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 Coronerâs Office will determine the cause of death. Detectives from the Colorado Springs Police Departmentâs 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 Sheriffâs Office K-9 that was killed April 11. Local artist Manuel Pulido painted the German shepherdâs portrait.
The words âclarificationâ and âclarifyâ flew around Memorial Hall during Manitou Springs City Councilâs 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. âCurrent vegetation conditions due to drought, consistent wind events and […]
Marisa Madge Cutlip recently celebrated her first year in business as Wildflowerâs Botanical Menagerie. But in a way, sheâs been preparing for decades. She began studying herbalism 25 years ago, when she was in her early 20s. âItâs always been definitely a passion. But I didnât 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 âSounds of Finland & Bartok.â Along with music from Finlandâs Jean Sibelius, guests will hear BĂŠla BartĂłkâs âContrasts,â 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 Sheriffâs 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 principalâs 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 Springsâ 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 […]
The El Paso County Sheriffâs Office would like to alert the community, particularly parents, caretakers and others who influence children and teenagers, of the emerging âOrbeezâ social media challenge. This encourages participants, typically teenagers, to video themselves approaching pedestrians and shooting them with water-filled beads from high-powered water bead guns. They then post the results […]
Thursday, March 31, was an emotional evening in Manitou Springs. The Manni Awards â the 10th annual ceremony â made a joyful return to City Hall after last yearâs event was forced to go virtual because of COVID-19. The evening was about gratitude: being together again, celebrating people who contribute so much to the community […]
Potential financial backing for the Carnegie Library will have to wait until at least May 17 after Manitou Springs City Councilâs split decision on Tuesday, April 5. Councilors agreed 4-3 to postpone a decision on providing money toward a $3.2 million project after a near two-hour discussion. Councilors Natalie Johnson and Nancy Fortuin, and Mayor Graham dissented. […]
After Taryn Malila graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley with an English degree, she was still undecided about her career path. âI knew teaching wasnât for me,â she said, âso I took a job as an administrative assistant while I was looking for something else. Luckily, I got a position with the […]
Creative Alliance Manitou Springs (CRANE) announces three new calls for artists, with more to come in April. The public art projects currently listed include an art installation on the Beckers Lane Bridge and two sculptural works slated for installation in Manitouâs eastern commercial district. âThe goal for the Beckers Lane Bridge installation is to engage […]
Courtesy of Pedestrian and Cycle Manitou Greetings from Pedestrian and Cycle Manitou (PaC-MAN)! We recently interviewed a local fourth-grader who chooses to walk to Manitou Springs Elementary School each day. Here is their perspective (they want to be anonymous) as well as a few words of encouragement asking other students to do the same. And […]
Colorado Springs resident Hailey Radvillas opened the Pikes Peak Little Free Pantry in front of her Westside home a little more than a year ago, and since then sheâs found that the enterprise is wildly successful, to say the least. âWe have dozens of people coming by every day, some dropping off food and clothing, […]
The Bulletin staff is saddened about the death of Jack Elder, our colleague and friend. He had a fatal heart attack on Saturday, March 26, at age 78. Jack had been in declining health for several years, yet was able to continue writing about Manitou Springs City Council for the Bulletin â right up to […]
Special to the Bulletin Visitors and Manitou Springs residents will see a change in the parking rates along the crowded Manitou Avenue corridor and in many of its parking lots starting next month after a City Council workshop Tuesday, March 29. The rates, known as progressive parking rates, are designed to keep at least 8 […]
