City, county tackle 2020 priorities
Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers makes a to-do list every year. He said he checked off most of his tasks for 2019. But one item didn’t get done — and it became a top priority on this year’s list....
View ArticleCOVID-19: City, health experts ready plans
Lessons learned from the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest wildfires are helping the city and county fight the spread of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. “Every time we have a major event like that, we go...
View ArticleCities wrangle over Manitou Incline closure
Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers and the city’s parks department have sharply criticized the city of Manitou Springs’ decision to close the Manitou Incline, saying it violates an intergovernmental...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update for March 31. Coroner says elderly are ‘driving our high rate’
By Pam Zubeck As the numbers of Coloradans infected with COVID-19 climb, El Paso County Coroner Dr. Leon Kelly disputes that county residents aren’t doing enough to stem coronavirus here. Speaking to...
View ArticleChamber offers Staying Safe signs for businesses
Colorado Springs businesses can get free Staying Safe signs to show they’re following state guidelines to protect their workers and keep customers safe. The Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC rolled...
View ArticleCOVID-19 roundup for May 21: July 4th concert and fireworks plan emerges
As of May 20, Colorado has seen 23,191 COVID-19 cases. The state reports COVID-19 deaths in two ways: the number of people who died with COVID-19 (although COVID-19 may not have been the cause of death...
View ArticleCOVID-19 shoots down AFA visitor center funding
For Dan Schnepf, March 10 was the worst day of the past five years. Schnepf, founder of Matrix Design Group and Blue and Silver Development, the public-private development partnership that is...
View ArticleCity launches affordable housing plan
The city of Colorado Springs has released HomeCOS: Housing Our Future, a plan for addressing affordable and attainable housing issues in the community. “We need more housing in our community that...
View ArticleUtilities Board votes to retire coal at Drake by 2023
By Faith Miller The Colorado Springs Utilities Board has made its decision: The public-owned utility will retire coal-power generation at the century-old Martin Drake Power Plant no later than 2023....
View ArticleU.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum set to open
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum will open to the public on Thursday, July 30. Located in southwest downtown Colorado Springs, the 60,000-square-foot museum is dedicated to the...
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