One year ago, March 15, 2023, I was laid off from my job as the Bulletin’s editor. It was not a huge surprise, and I’d already started making plans for finding another way to support myself financially. I was in our publishing company’s office in downtown Colorado Springs as my colleagues from the Colorado Springs […]
The Blue Moose Tavern 10530 Ute Pass Ave, Green Mountain Falls facebook.com/thebluemoosetavern or 719-418-3384 The Blue Moose serves up some of the best brews Colorado has to offer, along with mountain-style pizza, a selection of wraps, wings, salads, entrees and more. Non-alcoholic drinks are also available. Outdoor seating offers views of the gazebo and […]
Do you like to gamble? Like to take risks? Do you think that one of these days you’ll hit a big jackpot on the slots, on the tables or in a card game? For the first 50 years of my life, I never gambled. I knew that casinos were for suckers and slots were implacable […]
At this point in time, I would never describe Manitou Springs as a “sports town.” After all, aside from the local high school teams, there are very few sporting interests within the city limits. So how can it really be a sports town? The only problem I see with that statement is that, after this […]
Emily Begin’s workplace isn’t for everyone: It can be cold and windy, the work is strenuous and she and her colleagues have to be vigilant about lightning strikes. Still, she loves working for The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway as a section crew assistant foreman. Every day is different on those 8.9 miles […]
Francis Drexel Smith (1874-1956) was an atypical artist in the Colorado Springs art community. He wasn’t a professional artist, he didn’t rely upon the sale of his paintings to bolster his finances and he was shy and retiring — not one to promote himself. And (bias alert!) he was my grandfather. Born to a wealthy […]
The Saturday, March 2, festivities started with the 30th annual Mumbo Jumbo Cook-off in Soda Springs Park. Twelve teams competed in professional and amateur chef categories, along with the Showmanship and People’s Choice awards. Creole Roots Food Truck won first place in the professional division, along with the People’s Choice award. Border Burger Bar and […]
The Manni Awards ceremony will take place Friday, March 15, in City Hall/Memorial Hall, 606 Manitou Ave. The evening starts with a potluck and music from Michael Galvin beginning about 5:15 p.m.; the ceremony will begin at 6:30. If you can’t attend, the event will be streamed live at youtube.com/@manniawards. Cody John Kelley, a […]
Serving on the board of a small community newspaper isn’t for the faint of heart. You may be called upon to deliver newspapers, haul pallets around, wrap contest entry boxes, do a little database entry, write grants, make presentations, paint newspaper boxes, set up and break down events and field questions/comments/complaints. This is truly a […]
It’s been years since there were more people interested in running for the Green Mountain Falls Board of Trustees than seats available. Yet that is exactly what’s happening this year! Although Mayor Todd Dixon will run unopposed, two seats are being vacated (by the much appreciated members Katharine Guthrie and Nick Donzello) on the board. […]
First off, I have to say that this opinion is mine alone and does not represent the position of the Green Mountain Falls Board of Trustees. I am the mayor of Green Mountain Falls and co-chair of the Legislative Committee for the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments. The PPACG registered a formal “oppose” to […]
April 25, 1896, was a clear and bright day in Cripple Creek. It was a lively and prosperous (although dirty and unkempt) city populated by prospectors, miners, scammers, prostitutes, dreamers and others with less romantic pursuits. There were grocers, dressmakers, railroaders, firefighters, stablemen, brewers, bartenders, musicians and assorted tradesmen of all kinds. The city […]
Nobody knows exactly when or why Carl (or Karl) Schwanbeck decided to change his name; in about 1870, he took the name Charles Adams, possibly at his fiancé’s request. If he hadn’t, we could be driving over the Schwanbeck Crossing bridge on our way from Manitou Springs to Old Colorado City. Schwanbeck was born in […]
The Manni Awards ceremony will take place Friday, March 15, in City Hall/Memorial Hall, 606 Manitou Ave. The evening kicks off with a potluck and music from Michael Galvin starting about 5:15 p.m.; the ceremony will begin at 6:30. If you can’t attend, the event will be streamed live at youtube.com/@manniawards. The March 8 Bulletin […]
When Lyn Ettinger-Harwell (president and publisher) asked me to write a column for this week’s edition of the Bulletin, I thought, “Didn’t I just do that?” But then I realized that it was about this time last year, when our committed board was working on bringing the Pikes Peak Bulletin back to print form. And […]
Reading the annual report from downtown Colorado Springs, one thing was abundantly clear: Compared to Old Colorado City and the historic Westside, downtown is the big dog. Under Susan Edmonson’s extraordinary leadership at the Downtown Partnership, our once-scruffy and underperforming city center has become a billion-dollar juggernaut, home to thousands of new apartment dwellings, hundreds […]
Ric Hudson’s popular “All About Manitou Springs” Facebook page began as an accident of technology. Hudson, 66, didn’t mean to start a Facebook page that would make him the town’s unofficial spokesperson and grizzled malcontent. It was 2016 and Hudson was writing a rant on his friend’s “I Love Manitou Springs” page about how tourists […]
Geologically speaking, Colorado is the recent recipient of a makeover. Some 300 million years ago, the Rocky Mountain state was situated near today’s flat Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Ever since those pre-human days, life-exterminating events carved and molded Colorado’s natural history while tectonic movements nudged it northward. Severe global disruptions were continually being unleashed on […]
After Colorado Springs annexed Colorado City in 1917, it soon became clear that the existing fire station needed substantial repairs, estimated in 1919 to cost more than $6,000. The City Council decided that it made sense to buy a nearby building at the northeast corner of 29th Street and Colorado Avenue and convert it to […]
Two high-profile businessmen and major developers in Colorado Springs have become the new owners of the defunct Indy alternative weekly and its sister publication, the Colorado Springs Business Journal. Kevin O’Neil and J.W. Roth are behind the effort to revive the troubled free weekly newspaper that had served the Springs for three decades until it […]
