PHOTOS BY KADIE KIRKPATRICK
PHOTOS BY KADIE KIRKPATRICK Crowds turned out for a sweet and wholesome evening on June 7 as the annual ice cream social and pie baking contest was held at Soda Springs Park in Manitou Springs. This year’s winners in the adult category are Abbie Laine for her “Blueberry Basil Babes” pie in first place; Natalie […]
Treasure hunt with a purpose: Red Cloud’s annual yard sale July 3-6 The Red Cloud Foundation is hosting their annual summer yard sale this weekend in Green Mountain Falls. Now in its 13th year, the event is a cornerstone of support for local addiction recovery. Donations of gently used items (no large furniture, mattresses, TVs […]
[The Pikes Peak Bulletin is one of the organizations sponsoring the Manitou Springs Pride Fest. – Ed.] Manitou Springs Pride Fest is relying on community fundraising after facing funding challenges this year – but the party is on! Manitou Pride will be held on Saturday, July 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Soda […]
“Welcome to Colorful Colorado” greets everyone who enters the state on any of the major highways. The state’s colors inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful” after seeing the purple mountains majesty and amber waves of grain from the summit of Pikes Peak. Colorado is indeed colorful, and likely much more than Bates […]
Flailing my arms about in front of the motion detection camera to slice the flying fruit salad onscreen, I felt that same gleeful bemusement my parents must have felt the first time they played “Wii Sports.” As an employee blended a smoothie behind the juice bar, I was playing “Fruit Ninja” with the ingredients. The […]
Murals are part of the soul of Manitou Springs. They’re along the Avenue, at the tops of buildings, on brick walls, in parking lots, in shop windows – and this summer, Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts is offering emerging and established artists the chance to add their brushstrokes of creativity to the city by taking […]
You may silently give thanks for the privilege of living in the 719 area code every day, but for the second year in a row, local public radio station KRCC (91.5 FM) wants you to celebrate out loud to mark what they’ve dubbed 719 Day. 719 Day is like Free Slurpee® Day, in that both […]
This article was first published in The Colorado Sun. Colorado River Basin states are almost, sort of, close to a small compromise in their negotiations that focuses on matching reservoir releases more closely to the river’s actual flow. Colorado water watchers seem to be rolling with it – so far. Top negotiators in Colorado and […]
This week, unhoused youth and families began moving into the newly built Launchpad Apartments. The 50-unit supportive housing project is located on Colorado Springs’ west side, and is the first of its kind for Colorado Springs. “The youth sign a lease when they move in,” explained Wayne Bland, a board member and head of The […]
On May 31, 2025, over 100 volunteers of all ages gathered at Vermijo Park in Old Colorado City as part of the City’s inaugural Keep it Clean COS initiative. Members from the Trails and Open Space Coalition, City of Colorado Springs Public Works, Colorado Springs Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team, the Mayor’s Office and several […]
Staunton State Park is a gem of a park that offers something for almost everyone. You can go cycling, horseback riding, hiking, tent camping, rock climbing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, fishing, and it is even dog-friendly (leashed, of course). There is history, wildlife, birding, grand views, ponds, and a spectacular waterfall. The park even offers a […]
Downtown Colorado Springs saw streets lined with protestors gathered in opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies and the military parade he threw in Washington, D.C., on Saturday – which was Flag Day and the 250th anniversary of the Army as well as Trump’s 79th birthday. Organizers estimated the crowd size in the ballpark of 9,000. […]
Changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, a budget reconciliation bill now in Congress, would rob thousands of Coloradans of health coverage and lead to health care industry layoffs, but do little for the U.S. economy, health professionals and fiscal experts have warned. Around 11 million […]
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
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 […]
