A little more than a year ago, the Buena Vista football team suffered an upset loss to Colorado Springs Christian in the Class 1A playoffs. What wasn’t published at the time was that several players were missing because they violated the student-athlete code of conduct — a code very similar to the one found in the […]
The demise of the Colorado Springs branch of the Tattered Cover was sad but predictable. Downtown Colorado Springs has long been graced by spirited, friendly and locally owned bookstores, while the Tattered Cover had morphed from a single Denver bookstore to a wannabe regional chain. We Westsiders are happy to have Westside Stories on Colorado […]
Unlike our Manitou Springs neighbors, we who live or do business in Old Colorado City or the Westside don’t have agency. If our overlords in Colorado Springs want to meter parking in formerly free OCC lots and help themselves to the cash, too bad for us. If traffic to the mountains clogs residential roads, that’s […]
We have a plan for sustainability that will take us in into the future. I am excited to welcome you all to the new Pikes Peak Bulletin. I live here, just like you, and I am inviting you — readers, residents and visitors in Manitou Springs, Old Colorado City, Cascade, Chipita Park, Green Mountain Falls […]
By Judy Carnick I’m thinking (as I often do these days) of our Carnegie Library. Did you know that less than half of the 30-plus Carnegie Libraries that were built in Colorado are in existence today? Did you know that, originally, Manitou Springs’ Police Department was located in the Manitou Springs Carnegie Library? The Carnegie […]
After the Ides of March, when the collapse of Sixty35 Media led to a forced exodus of employees and contributors, it seemed that we’d all have to change careers. Local newspapers have been shutting down throughout the country, and none are hiring. As a person of a certain age (hint: that’s when the first digit […]
For more than a century, spanning the city’s 150-year history, Manitou Springs has had a newspaper to call its own. It was actually the Manitou Springs Daily Journal for decades until 1933, then a weekly for the 90 years since, mostly as the Manitou Springs Journal and Pikes Peak Journal operated by the Graham family, […]
Simple ways to help alleviate climate change To the editor and the community: As you may know, many human activities have caused an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing the climate to shift. Between fossil fuel emissions in the atmosphere, deforestation and agricultural activities, the problem is only getting worse. It’s been reported […]
School District 14 is no place for bullying To the editor: Hello, I am a student at Manitou Springs School District 14 and I have been very disappointed at the school recently. Over the past couple months, I have noticed an increase in bullying. I myself have been bullied, and a friend of mine as […]
by Cailéan Anderson After owning and managing restaurants for 22 years, Jamie and Alisa Young opened Toasted, their café in the heart of Manitou Springs, in May 2022. Before coming to Colorado, the couple had lived in Albuquerque and their businesses in the area — the Stella Blue music venue, Sandia Crust gourmet pizza, Rockin’ […]
Many thanks to the kind people of Manitou Dear big-hearted community: After two years off due to COVID-19, we weren’t sure how successful our 12th annual Warm Clothing Drive would be, but once again our wonderful community came through with tons of coats, boots, hats, gloves, sweaters, socks and other warm clothing to give away […]
According to the CoPIRG (Colorado Public Interest Research Group) Foundation, “Colorado is not moving fast enough to improve recycling and composting. In the fifth year of the ‘State of Recycling & Composting in Colorado Report,’ Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG found Colorado is failing to meet its recycling and composting goals and remains one of the 20 […]
Courtesy of Pedestrian and Cycle Manitou PaC-Man is the volunteer pedestrian and cycle citizens’ task force of Manitou Springs. We advocate for and encourage use of safe, connected, accessible bike and pedestrian infrastructure for Manitou Springs residents and visitors. We envision a Manitou Springs that is environmentally friendly, safe, convenient and enjoyable to walk, bike […]
It’s been four years since I was personally inducted into the smallest political minority in the history of Manitou Springs. And what a stellar group to be among at the time. If you haven’t guessed — it was the rogue contingent who escaped to the carriage roof during the “Great Manitou Train Robbery of 2017.” […]
To the editor: We are writing to share the work recently started to bring in-home child care opportunities to Manitou Springs. Through partnerships with Manitou Springs School District 14, Pikes Peak State College and Early Connections Learning Center, we are presenting new opportunities and financial support (from federal and state funding sources) for community members […]
Regular readers found out in a Sept. 15 column that the Pikes Peak Bulletin was heading into transition, as has happened to many local papers — large and small — across the country in recent years. For the Bulletin, that period of change and uncertainty started with the scheduled Nov. 1 departure of John Weiss […]
Leadership. Philosophy. Teamwork. Dedication. These were the aspects I looked for when I applied to become Manitou Springs Middle School’s principal. I wanted to work with a group of people who cultivated those characteristics in Manitou Springs School District 14. In 2019, I was an aspiring principal. I’d followed the MSSD14 team from a neighboring […]
Note: The following is the mayor’s opinion and not an official position for the city of Manitou Springs. Manitou Springs City Council will entertain a resolution to support Issue 7A on Nov. 1. Until then, the city has no official position. The mayor serves on the nine-member Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority board. Issue 7A […]
I continue to shake my head at the repetition of the Stand Up for Manitou “investigation” of Manitou School District 14’s superintendent. It’s reminiscent of the lady on the Progressive ad: “That’s not how this works. That’s not how ANY of this works.” Even when the district responds to the accusations they are allowed to […]
I am a 20-year resident of Manitou Springs and the mother of two Manitou students. I am also an educator in a neighboring district and have had the opportunity to engage in many components of our public education system: classroom teaching, instructional design, coaching, policy and leadership implementation. Last year, I watched a large swath […]
