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 Springsâ annual Carnivale, a Mardi Gras-style street parade, is a celebration of the cityâs quirky, artistic character. Taking part in this yearâs parade were three giant, fully articulated puppets â a pair of 11-foot tall wolves and a 24-foot version of local art legend Charles Rockey â 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 â a progressive alt-weekly known affectionately as the Indy â 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 Springsâ 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 churchâs rainbow banner reading âa just world for allâ 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)âs 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 âdisallowedâ 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 meetingâs agenda, a proclamation is on the agenda for the Councilâs Feb. 10 meeting â but itâs 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 Kingâs 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 […]
The Colorado Springs City Council meeting on Jan. 27 would have been a quick and dry one were it not for a lineup of about a dozen community members who turned out to make public comment on the councilâs denial of a proposed Black History Month proclamation, the formal reprimand of councilor Kimberly Gold, and […]
Homeward Pikes Peak, in partnership with other agencies and individuals, held the fourth annual Stand Up for Our Community resource event for unhoused community members on Monday, Jan. 26, at the Meanwhile Block, an industrial multi-use venue in downtown Colorado Springs. About 30 relevant organizations including those providing services related to housing, food, substance use […]
U.S. Army veteran Mel Flores is facing three Class 2 Misdemeanor counts for obstructing government operations, obstructing a peace officer, and reckless endangerment. The charges stem from an Oct. 17 incident that occurred while Flores was acting as a volunteer confirmer for the Colorado Rapid Response Network (CORRN). The CORRN website explains it is a […]
Despite snow and bone-chilling cold, hundreds showed up at Colorado Springs City Hall midday Sunday to participate in a quickly announced protest in the wake of Alex Pretti’s killing the day before by a Border Patrol agent during a large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minneapolis. Pretti was the second person killed by […]
Colorado Springs Councilmember Kimberly Gold has been formally reprimanded by Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson for comments and social media posts she made on Jan. 13 in response to Councilmember Dave Donelsonâs reaction to a group of faith leaders who made public comments to Council critical of federal immigration operations. The faith leaders spoke in the […]
Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) will be raising rates for natural gas customers in 2026 as part of a Sept. 30, 2025, consent agreement with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration due to corroded and leaking natural gas lines. The Colorado Springs City Council serves as the CSU board. According to a recent CSU Board […]
Cristiana Alejo Lambertoâs husband, JosĂ© Guadalupe Alejo Lamberto, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside the El Paso County Courthouse on Nov. 5, 2025, following an initial appearance in a suspected DUI case stemming from a Sept. 26, 2025, traffic stop by the Colorado State Patrol. Cristiana told the Pikes Peak Bulletin JosĂ© […]
