New art installation kicks off summer in Ute Pass “Off The Beaten Path” by Patrick Shearn of Poetic Kinetics will be a premier attraction this summer for Green Mountain Falls and the Green Box Arts Festival. Viewing the installation is free. If you go, plan your trip around these other Ute Pass happenings in June […]
Dear readers, We received a number of letters to the editor in response to “Manitou City administrator backed by mayor and council amidst years of high turnover, complaints” in our June 6 edition. We have printed some of them in this edition; others will be held for print in the future. The letters to the […]
When Steffany Butts-Boucher opened her sound healing and meditation business, ECHO Frequency Studio LLC, in 2020, she was terrified. She had a little money saved, but it wasn’t exactly a realistic amount to open a business with. And besides, she’d decided to set up shop in the middle of a global pandemic. But as she […]
In the old days, entering the Manitou Springs Carnegie Library felt like a sort of coming home. There was an ambiance rather like being in a friend’s living room, remembered Rob Danin, a Manitou resident and former UCCS professor. Danin and others of like mind hope to return the cozy feeling to the current library. […]
PHOTOS BY MARK LEE
What do we want from life? Growing up, I saw life as a voyage through everything I could think of, success in all endeavors, and most of all (as the late, great Brian Wilson wrote), “Fun, fun, fun!” Much to my surprise, most of my dreams came true. I’m blessed with kids, grandchildren and great-grands, […]
Nico Wilkinson (they/he) woke up on Nov. 20, 2022, to a flurry of confusion. Text messages flooded their phone screen, asking if they were okay. Frantically written Facebook posts inquired about the whereabouts of friends who weren’t picking up the phone. Half-asleep, Wilkinson tried to figure out what had happened. Then, they saw the headlines […]
A couple years back, I was sitting on my porch as I am wont to do in the warmer months, enjoying the breeze, the way the alfalfa in my yard swayed to and fro, while the buzzing bees rode the purple flowers like drunk bar goers clinging to a mechanical bull. The scent of lush […]
COURTESY OF THE NATALIE JOHNSON FOR MAYOR CAMPAIGN Join Manitou Springs City Mayor Pro tempore and School Board Vice President Natalie Johnson on Monday, June 30 from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Manitou Springs Carnegie Library as she announces her candidacy for the Manitou Springs mayoral race. This event is open to the public and will […]
Dear readers, As a news organization serving the small, tight-knit community of Manitou Springs, it can be particularly difficult to navigate some stories because members of the Bulletin team know the people involved so well. We may personally like them, or we may have mutual friends – often both. Our personal and professional relationships may […]
The debate over where U.S. Space Command’s headquarters should be located is back on the front burner as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he plans to move the Command out of Colorado Springs, following a new report on the matter. After the Government Accountability Office said in a report in May […]
At a time when we desperately need to commemorate our nation’s birth and independence from a monarch, Colorado Springs residents are invited to pay to see the tax-subsidized concert and fireworks display on July 4. For decades, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic played an Independence Day concert in Memorial Park, near downtown, ending with the Overture […]
Dear Readers, I have been asked to write an opinion piece about my reaction to the terrorist attack in Boulder that took place on Sunday, June 1, 2025. I have been paralyzed to do so. Knowing I had to write this morning, I didn’t sleep all night. This morning I canceled my plans but instead […]
[This letter is in response to “Setting the Record Straight on the Eastern Wastewater System Expansion” by CSU CEO Travas Deal in our June 6 edition. Deal’s letter was a response to the Bulletin article “Letter to COS council alleges Norwood responsible for wastewater expansion cost – but ratepayers are footing the bill” in our […]
Environmental activists in the Pikes Peak region started working to rid the water supply of “forever chemicals” like PFAS, PFOS, and PFOA nearly a decade ago, but the contamination had been happening for over 50 years. Journalists Sharon Usdain and Rachel Frazin’s new book, “Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America,” published in April, […]
The National Archives state that on June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s historic Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3, which informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. That day has come to be known as Juneteenth, a combination […]
A museum curator gazes down on a flag of candy cane stripes and 50 white stars. She does not pass judgment on the artifacts; she merely catalogues them. But she does write the captions – captions which omit or emphasize information. Just how should she caption the battered flag of the United States of America? […]
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. Halls of Fames have long been popular, both for celebrating the past and and advertising the present. There are literally hundreds of such halls in our fame-obsessed nation, scattered throughout most of our 50 States. Colorado […]
Twenty-eight years ago, two visionary Colorado College professors saw a local need for connecting kids with the outdoors. Married couple Howard Drossman and Julie Francis, both environmental educators, set out intending to volunteer for a preexisting nonprofit – but they didn’t find one that connected children with nature. As a result, the pair developed the […]
Art lovers turned out Friday, June 6 to see the latest in galleries and shops, hear live music, and perhaps enjoy a glass of wine or refreshment along the way. Many artists whose work was featured during Art Walk will be on display all month – so if you missed Art Walk, you might still […]
