COS City Council debate continues over auditor’s credentials
Colorado Springs City Council will hold a rare third hearing on what licenses the city auditor should have after councilors…
COS City Council cuts cops, fire department out of pot money
Colorado Springs City Council voted Tuesday to divide the $1.4 million that the City expects to reap from taxes on…
COS City Council overrides Mayor’s veto of marijuana revenue ordinance – but why?
Colorado Springs City Council formally overrode Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s veto of an ordinance that authorizes Council to seek grant applications…
Project 2025: How the right-wing playbook is reshaping the US
First presentation in a series by UCCS Center for the Study of Evangelicalism Project 2025 – the 900-plus page right-wing…
COS City Council may vote to override Mayor’s veto of weed funds’ allocation ordinance
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade vetoed a City ordinance that authorizes City Council to solicit grant applications from nonprofits hoping…
Another COS City Council meeting, another recreational marijuana debate
Marijuana is still a, shall we say, burning issue for the Colorado Springs City Council. For months, debate in Council…
New owner wants Manitou’s Penny Arcade to be a year-round destination with fab prizes
A few months after he bought the nearly 100-year-old Penny Arcade in Manitou Springs, serial entrepreneur John Weiss was crowd-sourcing…
COS Councilors say new ordinance could send marijuana money outside the city, creates red tape
Colorado Springs City Council voted on June 24 not to shelve an ordinance that would allow it to solicit grant…
Acclaimed artist to teach Manitou Mural Bootcamp
Murals are part of the soul of Manitou Springs. They’re along the Avenue, at the tops of buildings, on brick…
For 719 Day, proclaim what you love about living in the 719 area code
You may silently give thanks for the privilege of living in the 719 area code every day, but for the…
Runaway development, water supply issues raised at county commissioners meet-and-greet
Chris Sorenson feels his “quality of life has gone down a bit here in northern El Paso County, and I…
News briefs | New El Paso County Commissioner sworn in
Lauren Nelson was sworn in to the El Paso County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, replacing Cami Bremer, who resigned…
Colorado Springs protestors say ‘No Kings’
Downtown Colorado Springs saw streets lined with protestors gathered in opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies and the military parade…
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill spells big trouble for Medicaid, Obamacare recipients, experts say
Changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, a budget reconciliation bill…
Space Command move from Peterson to Alabama could impact US readiness, COS development, jobs
The debate over where U.S. Space Command’s headquarters should be located is back on the front burner as the chairman…
Protest outside Air Force Academy on graduation day calls for trans cadets to be allowed to serve
Retired Brig. Gen. Marty France stood in his dress uniform outside the southern entrance to the U.S. Air Force Academy…
Trump 2.0 Did ICE break the law during Colorado Springs nightclub raid? Rights group says they might have
Nearly a month after the April 27 raid on an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs, an immigrants’ rights group continued…
Nominee for library board fails to win COS City Council approval
Hours after County Commissioners unanimously voted for Kaname “Kenny” Kuniyuki to fill the seat on the Pikes Peak Library District…
ICE says 86 patrons of raided COS nightclub in Aurora detention center
Scores of people who U.S. officials called “illegal aliens” when they were rounded up in the April raid of an…
Making us safer, or political theater? COS City Council passes non-sanctuary city resolution for third time
Colorado Springs City Council passed a resolution on May 13 reaffirming for the third time in 18 months that Colorado…