When I revisited Concrete Coyote three weeks later, the masses who had gathered for the nonprofit’s 20th anniversary party had disappeared. Strong winds blew dirt into my eyes and mouth. It took ...

November 20, 2013. It was a brisk afternoon on the sculpture garden lawn at the Fine Arts Center (FAC) in Colorado Springs. The FAC was just coming off a banner year. The Floyd Tunson ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, voters in Colorado’s 5th congressional district will be sending a different representative to Washington, D.C. Current Republican U.S. Representative ...

It’s Friday, January 24, 2025, and my editor, Ben Trollinger, and I are walking through a muddy field full of angry prairie dogs across the street from Camping World, an RV dealership just off I ...

Limestone was mined from Pikeview Quarry from 1903 to 2018 using drill and blast mining methods. The quarry was expanded in 1940 to mine the stone used in the construction of the Air Force Academy ...

Erin Bents, PPLD board of trustees President Dora Gonzalez, Angela Dougan, Debbie English, Julie Smyth and Scott Taylor listen to a speaker at the Dec. 4, 2024, meeting at Library 21C. English and ...

WE KNOW WHAT WORKS Despite the persistence of homelessness, experts know what works. Not surprisingly, it’s housing and services, including food, basic health care, addiction recovery, job ...

Through Saturday, March 15, Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery at Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave. Times vary. Coloradan artist Patrick Shearn creates large-scale public art instillations that ...

Before Dave Philipps won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for “Other Than Honorable” — a series of articles in the Colorado Springs Gazette that shed light on the way wounded soldiers, many with post ...

China Town Restaurant is far from the only downtown restaurant to close its doors in 2024. Austin Wilson-Bradley, director of economic development with Downtown Partnership, reported more than 23 ...

Before Ford Amphitheater had even opened its doors, JW Roth, CEO of Venu (and co-owner of Pikes Peak Media Co., the parent company of The Colorado Springs Independent), had begun planning four ...

A large, soft pretzel with a small packet of salt and baking instructions. A set of personalized flashcards. A signed letter from a mayor. A beanie. A bucket hat. Some socks.