Good news, everyone

Also some Westside community news:

Teachers in Colorado Springs School District 11 took part in a one-day strike yesterday, picketing at 34 schools in the city’s third-largest school district and ending with a rally in Acacia Park. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/co-s...

My coverage of yesterday's strike in Colorado Springs: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/co-s...

Good morning. Today I’m at the Co Springs Parks Advisory Board meeting. A lot of early mornings this week. 🫩

While GOP candidates like to quote Reagan's so-called 11th Commandment, "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican," in this crowded field, the reality is that another revised biblical mandate applies: "do unto others before they do unto you." coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/repu...

I’m at Acacia Park for today’s rally. A lot of people here.

Good morning! I’m at Palmer High School for this morning’s strike. There are teachers, parents, students, and political candidates out for today’s action.

Tonight I’m at Church for All Nations for a D11 candidate forum. It seems to be just the conservative slate tonight.

32 Colorado churches and two Christian colleges are among the targeted locations for "the largest Christian Church geofencing campaign in U.S. history," as proposed by a PR firm's foreign influence operation on behalf of the Israeli government. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/isra...

This is kinda wild, but Israeli has hired a PR firm to geofence targeted pro-Israel ads to churches across Colorado. Their aim is to improve the perception of Israel, and to emphasize the role of Palestinians in terrorism. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/isra...

My latest on Manitou’s proposed tax increase

Tonight I attended a community meeting to oppose Manitou Springs’ ballot initiative 2A, a tax increase on businesses that sell admission tickets.

If you’re watching Netflix’s “Wayward” keep in mind that it is based on real schools that were actually way worse than what is depicted. I dove into the weird history of the “troubled teen” industry a few years ago. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2022/10/reef...

A new study looks at how abortion bans are impacting all medical providers, not just abortion providers. My latest for @coloradotimesrecorder.com coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/new-...

Candidates for the Academy School District 20 Board of Education took part in a forum at Liberty High School in Colorado Springs this week, discussing issues ranging from budget issues to transgender athletes and book bans. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/scho...

Academy School District 20 candidates had a forum this week. Check out my latest for @coloradotimesrecorder.com: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/scho...

The absolute state of it(the city)

If you’re curious how things are going for Joe Oltmann and his defamation lawsuit… they’re going great. Just great.

Good morning! I’m at the Colorado Springs State of the City address.

My latest on things in D11:

Good evening! I’m at a Fountain City Council meeting. Council and others will be discussing the situation involving former Councilor Detra Duncan.

My latest on Manitou Springs:

New podcast! I talk about guns, gun violence, etc. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/feve...

New Fever Swamp Review! Amid continuing gun violence, CTR attends Dragonman’s 33rd Annual Freedom Shoot and talks with attendees about gun policy, also a visit to Raw Tools, a nonprofit that turns guns into garden tools. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/feve...

I’m back at Manitou Springs City Council for a conversation re: new parking fees.

For today’s gun adventure I talked to Mike Martin of Raw Tools, a gun violence prevention nonprofit that turns guns into garden tools.

Following a week of gun violence that included the public assassination of a conservative activist and a shooting at Evergreen High School that injured two students, gun enthusiasts took part in the “33rd Annual Front Range Freedom Shoot” coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/gun-...

My adventure this weekend! This week's Fever Swamp Review podcast will feature footage from the event, interviews, and more. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/gun-...

Good morning! After what seems like a month of gun violence, I am … at a gun show. Dragonman’s 33rd Annual Freedom Shoot.

My story on this week’s County Commissioner’s meeting and the saga of the signs

Good morning. I’m coverin this morning’s El Paso County Commissioner’s Land Use meeting for @pikespeakbulletin.bsky.social

Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer (R-Weld County) officially entered the crowded field of Republican gubernatorial candidates after making her official campaign announcement Tuesday. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/kirk...

I know it's a big news day but I wrote a little thing about Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer's recently announced gubernatorial campaign. Check it out, in between the horrors: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/kirk...

BREAKING Charlie Kirk is in critical condition at a hospital after being shot at Utah Valley University event, an AP source says.

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

Some labor reporting for the Bulletin. A Manitou Springs restauranteur has been sued for alleged wage theft:

Colorado elected officials are reacting to President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/trum...

I wrote about Trump’s claims about mail-in voting and the decision to move Space Command to Alabama. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/trum...

“D11 teachers are going on strike this fall because our Board of Education is full of anti-union, anti-teacher and anti-student members,” said educator and Colorado Springs Education Association (CSEA) member Sam Farnham. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/teac...

Not only is there a school board election this year, but it looks like D11 teachers are planning to strike. My latest for @coloradotimesrecorder.com: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/teac...

Happy Labor Day! I’m in Co Springs for a protest from 50501 and Indivisible. We are libbing out. I showed up just in time for the land acknowledgement.

Colorado Springs City Council will hold a rare third hearing on what licenses the city auditor should have after councilors failed to pass an ordinance at their Aug. 26 meeting that would have dropped the requirement for auditors to be CPAs. pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...

New Fever Swamp Review! Heidi talks about the recent special session as a result of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the fallout of the bill for Planned Parenthood, and Representatives Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans responding to the bill. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/feve...

New Podcast! I talk about the fallout from Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, including the recent special session, some long explanations from Rep. Gabe Evans, and more! coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/feve...

Kaylinn (last name withheld for privacy) said she was in her home near the intersection of Platte Avenue and Cedar Street around noon on Friday, Aug. 22 when she saw several masked men surrounding a silver four-door car. pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...

So far, the main businesses that have been financially benefited from AI have been the producers of blue books www.wsj.com/business/cha...

I am once again at Maggiano’s in Lone Tree for the Capitol Club Luncheon. This month’s speaker is Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO). This is my first Luncheon under the tenure of Chair Brita Horn.

Long considered a Democratic stronghold, Pueblo Republicans have been making gains in recent years, winning down-ballot municipal and county races, while turning Colorado Senate District 3 into one of next year’s most contested statehouse seats. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/fluo...

I wrote about the Pueblo candidate forum this week: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/08/fluo...