In the coming weeks — slowly, deliberately, piece by piece — the dominant smokestacks of the now-closed Martin Drake Power Plant that pepper the skyline of Colorado Springs' downtown will be no more.

COLORADO SPRINGS — City officials marked the demolition of the Martin Drake Power Plant Thursday. The coal plant was decommissioned almost two years ago as the city transitions to more sustainable ...

The Martin Drake Power Plant in downtown Colorado Springs must come down — but what will that process look like? Residents are invited to a public meeting that aims to answer that question. Colorado ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Springs Utilities (Springs Utilities) has begun the process of removing one of three stacks at the Martin Drake Power Plant site. According to the City, this milestone ...

After providing power to the state’s second-largest city for nearly a half-century, the Martin Drake Power Plant is coming down. Demolition on the coal-fired plant will begin this summer and last ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)—Colorado Springs Utilities is giving parts of the now-shuttered Martin Drake Power Plant a new life and helping those in need with utility payment assistance. It's being ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Demolition work at the Martin Drake Power Plant raised some alarm for people near downtown who saw what appeared to be smoke coming from the building. News 5 viewer Brooke ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - The Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs is looking less recognizable by the day. Crews finished bringing down the final stack on Thursday morning. Now, just a ...

A Colorado Springs Utilities spokesperson said two boilers at the Martin Drake Power Plant should be operational by the fall. The plant shutdown on May 5 after a fire erupted when a mechanic changed ...

July 06--In what reads like an eerie prediction, the company that insures Colorado Springs Utilities' Drake power plant recommended in February the installation of a sprinkler system beneath the ...

Colorado Spring Utilities’ Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo provided by GE. GE said Catalytic Oxidation Reduction (COR) emissions control technologies were installed for ...