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Colorado Springs Airport (COS) saw strong growth in passenger traffic during the month of August. The Airport witnessed a significant increase, with over 223,205 total passengers passing through its terminal and 111,688 enplanements, a substantial year-over-year increase of 14.3 percent and 14.1 percent, respectively.

On Tuesday's "The Extra", host Shannon Brinias chatted about the organization CASA, with its communications manager of CASA of the Pikes Peak Region, Keri Kahn.  More info is available at casappr.org. 

Colorado Springs Police Department Public Information Officer Ira Cronin talks about the procession for fallen Officer Christine Guerin Sandoval and the Third Annual Balltoberfest.

Doug Price with Visit COS talks about some new partnerships to help promote Colorado Springs tourism.

Body of Department of Corrections parole officer will be transported to Pueblo, 22-year-old being held in jail after allegedly carjacking a driver, your weather and more.

ABC News Correspondent Tom Rivers talks about Pope Francis suggesting there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality.

National Correspondent Rory O'Neill talks about a new study that says employees are more unhappy than ever and what was described as "retail therapy" isn't as fun as it once was.

Fall Fest

More than 75-thousand Kaiser-Permanente [[ KYE-zer per-ma-NEN-tee ]] workers are getting ready to go on what would be the biggest healthcare strike in U.S. history. 

Late Tuesday night, a fuzzy little face emerged from her comfy travel crate. It's Som (which rhymes with “roam”), a 3-year-old female Matschie's tree kangaroo, and brand-new member of the CMZoo family!

Only about 2,500 Matschie’s tree kangaroos remain in the wild in their only known habitat: The Huon Peninsula of northeastern Papua New Guinea. Threatened by logging and mining exploration, the marsupial arboreal species is considered endangered by the International Union for the Conservancy of Nature (IUCN).