Scores of people who U.S. officials called “illegal aliens” when they were rounded up in the April raid of an underground Colorado Springs nightclub are being held at a contract detention center in Aurora, a federal law enforcement official told the Pikes Peak Bulletin this week. [The Pikes Peak Bulletin does not use the term […]
The Manitou Springs City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance to cut taxes on recreational cannabis by half during Tuesday’s regular meeting. “There are now 48 stores in Colorado Springs … many just minutes away,” said Bill Conkling, the CEO of Maggie’s Farm, one of the two recreational cannabis dispensaries in Manitou Springs. […]
Last month, the Cog Railway filed a lawsuit against the City of Manitou Springs, claiming that the City has failed to honor the 2018 Tax Incentive Program Agreement. Manitou Springs and the Cog entered a 50-year agreement to provide tax revenue to the city, preventing a budget crisis. Under the Agreement, the Cog Railway made […]
Colorado Springs City Council passed a resolution on May 13 reaffirming for the third time in 18 months that Colorado Springs is not a sanctuary city. Councilor Roland Rainey Jr. proposed the resolution following the April 27 raid on an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs, in which a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
This story was first published by Colorado Newsline. The U.S. House committee tasked with overhauling energy policy and Medicaid to achieve $880 billion in spending cuts on Tuesday began what was expected to be a long, grueling session with debate on dozens of amendments. Republicans on the panel argued during opening statements the proposed changes […]
Phoebe Serlemitsos and more than a dozen other AmeriCorps team leaders spent the morning of April 15 doing resiliency and conflict resolution training at the Aurora campus of the national service and volunteer agency. They were scheduled to head out for their next project in a few days. “Then, at 12:30, we were told, ‘Come […]
Manitou Springs City Council approved six contracts with the American Institute of Architects for the Hiawatha Gardens project. Council member Nancy Fortuin took issue with the expense. “I’ve always thought that it was ridiculous to have two open air pavilions across the street from one another,” she said. “I don’t believe we have over a […]
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade and I have been friends since he helped open The Wild Goose Meeting House. When Yemi told me he was running for mayor, I asked him which side of the country’s political divide he falls on. “Neither,” he told me. “I’m independent. I’m in the middle.” “Hogwash,” I said. Well, […]
Voters in Colorado Springs will soon receive ballots by mail for the June 17 special election. It presents a single question: do you approve or disapprove of the Karman Line annexation? Your answer should be “No/Against.” Karman Line is a proposed 1,900-acre development, a “flagpole annexation” miles beyond the current boundary of Colorado Springs’ largely […]
This week, the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, representing Colorado’s four Continuums of Care (CoCs), including the Pikes Peak CoC, released the state’s first-ever comprehensive State of Homelessness Report. This report provides baseline data on housing instability across Colorado and outlines pathways toward lasting solutions for homelessness. The report notes that in 2024, 52,806 people in […]
Navy veteran Pablo Capistrano stood up in the middle of Gallogly Hall at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs, glanced at the typed notes he was holding, and started to tell his story to the crowd gathered for Sen. John Hickenlooper’s April 17 town hall. His parents had brought him to the United States […]
This story was first published in the Colorado Times Recorder. Over 50 people gathered in front of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday to protest this weekend’s multi-agency raid in Colorado Springs which resulted in the detention of over 100 people. “These 115 people who went into ICE custody Saturday night into Sunday morning […]
For years, I’ve heard that one of the things that sets Colorado Springs apart, especially compared to other big cities, is how clean and well-kept it is. That sense of order and pride is part of what makes our city such a desirable place to live, work, and raise a family. As we continue to […]
The new leadership of Colorado Springs’ City Council saw pushback from members of the public after it decided to hear citizens’ comments at the end of meetings instead of the beginning and limit the allotted time and methods of communication. The change came from newly elected Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson and her deputy Brian Risley […]
Wet snow bent budded tree branches as around 100 demonstrators gathered outside Manitou Springs Memorial Hall on April 19 to once again protest the actions of the Trump administration. Slogans on signs expressed concern about a raft of issues including the defunding of federal agencies, tariffs, executive overreach and lack of due process for immigrants […]
Last October, I noted in this space that Cami Bremer must be a superwoman, considering she took on a new full-time job while remaining in her El Paso County commissioner seat. That fulltime job was CEO of Pikes Peak United Way. As best I could calculate, not being privy to her salary deal with United […]
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. Let’s see; Trump and his co-conspirators have only been in power for three months, and they’ve already demonstrated a level of stupidity, incompetence, incoherence and ignorance unmatched in American political history. It’s quite a feat. To […]
A trio from the Colorado Springs Deaf and Blind School harmonized on “America the Beautiful,” and a choir from the First Presbyterian Church sang “The Star Spangled Banner” on the brisk morning of April 15 when four newcomers and two re-elected members took the oath of office to serve on the Colorado Springs City Council. […]
This story was originally published in the Colorado Times Recorder. As President Donald Trump’s tariffs rock stock markets globally, two Colorado lawmakers, on different sides of the aisle, are working to give the U.S. Congress more of a say in tariff policy. U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) cosponsored a bipartisan bill that brings tariff authority […]
Here’s the thing about fascism. It can be contagious. Regardless of your opinion of our president, you can’t doubt that he knows how to provoke fear. An immigrant’s fear of ICE. A protester’s fear of arrest. Republican lawmakers’ fears of mean tweets that could destroy their careers or threaten their lives. The power in that […]
