1+ day, 3+ min ago   (839+ words) A self-guided coffee tour is making its way to Colorado Springs in a few days. The goal? Helping people find their new favorite local coffee spot — while keeping them caffeinated along the way. Coffee Crawls organizes monthlong, curated coffee tours…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (735+ words) Was there ever a Colorado city that required racial segregation by law? The answer is “Yes.” The Black Racial Equity Study Commission, led by Colorado Senate President James Coleman, has learned the small city of Fruita had laws forbidding Black…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (324+ words) Moni Hernandez estimated that 25,000 people attended the first day of the fifth Fiestas Patrias in Colorado Springs. The count was through 5 p.m., and she believed more people may come to bring attendance closer to last year’s 32,000. Plus, there will be a…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1394+ words) The aerospace and defense industry has remained a consistent bright star as Colorado’s slowing economy struggles with remaining competitive. Yet the state could get outshone if it doesn’t take action soon. At least, that’s what major business organizations are warning…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (504+ words) During a Saturday morning community roundtable at the Penrose Library, roughly 25 people showed up to hear how the Front Range Rail District will build and pay for a planned commuter rail system. Proponents of the rail line argue it will…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (263+ words) Ilse Venter does it all and then some. And now she’s about to throw open the doors to her inaugural Wild West Home & Homemade Expo at Norris Penrose Event Center on Sept. 19-20. Venter, who moved with her family to the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (562+ words) Before sunrise on Friday, firefighters from across the U.S. gathered at the Manitou Incline to walk the more than 2,700 steps in honor of the 343 New York City firefighters who lost their lives trying to save others in the immediate aftermath of…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (355+ words) West of Colorado Springs, the town of Green Mountain Falls lists Catamount Trail as “the Gem of GMF trails.” But not to be missed is a trail that connects to the lower part of that gem ー one that helped…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (409+ words) Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care has left its mark on Nancy Lewis Park through the past three decades: Trees planted, memorial benches placed, art fixtures displayed. With the park approaching 30 years in the Templeton Gap area of Colorado Springs, Pikes…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (359+ words) Colorado Springs Gazette List: 9/11 events scheduled in the Colorado Springs area On Friday and Saturday, the Pikes Peak region will memorialize the thousands of lives lost 25 years ago in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. City governments, schools, community groups and others are…...