Shovels in hand, people who love the Carnegie Library building tromped through fresh snow and faced off against bitter cold temperatures on Jan. 19 to celebrate ground-breaking on the long-awaited renovation of the historic structure in downtown Manitou Springs. Years of committee meetings, community discussion and fundraising have finally moved from hope to the reality […]
In 2022, the Manitou Springs Police Department received 760 behavioral-related calls that were all fielded by regular patrol officers. They might have involved erratic behavior by someone experiencing a psychotic break, someone overdosing on drugs, someone out of control after a drinking binge or someone experiencing debilitating depression or suicidal ideation, many of them headed […]
When Olive Van Elmeren entered the Colorado Springs-based Youth Documentary Academy (YDA) program in the summer of 2020, at the recommendation of a Manitou High School teacher, she wasn’t sure what she’d make a film about. The COVID-19 pandemic had moved classes normally held in person to Zoom, making it impossible to collaborate actively with […]
Any woman who’s given birth knows the myth of the perfect childbirth experience, passed down from generation to generation. But for many women, giving birth turns out to be something other than the idyllic experience celebrated in birth mythology. Birth professionals estimate that at least 45 percent of reported births result in some degree of […]
