2+ day, 20+ 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, 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   (123+ words) More than 500,000 people visited the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo across its 11 days this year, the Colorado Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday. The fair has reached the half million mark five times since 2006. Concerts and other events at the…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (1107+ words) Four homes built over 100 years ago are slated for demolition to make way for renovations to Palmer High School in downtown Colorado Springs, a move that goes against the wishes of some neighbors. After over a year of public outreach…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1027+ words) As we say adieu to juicy Palisade peaches and sweet Rocky Ford cantaloupe, it’s time to welcome Colorado’s next celebrity fruit: Pueblo green chiles. Each September, the air fills with the tantalizing smoky scent of green chiles wafting from roadside…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (146+ words) A Colorado-based, single- and multi-family modular housing builder is opening a new factory in southern Colorado with the help of the state’s Rural Jump-Start program of incentives, recently announcing plans to bring almost 100 jobs to Huerfano County. The project will…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (101+ words) Colorado Springs Gazette A near-total lunar eclipse will be visible across much of Colorado Thursday night and into the early morning hours of Friday. The eclipse will turn the moon a reddish or copper color as Earth passes between the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (252+ words) Work began this week to extend one of Colorado Springs’ major urban trails through the east side of the city. The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department is improving a two-mile stretch of the Rock Island Trail, which snakes across…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (243+ words) A large crowd, mostly excited children and smiling parents, turned out for the inaugural Touch-a-Truck event on Aug. 15. Firefighters also served up a free pancake breakfast. Kids could not only see but were encouraged to climb on and explore various…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1175+ words) PUEBLO — Forty-five years ago, a small, turn-of-the-century hog barn reinvented itself as southern Colorado’s only raptor rehabilitation center. Some of the same faces are still around, nearly a half-century later. Diana Miller, director of the Raptor Center, an extension of…...