Spencer McKee

Spencer McKee

Spencer is our Director of Audience Development. After obtaining his Master’s degree in New Media, Technology, and Society at Purdue University, Spencer moved to Colorado in search of something more than cornfields. When he’s not engaging with the OutThere audience, you can find him somewhere on a trail or in the climbing gym.

Cedar reunited with his family Credit Cherie Wachter:Humane Society of Broward County via AP — Cedar reunited with his family. Photo Credit: Cherie Wachter; Humane Society of Broward County via AP

Colorado dog reunited with Florida family after 2017 theft

SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — A dog found abandoned in Colorado has been returned to its family, nearly two years after it was stolen in Florida as a puppy. Animal charity organization Wings of Rescue says the German Shepherd named Cedar was covered with snow in a rural Colorado ditch, […]

Olympic speedskaters Zephaneah Akana, right, Lexi May, and Christopher Springer train during motorless Mondays at Garden of the Gods Kelsey Brunner Gazette — Olympic speedskaters Zephaneah Akana, right, Lexi May, and Christopher Springer train during motorless Mondays at Garden of the Gods. Photo Credit: Kelsey Brunner; The Gazette.

Thousands turn out for joint Motorless Morning, Earth Day at Garden of the Gods

BY Liz Forster

Gold Camp Road David Bitton — Gold Camp Road overlooks Colorado Springs. It's a popular spot for local bikers, hikers, and outdoor recreation enthusiasts. Photo Credit: David Bitton via Gazette.

Car crashes to canyon floor in Colorado; Alcohol suspected factor

BY Liz Forster

Skyline of Denver Colorado Photo Credit: benedek (iStock).

Denver County likely to lose its position as most populous Colorado county

BY Rachel Riley; The Colorado Springs Gazette

An adult black bear. Photo Credit: mirceax (iStock).

Colorado wildlife officers kill 1st bear of 2019

BY The Associated Press

Colorado Springs Mark Reis The Gazette — Colorado Springs. Photo Credit: Mark Reis; The Gazette.

Colorado Springs no longer a cheap place to live

BY Wayne Heilman; The Gazette

Blizzard on Colorado roads. Kelsey Brunner — Photo Credit: Kelsey Brunner; The Gazette

Man charged in death of Colorado trooper during blizzard

BY The Associated Press

black bear attack colorado — Photo Credit: mlharing (iStock).

Man admits to exhibiting extreme rage following bear killing

BY The Associated Press

Pikes Peak tank Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections — Photo Credit: Peak Library District Special Collections.

100 years ago, a tank took on Pikes Peak

BY ML Cavanaugh; Special on The Colorado Springs Gazette

Downtown Steamboat Springs. Photo Credit: bauhaus1000 (iStock).

8 Perfect Things to Do During a Steamboat Springs Vacation

BY Spencer McKee

Sunrise over the Flatirons in Boulder Colorado. Photo Credit: beklaus (iStock).

Boulder officials ask for help in solving Gregory Canyon cold case

BY Spencer McKee

Lake Christine Fire Eagle County Sheriff's Office via Facebook — An early photo of the Lake Christine Fire. Photo Credit: Eagle County Sheriff's Office via Facebook.

Colorado wildfire defendants seek new venue for trials

BY The Associated Press

Woman Enjoying Delicious Burger Photo Credit: miodrag ignjatovic (iStock). — Photo Credit: miodrag ignjatovic (iStock).

Fast food restaurant to release CBD-infused burger on April 20 in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Sol Pais HOGP via Gazette — Sol Pais. Photo Credit: HOGP via Gazette.

Details emerge about woman’s death at Mount Evans

BY Liz Forster

The scene from the accident Courtesy Mike Petkash, KKTV — The scene from the accident Courtesy Mike Petkash, KKTV via Gazette.

Cyclist severely injured in Colorado crash with dump truck

BY Ellie Mulder; The Gazette

Sol Pais HOGP via Gazette — Sol Pais. Photo Credit: HOGP via Gazette.

Manhunt ends with woman found dead at Colorado fourteener

BY Liz Forster

Jacquiline Eva Wilde Courtesy of KKTV — Jacquiline Eva Wilde. Courtesy photo.

Man admits leaving injured woman to die after off-road crash in Colorado

BY Lance Benzel; The Gazette

Fort Carson U.S. Army Space and Missle Command (SMDC) — Photo Credit: U.S. Army Space and Missle Command (SMDC); file photo.

Search and rescue underway for soldier missing in Colorado

BY Ellie Mulder

First person driver view through windshield of a car speeding toward the eastbound entrance to the US Interstate 70 Hanging Lake Tunnel which carries the expressway through parallel tunnels under the massive granite rock mountain wall of Glenwood Canyon, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains Range. Winter in early February, 2016. Photo Credit: willowpix.

Winter-driving bill passes Colorado House

BY Joey Bunch, Colorado Politics

Baby Black Bear - SEMARNAT - OutThere Colorado — A black bear cub poses for a picture. Photo Credit: SEMARNAT.

Officials warn residents as bears awake from winter slumber

BY The Associated Press

Beetle Kill Dougal Brownlie the Gazette — Photo Credit: Dougal Brownlie; The Gazette.

Colorado residents challenge Forest Service logging project

BY The Associated Press

Boulder Flatirons - TEDxBoulder - OutThere Colorado — Boulder, Colorado. Photo Credit: TEDxBoulder.

Man falls 50 to 60 feet at the Boulder Flatirons

BY Spencer McKee

Colorado geyser trail Nature girl (youtube) — Media Credit: Nature Girl (Youtube).

The rewarding hike to Colorado’s only geyser

BY Spencer McKee

Forest Fire Prevention - WildandFree - OutThere Colorado — Photo Credit: WildandFree (iStock).

Why a wet spring could heighten late-year wildfire risks in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Moose in the Wild - Rocky Mountain national Park - Adam Springer - iStock — Wild Moose in Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo Credit: Adam Springer (iStock)

Colorado teen fined nearly $20K for illegally killing moose

BY The Associated Press

Entrance to the cave Photo Credit: underworld111 (iStock). — Photo Credit: underworld111 (iStock).

The incredibly long Groaning Cave in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

117 Fire in the Hanover area Jerilee Bennett The Gazette — Devastation left behind by the 117 Fire in the Hanover area. Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett; The Gazette

Colorado wildfire danger a ‘complete 180’ from 2018

BY Liz Forster

Grand-Junction-Fall-Colors-OutThere-Colorado — Grand Junction, Colorado is one well-known town that already exists on the Western slope.

I-70 speed limit reduced at Grand Junction

BY The Associated Press

Aspen Snowmass - Daniel Bayer - OutThere Colorado — Aspen Snowmass, CO. Photo Credit: Daniel Bayer.

94-year-old blind veteran goes downhill skiing in Colorado

BY The Associated Press

Hanging Lake - Irwin Badeaux — Hanging Lake. Photo Credit: Irwin Badeaux

More than 6,000 sign up for Hanging Lake visit permits

BY The Associated Press

Hyena Photo Credit: Dennis Stogsdill (iStock). — Photo Credit: Dennis Stogsdill (iStock).

Hyena sighting reported in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Dave Gilman, a soil scientist for the Burned Area emergency Rehabilitation unit, checks the recent paplication of Hydro Soil in the Hayman fire area Credit Tim Tadder — Dave Gilman, a soil scientist for the Burned Area emergency Rehabilitation unit, checks the recent paplication of Hydro Soil in the Hayman fire area. Photo Credit: Tim Tadder.

The struggle to save Colorado’s forests in a changing world

BY Liz Forster

black bear attack colorado — Photo Credit: mlharing (iStock).

Hunting bans for poachers who killed bear at landfill

BY The Associated Press

A lone motorist looks down I-70 during a roadblock David Zalubowski AP Photo — A lone motorist looks down I-70 during a roadblock. Photo Credit: David Zalubowski/AP Photo

Here’s why part of I-70 will be entirely closed this weekend

BY Liz Forster

rain in Denver — Photo Credit: Favor_of_God (iStock, file photo).

Weekend forecast shows powder, “thundersnow” in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Weston Pass Fire Spencer McKee — A July 4th image of the Weston Pass Fire. This burn scar is currently causing the flash flooding. Photo Credit: Spencer McKee, OutThere Colorado.

Bill banning firefighting foam advances in Legislature

BY Marianna Goodland

Photo Credit: Airman Magazine (Flickr).

The Underground City Inside of Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain

BY Spencer McKee

Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park AP Photo Dan Elliott' — Photo Credit: AP Photo / Dan Elliott.

Report: Harmful pollution drifting into Rocky Mountain Park

BY Dan Elliot; The Associated Press

Snow at Denver Airport AP Photo David Zalubowski — Photo Credit: AP Photo/David Zalubowski.

Colorado, Wyoming dig out from spring snowstorm

BY The Associated Press

A wild black bear. Photo Credit: gui00878

Bear tranquilized, relocated after posing threat to children

BY The Associated Press

Driver dead after collision with snowplow in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Wreck on 160 @CSP_News (Twitter) — Media Credit: Colorado State Police Public Affairs; @CSP_News (Twitter)

State trooper, second driver injured in collision during winter storm

BY Spencer McKee

I-25 Jerilee Bennett Gazette — Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett; The Gazette

UPDATE: Blizzard causing traffic problems on Colorado’s Front Range, power loss

BY Leslie James, Ellie Mulder; The Colorado Springs Gazette

I-25 Jerilee Bennett Gazette — Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett; The Gazette

“Baby bomb cyclone” starts to hit Colorado

BY Leslie James

Closures on I-70 Colorado Department of Transportation — Photo Credit: Colorado Department of Transportation.

All-lane closure on I-70; Wrecks will likely take hours to clear

BY Leslie James & Spencer McKee

Colorful Mt. Garfield and the Bookcliffs in Western Colorado. Photo Credit: MGSmith (iStock).

Out Where the West Begins: A Book of “Grit, Grace, and Greed”

BY Stuart Rosebrook, Ph.D.; Editor of True West magazine

Dukes of Hazzard Snocat John Brandenburg via AP — Photo Credit: John Brandenburg via AP

Colorado man sentenced for stealing ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Sno-Cat

BY The Associated Press

Winter weather on roads driving Colorado STate Patrol — Winter weather often causes problems on Colorado's roads. Photo Credit: Colorado State Patrol. File photo.

Brace yourself for “rapidly deteriorating” weather today in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Widespread cancellations out of DIA due to incoming blizzard

BY Leslie James

Front Range Wind Colorado — Photo Credit: Gary Kavanagh (iStock).

High winds soon to hit parts of Colorado prompting official warning

BY Spencer McKee

Longmont, Colorado. Photo Credit: GerardoBrucker (iStock).

Man found dead at recreation area in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Mud Lake Colorado @2019 Google Maps — Mud Lake, Colorado. Media Credit: @2019 Google Maps.

Facial reconstruction created with human remains found by hiker

BY Spencer McKee

Adult black bear at Coronado High School Colorado Parks and Wildlife — Adult black bear at Coronado High School. Photo Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Bear emerges from hibernation at Colorado high school

BY Liz Henderson

Colorado River Ross D. Franklin AP — Colorado River. Photo Credit: Ross D. Franklin, AP file.

US Congress approves Colorado River drought plan

BY The Associated Press

Bomb cyclone David Zalubowski (AP Photo) — Photo Credit: David Zalubowski (AP Photo).

Storm to hit Rockies before forming new ‘bomb cyclone’

BY Matt Volz; The Associated Press

Garden of the Gods - OutThere Colorado. — Garden of the Gods is known as America's favorite park. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo Credit: SWKrullImaging (iStock)

Colorado Springs no longer “best place to live” in Colorado

BY Wayne Heilman; The Gazette

Bomb Cyclone Jerilee Bennett Gazette — Photo Credit: Jerilee Bennett; The Gazette

Second ‘bomb cyclone’ possible for parts of Colorado

BY Liz Henderson

Sunrise on St. Mary’s Glacier. Photo Credit: Stephen Martin (OutThere Colorado) — Sunrise on St. Mary’s Glacier. Photo Credit: Stephen Martin.

Global warming is shrinking glaciers faster than thought

BY The Associated Press

April wildfire @2019 Google, INEGI — Photo Credit: @2019 Google, INEGI.

Red flag warning issued amid severe wildfire danger in Colorado

BY Spencer McKee

Ted Bundy escorted out of the Pitkin County Courthouse in Colorado Ross Dolan AP file photo — Ted Bundy escorted out of the Pitkin County Courthouse in Colorado. Photo Credit: Ross Dolan (AP file photo).

Ted Bundy’s Colorado file includes crowbar, ski guide

BY The Aspen Times via The Associated Press