Mill Street Community Benefits All members asked Colorado Springs City Council at its regular meeting on Feb. 24 to delay a vote on the Moreno and Cascade Urban Renewal Plan. However, the council passed the resolution 7-2. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/over-ob...

Taking part in this year’s Carnivale were three giant, fully articulated puppets – a pair of 11-foot tall wolves and a 24-foot version of local art legend Charles Rockey – created by Colorado Springs artist Sofia Hernandez Crade. pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...

Today, Feb. 24, 2026, the Colorado Springs City Council passed an ordinance consolidating City Code language to treat all camping – whether along a creek, in a park, or in a vehicle – as the same offense. pikespeakbulletin.org/letters-to-t...

Last week, I got the email that had been a long time coming: Colorado Springs was killing its Citizens Transportation Advisory Board (CTAB), one of the many boards and commissions that allow regular people to advise City Council on legislation and policy. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/city...

Every veteran knows the phrase. It gets said in grocery stores, at ball games, on campaign stages. “Thank you for your service.” But what does that gratitude mean when the same system turns around and debates whether our injuries are still worthy of support? pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/vete...

A community organization plans to ask city council to hold off on approving an urban renewal plan until the developer signs a legally binding agreement. Heila Ershadi with the Pikes Peak Bulletin has been covering the story. She spoke with KRCC's Andrea Chalfin about it. www.cpr.org/2026/02/20/d...

Hobbs told the Bulletin in December he’d make the Indy archives available in January of this year – but those plans have collided with a harsh technical reality. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/a-compl...

Colorado Springs City Councilor Kimberly Gold held a town hall event at Sierra High School on Feb. 12 to present information about the Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan and to hear concerns from residents of City Council District 4. pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...

I posted a meme last month on my personal Facebook page and a right-wing Facebook friend said it promoted lies (it didn’t, it was an opinion based on facts) and that posts like mine are why people have lost faith in journalism. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/sorr...

lThe 13th Annual Multi-Cultural Black History Program filled the Ent Center for the Arts, standing as a reminder that Black culture in Colorado Springs is not something waiting to be discovered. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/a-pa...

Residents of the Mill Street neighborhood on the south end of downtown, organized as the Mill Street Community Benefits All Coalition, are urging Colorado Springs City Council to withhold approval of a Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority (CSURA) plan. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/10-3-mi...

On the morning of Friday, Feb 6., Associate Minister Josh Rumple arrived at First Congregational Church in downtown Colorado Springs and found the church’s rainbow banner reading “a just world for all” had been torn down. Again. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/churchs...

The Pikes Peak Bulletin received more than a half-dozen letters to the editor in favor of the original Ray Nixon Power Plant closure date. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/lett...

The Pikes Peak Workforce Center is negotiating with state officials about whether it must return $828,371 in grant money after the Colorado Department of Labor deemed that amount had been spent on “disallowed” expenses by a nonprofit funded by the grant. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/workfor...

A former employee of the nonprofit Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective, Brian Parsons, has prevailed in a complaint filed with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE)’s Division of Labor Standards and Statistics. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/collect...

Following public comment during the Jan. 27 CoSprings City Council meeting, a proclamation is on the agenda for the Council’s Feb. 10 meeting – but it’s not the proclamation drafted at the request of Councilor Kimberly Gold last month. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/no-publ...

During this week’s Manitou Springs City Council Meeting, Council approved two new ordinances and considered an updated fee schedule. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/manitou...

A portion of conservatives, in their new embrace of cancel culture, are all over social media whining about how political award shows have become. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/the-...

Rev. Candace Woods shared with the Pikes Peak Bulletin an email exchange between herself and City Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson following public comments from Woods and others at the Jan. 13 meeting. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/council...

For generations, the stories of black Americans and other marginalized communities have been filtered through systems that benefited from their exclusion. People were told to take up less space, to be grateful for what they were given, to know their place. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/blac...

Giese’s book, “You’ll Never Walk Alone: A Hiker’s Memoir of Adventure, Tragedy, and Defying the Odds” details her struggle to find a way back to hiking. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/hiki...

During a Jan. 23 special meeting held via Zoom, the Manitou Springs City Council approved a resolution establishing a concrete plan regarding immediate next steps connected to downtown parking if the Metropolitan District is dissolved. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/manitou...

The Co Springs City Council meeting on Jan. 27 would have been a quick and dry one were it not for a lineup of community members who made public comment on the denial of a Black History Month proclamation, the reprimand of Kimberly Gold, and concerns around ICE. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/juicy-p...

Homeward Pikes Peak, in partnership with other agencies and individuals, held the fourth annual Stand Up for Our Community resource event for unhoused community members on Monday, Jan. 26, at the Meanwhile Block in Colorado Springs. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/city-br...

As some Republican governors, and even some members of Congress, start to criticize federal agents killing citizens, and Trump looks for which of his lackeys to throw under the bus, I see signs of hope. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/the-...

U.S. Army veteran Mel Flores is facing three Class 2 Misdemeanor counts for obstructing government operations, obstructing a peace officer, and reckless endangerment. The charges stem from an Oct. 17 incident pikespeakbulletin.org/news/army-ve...

Despite snow and bone-chilling cold, hundreds showed up at Colorado Springs City Hall midday today to participate in a quickly announced protest in the wake of Alex Pretti’s killing yesterday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/hundred...

Another American citizen killed by ICE in Minneapolis. How many more will it take? pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/epst...

Colorado Springs Councilmember Kimberly Gold has been formally reprimanded by Council President Lynette Crow-Iverson for comments and social media posts she made on Jan. 13 in response to Councilmember Dave Donelson’s reaction to a group of faith leaders. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/council...

Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) will be raising rates for natural gas customers in 2026 as part of a Sept. 30, 2025, consent agreement with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration due to corroded and leaking natural gas lines. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/csus-no...

The 25th Amendment gave Congress the ability to remove a president who is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” covering physical or mental incapacitation. But this Greenland thing should be the breaking point. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/the-...

We want to hear from you! Join us for a listening tour event at the Manitou Arts Center on Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.

In my front room hangs an old framed photograph inherited from my mother, a Norwegian immigrant. I keep it in a prominent place to remind me that when history comes calling, I have a choice how to answer. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/if-t...

Cristiana Alejo Lamberto’s husband, José Guadalupe Alejo Lamberto, was arrested by ICE on Nov. 5, 2025, following an initial appearance in a suspected DUI case stemming from a Sept. 26, 2025, traffic stop by the Colorado State Patrol. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/member-...

Residents of Colorado Springs expressed their shock and outrage during three separate events since the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good, a legal observer, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/co-spri...

For nearly three weeks, Colorado Springs resident Marivel Azpeitia has been recording phone conversations with her fiancé, Edwin Euceda Rios, while he has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pikespeakbulletin.org/news/colorad...

Members of the outgoing Manitou Springs municipal government reflected on their time in office during this week’s City Council meeting. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/outgoin...

Good evening. A small crowd is gathering at the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office for a rally after the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minnesota today.

Norwood Development Group plans to build a luxury Catbird Hotel on the northwest corner of Moreno and Cascade Avenues, similar to the original in Denver. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/downtow...

Anti-transgender activist Stephen Scaer, known online as “Sidewalk Steve,” claims he was assaulted while picketing in Manitou Springs on Dec. 27. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/anti-tr...

For 12 months, we’ve watched a political cult dismantle our country, just as it also took backhoes to the White House. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/the-...

The owner of the Indy archives, Dirk Hobbs of Colorado Media Group, told the Pikes Peak Bulletin on Dec. 17 that the archives will be resurrected next month. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/indy-ar...

The Falcon Education Association (FEA) is calling on D49 to release its full 2025 audit and current-year financial reports, claiming rapidly growing reserves, repeated revenue underestimation, and misleading claims about enrollment and funding. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/union-d...

A new space for sipping and gathering has opened its doors to the community. Combining a love for the earth with a love of coffee, Misty Mountain Collective (705 N. Nevada Ave.) held a soft opening on Dec. 8. pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...

It’s the gift-giving season and many of us have someone who engages in outdoor recreation on their gift list. pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...

A 45-minute drive down Highway 115, Cañon City is a great hub of outdoor recreation activities. pikespeakbulletin.org/featurednews...

I named my Pikes Peak Bulletin column “The Epstein Files” because I knew I’d be commenting on politics, and for me that means fighting an administration that seethes in corruption, bigotry and fascism. pikespeakbulletin.org/opinion/the-...

Citing flat revenue, declining enrollment, and increased expenses, Colorado Springs School District 49 Superintendent Peter Hilts asked the board to declare a fiscal exigency in the district, which will allow for a reduction in programs and staff. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/distric...

City Matters is a podcast on Colorado Springs issues hosted by former Colorado Springs City Councilor Bill Murray and Gary Casimir. Their most recent episode delves into the complexities surrounding the Springs Utilities $600 million fiber project. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/podcast...

Givler-Viers, a literacy teacher, has been on administrative leave since October, which she says is retaliation over her support of the Oct. 8 strike. pikespeakbulletin.org/news/d11-mov...