In preparation for the April 10 Lantern Parade, Concrete Couch will be hosting Lantern building workshops this week at the Manitou Arts Center. The workshops are open to all, and run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. March 24, 25, and 26. āThis is our 15th annual Lantern Parade,ā said Thomas Pantoja, Concrete Couchās community […]
The Pikes Peak Bulletin is proud to partner with Loving the Springs, a twice-monthly podcast co-hosted by Springs booster Carrie Simison along with self-described ālocal gadfliesā Al Brody and Dave Gardner. Loving the Springs covers recreation, the arts, government, business, politics and more ā and Bulletin writers make frequent guest appearances to discuss the latest […]
In the center of a bustling intersection in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs is a statue of city founder William J. Palmer astride his horse. Palmer was a lifelong civil rights advocate, a Quaker abolitionist who broke the religionās doctrine of nonviolence to become a general in the Union Army, writing to his church […]
Preparing for likely drought Bracing for what could be a dry season, the Colorado Springs Utilities Board resolved on Wednesday to enter āwater shortage preparation,ā a move that staff said would provide more operational tools to survive drought conditions this year. The board also called for higher awareness and more education for Utilities customers to […]
As data centers gain steam across the United States, Colorado Springs, too, has seen several centers set up shop and several more submit requests for their power- and water-thirsty facilities used for artificial intelligence and other data computing uses. But is Colorado Springs Utilities positioned to welcome these new data centers? What limits, if any, […]
Preliminary results show Manitou Springs voters have rejected an effort by the city government to dissolve the Metropolitan District, a special district formed in 1989 to solve a downtown parking shortage. City Council voted to apply for dissolution of the district in February, and in December an El Paso County judge ordered a special election […]
After 16 months of litigating a lawsuit over its fiber project, Colorado Springs Utilities has agreed to settle the case by paying ADB Companies LLC $5.35 million. The lawsuit, filed in October 2024, was first reported by the Bulletin in November. It was scheduled to go to trial in April, but both parties signed off […]
A lot is riding on Senate Bill 26-022. If it passes, Colorado Springs Utilities will be allowed to keep the coal-fired Ray D. Nixon Power Plant running, possibly for another 14 years. That would mean the plant, five miles south of Fountain, would continue to churn out over 1.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide […]
Mill Street Community Benefits All members asked Colorado Springs City Council at its regular meeting on Feb. 24 to delay a vote on the Moreno and Cascade Urban Renewal Plan until the project developer signed an agreement to preserve housing affordability and prevent displacement of current residents. However, the council passed the resolution 7-2. Councilors […]
Manitou Springsā annual Carnivale, a Mardi Gras-style street parade, is a celebration of the cityās quirky, artistic character. Taking part in this yearās parade were three giant, fully articulated puppets ā a pair of 11-foot tall wolves and a 24-foot version of local art legend Charles Rockey ā created by Colorado Springs artist Sofia Hernandez […]
As the Pikes Peak Bulletin reported in December, when the website containing the online archives of the Colorado Springs Independent ā a progressive alt-weekly known affectionately as the Indy ā went dark in 2023 after a poorly executed website migration, an entire historical record disappeared into the digital night. Decades of award-winning investigative journalism, arts […]
Colorado Springs City Councilor Kimberly Gold held a town hall event at Sierra High School on Feb. 12 to present information about the Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan and to hear concerns from residents of City Council District 4. The Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan is the first community planning project undertaken through Colorado Springsā Neighborhood Planning […]
Residents of the Mill Street neighborhood on the south end of downtown, organized as the Mill Street Community Benefits All Coalition, are urging Colorado Springs City Council to withhold approval of a Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority (CSURA) plan. The plan would use around $10.3 million of taxpayer money to subsidize construction of a luxury […]
On the morning of Friday, Feb 6., Associate Minister Josh Rumple arrived at First Congregational Church in downtown Colorado Springs and found the churchās rainbow banner reading āa just world for allā had been torn down. Again. Some variation of the banner has been hanging on the front of First Congregational since 2021, and since […]
A former employee of the nonprofit Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective, Brian Parsons, has prevailed in a complaint filed with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE)ās Division of Labor Standards and Statistics. The Collective operated several workforce programs under the banner of Opus Creative Industries. Opus announced it would close on March 31, […]
The Pikes Peak Workforce Center is negotiating with state officials about whether it must return $828,371 in grant money after the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) deemed that amount had been spent on ādisallowedā expenses by a nonprofit funded by the grant. The negotiations are part of a lawsuit filed by the Workforce […]
Following public comment during the Jan. 27 Colorado Springs City Council meeting decrying the lack of a Black History Month proclamation on that meetingās agenda, a proclamation is on the agenda for the Councilās Feb. 10 meeting ā but itās not the proclamation drafted at the request of Councilor Kimberly Gold last month. The new […]
During this week’s Manitou Springs City Council Meeting, Council approved two new ordinances and considered an updated fee schedule. New ordinances Council approved an ordinance that establishes a cost recovery mechanism for emergency and non-emergency services provided by the Manitou Springs Fire Department in response to motor vehicle accidents. Manitou Springs Fire Department Chief Keith […]
Rev. Candace Woods shared with the Pikes Peak Bulletin an email exchange between herself and Colorado Springs City Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson following public comments from Woods and other faith leaders at the Jan. 13 council meeting ahead of a proposed Martin Luther King Jr. Day proclamation. The public comments centered on honoring Kingās civil […]
During a Jan. 23 special meeting held via Zoom, the Manitou Springs City Council approved a resolution establishing a concrete plan regarding immediate next steps connected to downtown parking if the Metropolitan District, a special district formed in 1989 to solve a downtown parking shortage, is dissolved. City Council voted to apply for dissolution of […]
