I want the kids in our community to thrive. As a board member at Citizens Project, proud auntie, and a once free and reduced lunch recipient, I know a meal can make a world of difference. Being raised by a single mom who worked as a hairstylist in Colorado Springs, I saw firsthand how a […]
Residents of two Colorado Springs public housing complexes took part in a protest during yesterdayâs Colorado Springs Housing Authority (CHSA) meeting. Members of the Colorado Springs Tenants (COST) and residents of the Acacia Park and Centennial Plaza apartments expressed concerns over CSHAâs refusal to meet or negotiate directly with residents, and residentsâ longstanding concerns over […]
To the editor: Let me begin by expressing my deep admiration for the students and teachers of the district. As a lifelong supporter of public education, and a former school board member myself, I am in favor of safety, security, ADA compliance, and infrastructure. However, I strongly oppose this bond [ballot measure 4C] as the […]
During its Oct. 14 regular meeting, the Colorado Springs City Council voted 5-4 to approve a resolution âhonoring the U.S. Senateâs designation of October 14, 2025, as a national day of remembrance for Charlie Kirk, recognizing the importance of protecting free speech, encouraging open dialogue, and condemning political violence.â Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson and Council […]
Across Colorado Springs and beyond, left-leaning groups are buzzing with energy. We have people ready to fight for fair wages, racial justice, environmental protection, and reproductive rights. Yet, time and again, we trip ourselves up. A coalition forms, then unravels. A meeting starts with momentum, then collapses under the weight of internal disputes. The cycle […]
Iâm writing from and to the South Side. A place where we know what it feels like to be overlooked, to watch injustice happen in front of us, and then be told to be patient and just follow the rules while the slow cogs of government rock us to sleep until our claims are no […]
The City of Colorado Springs is looking to dissolve the Westside Community Center Working Committee, which has worked with the City to lead the community space since 2021. In 2020, Woodmen Valley Chapel’s Center for Strategic Ministry, the former operator since 2010, told the city they would not be renewing their contract past 2021. In […]
Manitou Springs residents and business owners gathered at the Garden of the Gods Trading Post Thursday night to discuss their opposition to Manitou Springs ballot initiative 2A, which would increase the Cityâs excise tax on ticket sales and admission fees from 5% to up to 14%. The proposed tax increase would impact just a handful […]
Former Fountain city council member Detra Duncan has been all over the news lately as she faces two felony charges of public assistance fraud in the Fourth Judicial District â and the NAACP says these charges and the negative publicity that led her to resign from the Fountain council are part of a pattern of […]
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade touted the achievements of his administration during his second State of the City address this week at the Broadmoor Hotel. âHalftime is when coaches and analysts will step back and look at the first half,â said Mobolade, wearing a Notre Dame football jersey. âThey review key plays and stats and […]
Earlier this month, during a Labor Day event at Colorado Springs City Hall, educators announced plans to strike this fall over the Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Educationâs vote last year to end the only master agreement with a teachers union in El Paso County, which had been in place for over 50 […]
U.S. Vice President JD Vance rose to national prominence with his memoir âHillbilly Elegyâ and the bookâs film adaptation in which Vanceâs personal experience of the opioid epidemic figured heavily. In 2016, he wrote in The Atlantic Magazine, âShortly before I graduated from law school, I learned that my own mother lay comatose in a […]
A July 24 executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump titled âEnding Crime and Disorder on Americaâs Streetsâ addresses homelessness and associated âpublic safety threatsâ by directing state and local governments to loosen the regulations around civil commitment, a legal process by which an individual is committed to an institution or outpatient treatment against their […]
Manitou Springs City Council unanimously approved an updated universal parking fee structure. âThe primary reason we need to do this is the Mountain Metro bus schedule is changing Sept. 28,â said John Crawford, Manitouâs Mobility and Parking Director. âThe Route 33 will begin serving the Dillon and no longer stopping at Hiawatha, so the demand […]
Itâs mid-September, and in Colorado that means itâs leaf peeping season, when the quaking aspens turn gold before going to sleep for the winter. While there have been a lot of news media reports that fall colors are turning early, that doesnât appear to be the case in the Pikes Peak region where there has […]
The news out of Evergreen is heartbreaking. My thoughts are with the students, families, and staff impacted by this horrific shooting. No child should have to run from gunfire on their way to class. No parent should have to wait in fear to find out if their child is safe. Let me be clear: this […]
The El Paso County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 on Thursday to approve two electronic billboards along Highway 24 â one in Cascade, and one near Red Rock Canyon Open Space. The advocacy group Friends of Red Rock Canyon urged community members to oppose the electronic billboard. âWe are against this proposal, for many reasons, […]
Last week, Otisâs BBQ owner Stephen Eshelman announced on social media that Sept. 10 would be his last day in Manitou Springs. Eshelmanâs restaurant started as a food truck on the El Colorado Lodge grounds, but moved to its current location in the summer of 2024. âThe issues that I have here is that thereâs […]
Colorado Springs City Council will hold a rare third hearing on what licenses the city auditor should have after councilors failed to pass an ordinance at their Aug. 26 meeting that would have dropped the requirement for auditors to be Certified Public Accountants (CPA). Councilors will vote when they next meet in September on an […]
Kaylinn (last name withheld for privacy) said she was in her home near the intersection of Platte Avenue and Cedar Street around noon on Friday, Aug. 22 when she saw several masked men surrounding a silver four-door car. She left her home and walked toward the scene. She watched and then started recording as a […]
