About 100 people braved the wind the evening of Friday, April 22, to attend the Concrete Couch Lantern Parade. This was the 12th annual parade, after COVID-19 forced a cancellation last year. The wind did nothing to dampen spirits, and hot chocolate and music by the Concrete Couch Jam Band further buoyed the mood. The […]
El Paso County has experienced 576 COVID-19 cases, eight hospitalizations and two coronavirus-related deaths from Tuesday, April 12, to Tuesday, April 26. According to the El Paso County Public Health Department, the county has seen 176,389 cases, 7,506 hospitalizations and 1,636 deaths since March 1, 2020. So far this year, case numbers peaked at 2,369 […]
A contractor will be installing a gas line along the 00 Block of El Paso Boulevard from Monday, May 2, to Tuesday, May 17. As a result, El Paso Boulevard from Columbia Road to Via Maria Theresia will be reduced to one lane, with flaggers directing traffic during normal work hours (7 a.m.-5 p.m.). After […]
Manitou Springs City Council members agreed during a work session on Tuesday, April 26, to postpone a decision on a shuttle purchase program with Gray Line until they can review a contract regarding the process. Dole Grebenik, Manitou Springs city engineer, hopes to provide an electric shuttle service for transportation needs such as for the […]
It is with tremendous sadness that Colorado Publishing House has completely severed its ties with the IndyGive! campaign, the capacity-building, community-building nonprofit that Independent founder John Weiss launched in 2009 to support the small nonprofits that do so much for the Pikes Peak region. After two years of planning and community outreach, Weiss launched IndyGive! […]
The community is invited to drop off their brush and branches at Manitou Springs Public Works facility on Saturday, April 23, to have it chipped by Manitou Springs Fire Department firefighters. The event starts at 10 a.m. and the last load of material will be accepted at 3:30 p.m. Public Works is located at 101 […]
Armadillo Ranch is sponsoring the Battle of the Bands through April at the music venue/restaurant, 962 Manitou Ave. Quite Frankly, All Aboard, Barefoot Family Caravan and Big Sky performed earlier in the month. The remaining competitors: April 23 ā Family Elephant, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. April 30 ā Eternal Temples (E.T.ās), 9 p.m.-1 a.m. See the […]
The story is a magical one. SunWater Spa collaborators Don Goede and Kat Tudor were bathing in the waters of the Ganges River in India almost a decade ago, experiencing a spiritual ceremony when they first discussed the possibility of creating a healing arts space revolving around the magical waters of Manitou Springs. Thus, the […]
The Stagecoach Inn property, 702 Manitou Ave., has been showing signs of activity for the first time in months. A dumpster from D2 Demo & Dirt and a drain service truck could be seen there in mid-April. The historic restaurantās owner, Pawel āPJā Jakubczyk, has been battling a class-action lawsuit from former employees and is […]
The man killed in the April 11 shooting in downtown Manitou Springs has been identified as 67-year-old Wilford Robert DeWeese of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The El Paso County Coronerās Office will determine the cause of death. Detectives from the Colorado Springs Police Departmentās Deadly Force Investigative Team are actively investigating the case. Also, the Manitou […]
Manitou Springs residents are leaving offerings near Shoshone Spring in honor of Jinx, the El Paso County Sheriffās Office K-9 that was killed April 11. Local artist Manuel Pulido painted the German shepherdās portrait.
The words āclarificationā and āclarifyā flew around Memorial Hall during Manitou Springs City Councilās session on Tuesday, April 19. After more than an hour of back and forth regarding specifications for the Carnegie Library at 701 Manitou Ave., council voted 4-3 to rescind the motion Councilor Michelle Whetherhult made on April 5 and will continue […]
Because of current and expected dry and windy conditions, effective immediately, Manitou Springs Fire Chief John K. Forsett is ordering Stage 1 Fire Restrictions for the city of Manitou Springs. These restrictions are in alignment with El Paso County and the city of Colorado Springs. āCurrent vegetation conditions due to drought, consistent wind events and […]
Marisa Madge Cutlip recently celebrated her first year in business as Wildflowerās Botanical Menagerie. But in a way, sheās been preparing for decades. She began studying herbalism 25 years ago, when she was in her early 20s. āItās always been definitely a passion. But I didnāt really consider making it an actual career until I […]
World-famous violinist Petteri Iivonen, a native of Finland, will be the headliner in a Manitou Springs concert called āSounds of Finland & Bartok.ā Along with music from Finlandās Jean Sibelius, guests will hear BĆ©la BartĆ³kās āContrasts,ā a flashy trio that legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman commissioned. Andrew Staupe, a famed international piano soloist, and Sergei Vassiliev, […]
The community is invited to drop off their brush and branches at Manitou Springs Public Works facility on Saturday, April 23, to have it chipped by Manitou Springs Fire Department firefighters. The event starts at 10 a.m. and the last load of material will be accepted at 3:30 p.m. Public Works is located at 101 […]
At approximately 11 p.m. Monday, April 11, Manitou Springs Police Department officers and El Paso County Sheriffās deputies responded to a business in the 900 block of Manitou Avenue, where someone was reportedly menacing others with a firearm. A short time later, officers and deputies contacted the suspect. During that contact, the suspect fired at […]
The Manitou Springs Fire Department was dispatched at 7:09 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, to a structure fire at the La Fun motel, 123 Manitou Ave. The fire was in an abandoned room, and was extinguished with zero injuries to firefighters. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The motel closed last fall after […]
Jesse Hull, Manitou Springs High School principal, announced his resignation from the position on Friday, April 8. Hull, who served as assistant principal under Glen Hard, moved into the principalās office in August 2020 after Markus Moeder-Chandler resigned. During a staff meeting after school on Friday, Hull said that the past two years have been […]
Manitou Springsā taxable sales totaled $9,447,509 in January, a steady climb from the $8,579,237 in January 2021 and $7,496,477 in January 2020. In December 2021, 157 businesses reported their sales; in January 2022, that totaled 121. The Colorado Department of Revenue provides the statistics, which are based on sales tax data. Some sales categories showed […]
