Springs Utilities out $5.35 million in settlement with fiber project contractor
After 16 months of litigating a lawsuit over its fiber project, Colorado Springs Utilities has agreed to settle the case…
Utilities CEO says ‘gloves will come off’ if Senate bill doesn’t delay closing Nixon coal plant
A lot is riding on Senate Bill 26-022. If it passes, Colorado Springs Utilities will be allowed to keep the…
Collective employee prevails in labor complaint
A former employee of the nonprofit Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective, Brian Parsons, has prevailed in a complaint filed with…
Workforce Center seeks to resolve Colorado’s demand for grant repayment
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center is negotiating with state officials about whether it must return $828,371 in grant money after…
Councilmember Gold reprimanded for MLK proclamation remarks
Colorado Springs Councilmember Kimberly Gold has been formally reprimanded by Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson for comments and social media posts…
City councilor calls for ‘full briefing’ from Springs Utilities on fiber project
The parent company of Colorado Springs Utilities’ anchor tenant for its $600 million high-speed broadband fiber project is selling the…
Springs Utilities fiber project weathers lawsuits and delays
A project that aims to make Colorado Springs a gig city has been plagued by delays and has triggered two…
When is the City of COS going to do more than just talk about critical issues?
Last week, I had the pleasure to hear what the City of Colorado Springs has up its sleeve for the…
Pam Zubeck has a few questions: How about raising taxes on visitors instead of residents?
The other day, a link popped into my text messages from Research-Polls, saying it was “conducting a study on local…
Pam Zubeck has a few questions: Are voters happy with Cami Bremer’s dual job arrangement?
Last October, I noted in this space that Cami Bremer must be a superwoman, considering she took on a new…
What does Mayor Yemi think Trump would ‘test’ here?
In case you haven’t heard, Colorado Springs has been laid at the altar of Trump. In mid-March, while attending the…
At what price is a daily newspaper no longer worth it?
OK. I admit it. I’m addicted. For 32 years I’ve been getting my fix every morning after retrieving my drug…
Pam Zubeck has a few questions: Why isn’t COS Council taking ‘yes’ for an answer on retail marijuana?
Manitou Springs and Palmer Lake must be feeling jubilant. With Colorado Springs City Council promoting a posture of temperance on…
If the PIT count shows progress, why isn’t downtown feeling it?
Homelessness in America reached a record high number in 2024, at 771,480, according to a recent release from the U.S.…
Pam Zubeck has a few questions: What ever happened to that ‘highest priority’ police training academy?
When voters rejected Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s and City Council’s proposed ban on retail marijuana sales on Nov. 5, they handed…
Column: As a poll worker, I saw democracy work how it should
I‘ve covered plenty of elections in my 45 years of government reporting. But I’d never worked an election as a…
How many hours in Commissioner Bremer’s day?
I‘m wondering how many hours there are in El Paso County Commissioner Cami Bremer’s day. As the public recently learned,…
New column in Pikes Peak Bulletin: ‘Pam Zubeck has a few questions’
Years ago, a media-savvy source told me that the most important thing about being a reporter is quite simple: “It’s…
Pam Zubeck has a few questions: Has UCCS addressed systemic holes?
I have a few questions. On Feb. 16, two young people were slain on the UCCS campus in a dormitory.…