The Manitou Springs School District has experienced its first COVID-19 incident in the 2021-2022 school year. The district reported that five Manitou Springs Middle School students and staff members have tested positive for COVID as of Aug. 31. The number of positive cases will be recorded as an outbreak in accordance with the Colorado Department […]
Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, announced that applications are open for the Colorado Arts Relief Fund for Individuals and the Colorado Arts Relief Fund for Businesses and Organizations. This initiative directs up to $15.5 million for relief payments to eligible artists, crew members and organizations. […]
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt Skyler Beck has a problem. Every time he goes to a park, he sees a fun and interesting new feature and thinks about getting it for Manitou Springs. Even when the city’s newish parks and recreation director is out having fun with his wife and their four kids, he’s thinking […]
Wheeler Pocket Park, 25 Park Ave., has been prioritized for renovation by the Manitou Springs Parks and Recreation Department and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. The goal is to create a relaxing and welcoming community gathering space. The primary amenity to be installed is a labyrinth feature with varying designs. A few concept plans […]
he Manitou Springs Arts Council is pleased to announce Audrey Gray as its new president. As president, Gray will continue her service to MSAC and the local arts community during a time of transition and reinvestment in outdoor spaces. “We are thankful for De Lane Bredvik’s contributions to our public art collection through newly acquired […]
Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, announced that applications are open for the Colorado Arts Relief Fund for Individuals and the Colorado Arts Relief Fund for Businesses and Organizations. “Arts and culture have always been essential to resilience during times of crisis. These funds will propel […]
Photos by Rhonda Van Pelt Chip Shaw lived with four principles: curiosity, creativity, courage and compassion. He taught those to his art students at Bemis School of Art and Cheyenne Mountain School District 12. He also exemplified those qualities for his family, friends, neighbors and the community of Manitou Springs. Shaw’s wife, Ann Rodgers, and […]
The artists Ceramic artists: Lyle Clift, Pueblo Don Cox, Boulder Ross Elgin, Montrose Jennifer Hanson, Colorado Springs Tony Heslop, Colorado Springs Robert Hughes, Prescott, Ariz. Jeff Kuhns, Silver City, Nev. Michael Lemke, Greeley Ruthann Maze, Boulder Jennifer Niccolai, Colorado Springs Maggie Quinn*, Colorado Springs Sandy Rousseau, Colorado Springs Paul Uhl, Smithville, Texas Fiber artists: Laurie […]
To further promote tree planting and friendly landscapes within Manitou Springs, the city will host a silent auction for 20 planks of Siberian elm wood 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30, at City Hall, 606 Manitou Ave. The proceeds will be split 50/50 for gardening and tree planting through the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. […]
After the Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 16 and older on Monday, Aug. 23, Gov. Jared Polis urged Coloradans to get the safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine. It will be marketed as Comirnaty. “This remains a pandemic of the unvaccinated and we know that the Delta variant has threatened […]
The Colorado Independent Congressional and Legislative Redistricting Commissions, established by Amendments Y and Z in 2018, are studying Colorado’s congressional and state legislative districts. The 12-member commission redraws federal congressional and state legislative district boundaries every 10 years, adjusting to changing populations revealed in the U.S. Census. Redrawing the boundaries is necessary at this time […]
By Denise Howell, City Administrator Fall is nearly upon us, and it has been a busy summer! The city has been focusing on completing infrastructure improvement projects during warmer weather. They include the MAPS project (on the west end of town), Soda Springs Park, Beckers Lane Bridge, Clarksley/Mountain View water and sewer line, and Americans […]
Despite the pandemic, taxable sales in Manitou Springs never really plummeted as they did nationally and globally. Manitou sales during 2020 trailed 2019 totals only slightly on a month-to-month basis and were actually a little ahead some months. Sales in January 2020, when the pandemic’s severity was beginning to be realized, were barely ahead of […]
Manitou Springs District 14 Superintendent Elizabeth Domangue and school board member and former City Councilor Gary Smith asked City Council to schedule a joint meeting of the two groups before council voted to reinstate the city’s mask mandate at its Aug. 17 regular meeting. That was not done and the mandate was reinstated, effective Aug. […]
The city is proposing a facility that provides opportunities for Manitou Springs Fire Department personnel and volunteers to train and drill in a controlled environment that resembles Manitou’s topography and other features. This is needed to ensure the safety of the first responders and that they are sufficiently prepared to react to actual emergencies. An […]
At its most basic level, gardening is about planting seeds, nurturing them with hard work and tender loving care, and watching them grow. That works for ideas, too. One shining example: Manitou Springs’ new Pollination Stations scattered along Manitou Avenue. The seed was planted when Becca Sickbert of the Manitou Springs Creative District and […]
Colorado Springs firefighters have recovered a man’s body from a pond at Red Rock Canyon Open Space. The mission started the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 17, when firefighters were called about a person who had gone into the water and never re-emerged. A witness told them the person had fallen down a rock face, went […]
The 4-year-old found dead in a Manitou Springs hotel in late July died from a fentanyl overdose, the El Paso County Coroner’s Office has announced. El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call from the hotel in the 100 block of Manitou Avenue a little before midnight July 24. The boy, who has been […]
As of Tuesday, Aug. 17, 922 people have died of the coronavirus in El Paso County since March 1, 2020. That’s an increase of two deaths since Aug. 10. Also as of Tuesday, 78,298 total cases have been reported in the county. By far, the most vulnerable age group is 80- to 89-year-olds, with 284 […]
Greg Johnson, left, hands a check to Gerard “Star” Starling as American Legion Post 39 Commander Tom Coca watches Tuesday, Aug. 17, in the post’s headquarters at 634 Manitou Ave. Johnson is the commander of the local Sons of the American Legion and Starling is a longtime city employee. The $500 check from the Sons […]
