Update April 27: The El-Gamal family was re-released on Saturday night and remains out of ICE custody at the time of this update. Just hours after Hayam El-Gamal and her five children, aged 18 to five, arrived back in Colorado after 10 months in an ICE detention facility in Texas, the family has been rearrested […]
Community members gathered at Colorado Springs City Hall Sunday to ask for the release of the Soliman family – Hayam El-Gamal and her five children, aged 18 to five – from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. The family, citizens of Egypt, immigrated to the U.S. from Kuwait in 2022 with B-1 visas. According to […]
Jason Green, the co-founder and COO of Raeden, fielded questions from often irate residents during a presentation Tuesday evening on a proposed data center near Garden of the Gods Road and Centennial Boulevard. The location is adjacent to the Chelsea Glen neighborhood, and residents packed a conference room in the Hyatt Place near the would-be […]
Colorado Springs Tenants (COST) launched their citywide union Saturday during a meeting at First Congregational Church. In October, the group saw success organizing residents of the Acacia Park and Centennial Plaza apartments, who expressed concerns over Colorado Springs Housing Authority (CHSA)’s refusal to meet or negotiate directly with residents, and residents’ longstanding concerns over conditions […]
In preparation for the April 10 Lantern Parade, Concrete Couch will be hosting Lantern building workshops this week at the Manitou Arts Center. The workshops are open to all, and run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. March 24, 25, and 26. “This is our 15th annual Lantern Parade,” said Thomas Pantoja, Concrete Couch’s community […]
El Tonto Por Cristo – “the fool for Christ” – is the latest film from the Texas-based team of Josh David Jordan and his wife Jessica, exploring the life of Orthodox monks living along the Texas Gulf coast. The nearly two-hour black-and-white film is in the style of European arthouse cinema masters like Andrei Tarkovsky, […]
Preliminary results show Manitou Springs voters have rejected an effort by the city government to dissolve the Metropolitan District, a special district formed in 1989 to solve a downtown parking shortage. City Council voted to apply for dissolution of the district in February, and in December an El Paso County judge ordered a special election […]
Manitou Springs’ annual Carnivale, a Mardi Gras-style street parade, is a celebration of the city’s quirky, artistic character. Taking part in this year’s parade were three giant, fully articulated puppets – a pair of 11-foot tall wolves and a 24-foot version of local art legend Charles Rockey – created by Colorado Springs artist Sofia Hernandez […]
Colorado Springs City Councilor Kimberly Gold held a town hall event at Sierra High School on Feb. 12 to present information about the Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan and to hear concerns from residents of City Council District 4. The Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan is the first community planning project undertaken through Colorado Springs’ Neighborhood Planning […]
On the morning of Friday, Feb 6., Associate Minister Josh Rumple arrived at First Congregational Church in downtown Colorado Springs and found the church’s rainbow banner reading “a just world for all” had been torn down. Again. Some variation of the banner has been hanging on the front of First Congregational since 2021, and since […]
During this week’s Manitou Springs City Council Meeting, Council approved two new ordinances and considered an updated fee schedule. New ordinances Council approved an ordinance that establishes a cost recovery mechanism for emergency and non-emergency services provided by the Manitou Springs Fire Department in response to motor vehicle accidents. Manitou Springs Fire Department Chief Keith […]
During a Jan. 23 special meeting held via Zoom, the Manitou Springs City Council approved a resolution establishing a concrete plan regarding immediate next steps connected to downtown parking if the Metropolitan District, a special district formed in 1989 to solve a downtown parking shortage, is dissolved. City Council voted to apply for dissolution of […]
Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) will be raising rates for natural gas customers in 2026 as part of a Sept. 30, 2025, consent agreement with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration due to corroded and leaking natural gas lines. The Colorado Springs City Council serves as the CSU board. According to a recent CSU Board […]
Residents of Colorado Springs expressed their shock and outrage during three separate events since the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good, a legal observer, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. Good, a 37 year-old mother of three, was a graduate of the local Coronado High School. Video of Good’s shooting […]
Anti-transgender activist Stephen Scaer, known online as “Sidewalk Steve,” claims he was assaulted while picketing in Manitou Springs on Dec. 27. Scaer, a Nashua, New Hampshire resident, has built his platform holding signs with the slogan “no child is born in the wrong body” and recording the responses he gets from passersby. According to a […]
Earlier this month, Colorado Springs School District 49 Superintendent Peter Hilts asked the board of education to declare a fiscal exigency in the district – citing flat revenue, declining enrollment, and increased expenses – which will allow for a reduction in programs and staff, including non-probationary, or tenured, teachers. The board voted 4-1 to issue […]
Citing flat revenue, declining enrollment, and increased expenses, Colorado Springs School District 49 Superintendent Peter Hilts asked the board of education during last night’s meeting to declare a fiscal exigency in the district, which will allow for a reduction in programs and staff, including non-probationary, or tenured, teachers. “Instead of our revenues keeping up with […]
Colorado Springs School District 11 Superintendent Michael Gaal recommended termination of McAuliffe Elementary School teacher Angelica Givler-Viers during last night’s board of education meeting. “I’m recommending to the Board of Education that Angelica Givler-Viers, a teacher at McAuliffe Elementary School, be dismissed from her employment with the district on the statutory grounds of insubordination, neglect […]
Last week, Manitou Springs City Council heard concerns about Councilor John Shada following Councilor Nancy Fortuin’s call for his resignation during the Nov. 21 regular meeting. “Recently, a police report was filed by one of our residents concerning Councilor Shada,” said Fortuin during the Nov. 21 meeting. “The report details an encounter in the Dillon […]
Following the successful formation of tenants unions in Centennial Plaza and Acacia Park Apartments, managed by the Colorado Springs Housing Authority, Colorado Springs Tenants has launched the first tenants union in a privately owned complex, the Aviator Tenants Union. Members of the Aviator Tenants Union held a press conference Sunday to address concerns about living […]
