The city of Colorado Springs is seeking bids for Fire Station 23, its newest station, which will be located southeast of downtown at the existing fire headquarters building a 375 Printers Parkway.
The Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) released guidance for Coloradans who received vaccines at the Dr. Moma Health and Wellness Clinic in El Paso County.
Incumbent District 4 City Council Representative Yolanda Avila fended off a challenge from Harrison School District 2 Board of Education Vice President Regina English during the April 6 Municipal Election. Unofficial results from the Colorado Springs City Clerk’s Office show Avila winning wi…
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The intersection of Chelton Road and Delta Drive was closed to traffic Monday morning as the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office investigated an officer-involved shooting involving the Colorado Springs Police Department.
The Sachs Foundation is committed to helping Black Coloradans advance their education from Junior High to Doctorate levels.
The utility box art wrap project, started by community organizer Juelz Ramirez and cosponsored by the Chinook Center has finally come to fruition in Southeast Colorado Springs. See our November 2020 cover story: “Color In Your Cheeks".
As the country has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and mental health providers are battling a different kind of pandemic that doesn’t seem to have an end — suicide.
Political leaders used the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Southeast housing project to again call for more action on Colorado Springs’ affordable housing crisis. But it also highlighted the differences about how leaders believe the goal can be achieved.
The esports craze officially hit Sierra High School in 2021 and the scene resembled an early 2000s sleepover: Friends gathered around TVs, with the occasional trash talk that comes with every sports endeavor, real or virtual.
Only 11 percent of ballots had been returned in the city election by March 26, the Colorado Springs City Clerk's Office reports.
Colorado Springs residents can now apply for rent and utilities assistance due to Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 funds. The city, according to a news release, "received $14 million in these Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds to assist qualified…
Given the extreme shortage of affordable housing in Colorado Springs, the news that the Pikes Peak Real Estate Foundation has launched the area's first Workforce Housing Fund comes at an opportune time.
Governor Jared Polis signed into law legislation to protect school district funding that otherwise would have been reduced due to pandemic-related enrollment decreases.
Brace yourself for a late winter storm that could dump up to 2 feet or more of snow on the region, local officials said at a news briefing March 11.
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A Fountain Police Department officer was sent to the hospital with minor injuries this morning after a head-on collision with a stolen vehicle during an attempted traffic stop at H & H Tire in Fountain. Following the collision the suspect fled on foot. Officers from the Fountain PD, Colo…
For more than a decade, Comcast has been leading efforts in our communities to promote digital equity and access in part by connecting low-income families to the internet through Internet Essentials, the largest and most comprehensive, low-cost internet adoption program in the United States.…
Colorado Springs Police Department reported the fourth homicide of 2021 after another violent weekend in Southeast Colorado Springs. Early Saturday morning, CSPD responded to a traffic crash at the 3500 block of South Chelton Loop. When officers arrived they found a deceased woman, identifie…
Colorado hit a vaccination milestone Feb. 28: 70.7 percent of Coloradans aged 70 and up are now vaccinated against COVID-19.
District 11 makes sweeping personnel decision to address student performance at Mitchell High School
On Jan. 27, Colorado Springs School District 11 notified all Mitchell High School staff members that they will be released from their current work assignments at the end of this school year. They will have to reapply if they wish to continue working at Mitchell for the 2021-22 academic year.…
District 4 City Council Representative Yolanda Avila received the first dose of her COVID-19 vaccine during Peak Vista Community Health Center’s Equity Vaccine Clinic on Feb. 19. Peak Vista administered 1,100 doses of the Moderna vaccine as part of its Equity Vaccine Clinic, targeting the Bl…
Panorama Park, near the intersection of Jet Wing Drive and South Chelton Road, is set for a $40,000 upgrade. Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation announced Feb. 5 that the National Endowment for the Arts will support a future public art project for the 13.5-acre park.
For most fledgling artists, getting their work into a national retail outlet like Walmart would be a major boost for their career. Unless, of course, they didn’t know it was happening. Jeresneyka Rose, a Colorado Springs artist, found out her artwork was being sold on canvas prints for $14.9…
The Colorado Springs Community Action Coalition will host a Zoom webinar at 5 p.m. Feb. 27 to provide COVID-19 vaccine information to community members. A panel of Black medical professionals and Dr. Robin Johnson, El Paso County Public Health medical director, will provide the community wit…
El Paso County’s COVID-19 incidence rate has jumped 20 percent over the past week.
UCHealth, El Paso County Public Health and Servicios de la Raza, and Peak Vista Community Health Centers are offering free pop-up vaccine clinics this weekend, to expand equitable access to COVID-19 vaccinations.
El Paso County’s COVID-19 incidence rate isn’t dropping as quickly as it was, public health officials say, warning that this could slow the move toward looser restrictions.
Colorado Springs Utilities is moving forward with plans to retire the coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant and replace it with six individual gas-powered GE turbines.
Transportation and the environment “are the through line to most — if not all — racial justice issues,” Tamika Butler says.
Centura Health will be holding the first COVID-19 mass-vaccination event in Colorado Springs Feb. 13 and 14 at the Broadmoor World Arena. The event is for people 65 and older — but also focuses on underserved communities and people of color.
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The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) responded to a fire at approximately 9 a.m. Feb. 5 at The Reserve apartment complex near the intersection of Monterey Road and Carmel Drive.
Governor Jared Polis and the COVID Relief Fund announced the seventh round of grants, totaling more than $3.8 million.
Kids on Bikes stands on a simple mission statement: inspire and empower all kids to lead healthy, active, and happy lives through bicycling. In order to facilitate this goal, the folks at Kids on Bikes focus on three main priorities: access to bikes, opportunities to ride, and bicycling educ…
On Jan. 11, Harrison School District 2’s new partnership with the Pikes Peak Library District to give every D2 student a library card called PowerPass went live.
Colorado’s vaccine distribution plan entered Phase 1B in January, as vaccine providers such as Peak Vista Community Health Centers began inoculating people age 70 and older, the next-highest priority after frontline health care workers (1A). Phase 1 — which is broken into two parts — is anti…
During the City Council elections in April, incumbent District 4 City Council member Yolanda Avila will be challenged by Harrison School District 2 School Board Vice President Regina English.
Gov. Jared Polis has urged the Biden administration to “ramp up vaccine distribution right away” to help overcome the failures of the Trump administration’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
It was a deadly weekend in Southeast Colorado Springs, after a man and woman were found dead from gun violence in two separate incidents.
Six percent of Colorado’s population has been vaccinated at least once, putting them “on the clock to immunity” against COVID-19, Gov. Jared Polis said in a news conference Jan. 22.
The Colorado Springs Law Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Commission began its first in a series of listening and learning sessions Tuesday, Jan. 19.
The Colorado Enterprise Fund, in partnership with Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments, is now accepting applications for a small business grant program.
Operating hours at three community-based COVID-19 testing centers have been expanded to offer free and convenient access to testing.
One of the biggest local events focused on educating children of color — along with providing scholarships — takes place this month, on Jan. 16.
The Chinook Center, a nonprofit meeting space and organizing hub in Southeast Colorado Springs, recently received a $1,000 donation from Vista Grande Community Church.
The Colorado Springs Police Department reported nearly 1,000 more calls for service for “shots fired” as of Dec. 1, 2020 than in 2019. CSPD also reports 42 more reported shootings this year than in 2019, and 37 homicides as of Dec. 1, 2020, compared to 24 at the same time last year.
El Paso County moves from Level Red: Severe Risk to Level Orange: High Risk on Monday, Jan. 4.
El Paso County’s COVID-19 incidence, test positivity and hospitalizations have dropped slightly over the past seven days, according to metrics released Dec. 18 — but transmission levels are still high.
Harrison School District received $24,500 from Kaiser Permanente as part of the insurance company’s Thriving Schools initiative. The school plans to use the funds to help launch the “Planning for the Next Normal at School” playbook. The playbook is intended to support schools and districts w…
Colorado should see its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arriving mid-December, but under phased distribution, the vaccine likely won’t be administered to the general public until summer.In the meantime, Governor Jared Polis said, Coloradans must stay vigilant to avoid spreading the deadl…
For the past 16 years, the old King Soopers in the Mission Trace Shopping Center has stood vacant and seemingly abandoned. But Toby Gannett, owner of BCR Management, wants to change that.
One of the biggest single-day events in Colorado Springs was nearly shelved next to that infamous holiday elf, all due to COVID-19.
As COVID-19 cases soar, El Paso County must move to Level Red — severe risk — by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27.
