After 10 stakeholder meetings and more than 750 online survey responses about what Colorado Springs School District 11 wants in a new superintendent, search consultant Dr. Walt Cooper says some clear priorities have emerged over the last month and a half. 

Students at Otero Elementary School learned the importance of money and entrepreneurship on May 13 during Junior Achievement in a Day financial literacy training.

Two Mitchell High School students sustained non-life threatening injuries from gunshot wounds near San Miguel and Academy on May 6. 

A plethora of complaints and concerns from current and former Pikes Peak Community College police officers over hiring and management issues have driven a wedge between many in the department.

The Air Force Junior ROTC instructors and cadets of Mitchell High School earned an overall unit assessment score of “Exceeds Standards”, which is the highest rating attainable for a JROTC program, which prepares high school students for the college ROTC program, during an evaluation by the A…

Colorado Springs Airport traffic during the March spring break rush increased more than 50 percent compared to last March, according to an airport press release.

During the first stop of the day on the Southeast Economic Vitality Regional Leadership Tour, Solid Rock Senior Pastor Ben Anderson joked about needing to ask God to calm the winds, much like Jesus calmed the storm in the Bible, as Anderson spoke at the groundbreaking for a new 77-unit affor…

Colorado Springs Utilities has launched a project that officials claim will give all residents an opportunity to access gig-speed internet and position the city as America’s biggest so-called “gig city” with total coverage.

An annual volunteer event, held this year on the consecutive Saturdays of April 30 and May 7, is still in need of participants. 

Mitchell High School will remain in local hands with current staff for at least the next two years.

Colorado Publishing House publications the Colorado Springs Business Journal, Colorado Springs Independent and Southeast Express won 15 awards at the Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism Awards on April 9. 

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As the search continues for a new Colorado Springs School District 11 superintendent, local students shared their opinions during the D11 Students Speak Up forum April 2 at Palmer High School.  

The annoying chime from the alarm jolts students from their slumber as they prepare for another school day.

Parents have enjoyed the ease and benefit of free breakfast and lunch meals, provided for all school age children for the last two years. The federal government funded the nationwide free meal program, offered to all public school students, regardless of income, as part of COVID relief measures.

Until a few weeks ago, Yevgeniya Tsyganok’s social media was a gallery of her life, illustrating positivity and how to help the Southeast community. 

The April city elections seem to be ages away, but that has not stopped a lineup of four candidates from announcing their intention to run for the soon-to-be open space left on city council as current Mayor John Suthers is term limited. 

Kahar Briggs has big plans for his future — immediate and down the road.

Back in 2012, Colorado Springs voters approved a lease of city-owned Memorial Health System to UCHealth. That lease required money to flow into the Colorado Springs Health Foundation, a locally-based grant making organization.

Colorado Springs School District 11 has hired national search firm McPherson & Jacobsen LLC to recruit a new superintendent, following its decision last month to separate with Dr. Michael Thomas. 

The Colorado Springs School District 11 board has hired Dr. Nicholas Gledich as acting/interim superintendent until June 30, during its search for a permanent replacement for Dr. Michael Thomas, who left the position March 2.

In a now-familiar pattern, Colorado Springs District 11’s latest school board meeting ended in conflict, with disagreement over a diversity resolution as well as renewed calls for board member reprimands.

Colorado Springs School District 11 is facing “panicked times” and fears of teacher resignations after its board of education announced March 2 that it would part ways with Superintendent Dr. Michael Thomas, effective immediately. 

Colorado Springs’ Women Everyone Should Know, with Pioneers Museum Curator of History Leah Davis Witherow. “Advocates, activists, authors, and artists — the women described in this program may be familiar in name but rarely in detail.” 2 p.m., Saturday, March 12, 2 p.m. free; Colorado Spring…

Longinos Gonzalez Jr. will formally announce his candidacy for Colorado Springs mayor at 6:30 p.m. tonight, March 2, at city-owned Valley Hi Golf Course's Grill & Pub.

On one of my first visits to the Southeast I asked my guide, a lifelong resident of the community, to drive me up and down boulevards, down side streets, even through alleys.

While some families in Colorado Springs open their refrigerator to an assortment of options, others cobble together meals to make it through the day. 

Among the bills being bandied about at the State Capitol this session is Senate Bill 22-087  “Healthy School Meals for All.” The bill would allow participating school districts in the state to provide school meals to all students, without the need to pay or qualify for the federal free and r…

March is caucus month in Colorado, which means that Democrats and Republicans are selecting candidates to appear on the ballot for the November 2022 election. In Southeast Colorado Springs, voters have a wide selection of candidates for House District 17 and Senate District 11. 

In what is becoming something of a trend, current District 11 School Board Director Al Loma has posted something inflammatory and later apologized. 

Pikes Peak United Way is encouraging area nonprofits to apply as soon as possible for $1.3 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding. The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 25. 

The number of mining, logging and construction jobs increased by 3 percent in the Colorado Springs metro area in 2021, according to a new report from the Associated General Contractors of America, a national group that represents more than 27,000 contracting and service firms.

It turns out November’s local elections did nothing to end contentious public comment periods at school board meetings. Colorado Springs School District 11’s Jan. 12 Board of Education meeting spilled across the halls of the administration building and into rooms designated for overflow.

Despite the continued ravage of Covid there are robust and vibrant Black History Month celebrations throughout Colorado Springs and the Southeast.

As COVID cases have spiked across the region, minority communities continue to resist vaccinations. To combat those attitudes, Atlas Preparatory School in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment hosted a ‘Champions of Vaccines’ night on Zoom on Jan. 11 to ra…

The Southeast Express has been awarded a new $75,000 grant, to bolster its community coverage of the southeastern portions of Colorado Springs. 

Pueblo Community College is participating in the Grow with Google HSI Career Readiness Program, an initiative aimed to help Latino students at over 20 Hispanic Serving Institutions prepare for the workforce through digital skills training and career workshops. Through a $2 million investment in the Hispanic Association of Community Colleges and Universities, the program has a goal of training 200,000 Latino students by 2025. Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, will also provide $5 million dollars in grants to three Latino-serving workforce organizations — UnidosUS, the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Hispanic Federation — to help workers upskill for in-demand jobs while providing wraparound support, according to a news release.

According to data provided by Sam Cole, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) communications manager, 672 people were killed on Colorado roadways in 2021, up from 622 in 2020, the highest since 2002, when 743 people were killed.

Two new facilities focused on youths opened their doors in Southeast Colorado Springs last week. Harrison School District 2 welcomed students to the newly rebuilt Carmel Community School and Solid Rock Community Development Corporation held a grand opening for its new youth center.

For those in the Southeast searching for information regarding vaccines and COVID rates, Atlas Preparatory and Colorado Department of Health & Environment will host a informational Zoom meeting on Jan. 11 regarding COVID-19.

SHIR Capital, a Texas-based developer, purchased Hotel Eleganté in Southeast Colorado Springs for $25 million last week and will begin converting the building into 496 low-cost multifamily apartments.

There is nothing that demonstrates the strength of a community more than its activist citizens.

Good luck finding affordable housing in Southeast Colorado Springs. 

Southeast Colorado Springs is ground zero for the city’s development boom. Slightly cheaper land and a lack of community pushback against projects make it a desirable location for developers of multi-family units.  

An unusually strong winter windstorm has wreaked havoc along the Front Range. “We’ve recently suffered a damaging windstorm with peak gusts up to 91 miles per hour in several locations,” said Jim Reid, the director of the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management during a press brie…

The Colorado Springs Police Department is asking for the public's help investigating a hit-and-run accident in Southeast, near the intersection of Hancock Expressway and Jet Wing Drive. According to CSPD, "On Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at approximately 8:55 p.m., CSPD was notified of a traffic …

In 1998 Kansas cattle rancher Mike Callicrate, a native of Evergreen, found out how the meat business really works.