For more info, see “Armed agent demands to know how we got in room with open doors and other tales of the Border Patrol job fair.” Richard Camacho, a Puerto Rican 29-year-old father of two with a background in armed security, attended the Border Patrol job fair at the Colorado Springs Double Tree hotel on […]
For more info, see “Armed agent demands to know how we got in room with open doors and other tales of the Border Patrol job fair.” Christopher Mitchell attended the Customs and Border Patrol job fair at the Double Tree hotel on July 7 as an applicant. He spoke with the Bulletin in the hotel’s […]
It’s been a while since an agitated man wearing guns has demanded I leave a hotel conference room. In fact, I’m pretty sure the Customs and Border Patrol job fair at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Colorado Springs (1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard) on July 7 was my first time. But covering federal immigration […]
The data points toward a clear path forward, and this is the political moment to pursue it.” John Jarrell, chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party Residents of the more diverse and working class part of Colorado Springs known as the Southside vote at significantly lower rates than the city as a whole. Democratic […]
On a recent Sunday, I went to meet Mel Flores at the nonprofit Chinook Center – a self-described “progressive, mission-driven community space” located in a strip mall off Airport Road – to talk with him about his work for the local chapter of Migra Watch, a volunteer organization assisting persons affected by encounters with Immigration […]
Earlier this month, Midway resident and water quality activist Liz Rosenbaum wrote an email to Colorado politicians, state health officials, Wigwam Mutual Water Company staff and others asking when her home’s tap water would be free of PFAS – a group of industrial chemicals used in a wide variety of consumer products – and safe […]
On Sunday, June 14, the Pikes Peak Bulletin and Community Anchor Academy hosted a gubernatorial Southside Candidate Forum. The forum discussed issues from a Southside perspective. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser was the only major-party candidate to attend. An article about the forum as a whole may be found here. A video recording of the […]
On Sunday, June 14, the Pikes Peak Bulletin and Community Anchor Academy hosted a gubernatorial Southside Candidate Forum. Moderated by Kimberly Gold, the Colorado Springs City Councilor for District 4 representing Southeast Colorado Springs, the forum was an opportunity to get to know candidates for governor in this year’s election and talk about issues from […]
In the late 1940s, a teenaged Barbara Grier scandalized her Colorado Springs high school counselor by saying she was a lesbian – and she refused to keep it a secret. In 1969, Donaciano Martinez co-founded the Gay Liberation Front of Colorado Springs. The Front held support groups in members’ homes to talk about issues around […]
State Rep. Amy Paschal (D-Colorado Springs) recently contacted Colorado Democratic Party Chair Shad Murib and Karin Asensio, the state party’s executive director, to complain about a document sent by Congressional District 5 candidate Joe Reagan’s senior campaign advisor to the Pikes Peak Bulletin. The document at issue in Paschal’s complaint was about Reagan’s Democratic primary […]
Colorado’s fifth congressional district (CO-05), mainly made up of Colorado Springs, has been held by a Republican since the district was created more than 50 years ago. But Democrats think that could change in this year’s election, which has put a national spotlight on the race. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) hails CO-05 as […]
Charges against Mel Flores – the army veteran who was facing three Class 2 misdemeanor charges for allegedly obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surveillance activity in October of last year – were dropped as part of a plea deal in a separate case. That separate case stemmed from Flores “obstructing a highway or passageway” […]
This is part two in a two-part series. Part one is an interview with Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade and his new chief of staff, Wayne Williams, on working together and building coalitions. Plenty of people have opinions on Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade picking Wayne Williams, his former rival in the 2023 mayoral election, […]
Hello, readers. Please give a warm welcome to Carol Wood as the Pikes Peak Bulletin’s new board chair. We’re so excited to have her expertise and experience to guide us through this challenging time for journalism. In case you haven’t heard, the news industry is scrambling to reinvent itself for the online (and now AI-driven) […]
State law “protects an individual from civil arrest while the person is present at a courthouse or on its environs, or while going to, attending, or coming from a court proceeding.” But reports indicate federal immigration enforcement may not be following this law – including in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC), a […]
It has been more than five years since a settlement was reached in Smokebrush Foundation v. City of Colorado Springs. The lawsuit stemmed from Smokebrush’s claim that staff was harmed by contaminants from a former Colorado Springs Utilities coal gasification plant site (25 Cimino Drive) that migrated onto theirs (219 W. Colorado Avenue). The Settlement […]
This is part one in a two-part series. Part two will explore reactions to Wayne Williams’ appointment as the mayor’s chief of staff from other officials and the public. Last Friday, I met with Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade and his new interim chief of staff, Wayne Willams, in the mayor’s penthouse suite on the […]
The iconic Union Printers Home (UPH) will become a hotel if the owners’ vision is realized – and Urban Renewal dollars could offset some of the costs, including the price tag for historic preservation of the unique landmark structures. Turning the four historic buildings – the main castle plus three others – into overnight lodging […]
I’m the editor of the Pikes Peak Bulletin. A reader sent me an email because he was disappointed in an article I wrote recently, “Students offered counseling after agents in tactical gear detain person outside high school.” I decided to share his email and my response to it because I think he asks a fair […]
In the center of a bustling intersection in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs is a statue of city founder William J. Palmer astride his horse. Palmer was a lifelong civil rights advocate, a Quaker abolitionist who broke the religion’s doctrine of nonviolence to become a general in the Union Army, writing to his church […]
