them from jail until their sentencing.

Updated: 8:53 AM The University of Southern Colorado is now Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Updated: 8:49 AM The state's auto insurance system will experience "growing pains," according to Gov. Bill Owens.

Updated: 6:16 PM Because of a broken air conditioner, the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum will cut back on its hours of operation.

Updated: 8:48 AM Local blood supplies are now being tested as a way to stop the spread of West Nile virus.

Updated: 5:25 PM A man is mauled by two tigers as he entered their cage to feed them at a local big cats sanctuary.

Updated: 5:14 PM Airlines are warning travelers to arrive at airports extra early if they're traveling for the holiday.

Updated: 5:01 PM Many people like to barbeque on the 4th of July, but how do you know how to find the best meat, and the best way to prepare it? 11 News has some tips.

Updated: 12:17 PM Click here for a list of local fireworks displays for the 4th.

Updated: 8:17 PM Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement has joined a truce already agreed to by terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamis Jihad.

Updated: 8:04 PM The legendary actress Katherine Hepburn has died at the age of 96.

Updated: 7:44 PM Thousands of people gathered Sunday at the Springs' Acacia Park to celebrate gay pride day.

Updated: 7:33 PM Some Colorado counties are now renewing driver's licenses after the state had to shut down some of the Deparment of Motor Vehicles offices.

Updated: 7:30 PM One water advocacy group in Colorado says the state is losing water storage space because of structural damage at more than 100 of the state's dams.

Updated: 8:13 PM Wildlife officials have rejected a proposal to give the Canada lynx an endangered species designation.