12+ hour, 6+ min 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…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (125+ words) Colorado Springs police issued a community notification for missing 14-year-old Alexander Jones on Friday, the department posted on social media. He was last seen around 3 p.m. on Friday in the 6800 block of Black Forest Road, which is the location of Vista…...

1+ day, 7+ 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, 4+ 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…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (203+ words) Mario Beltran, 35, whom police call a “known prolific offender,” was arrested Thursday night after entering a business in the 7100 block of North Academy Boulevard, according to Colorado Springs police. The department’s specialized Metro Retail, Pawn, Metal and Organized Crime Unit,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (195+ words) Two people killed in a fatal crash along Marksheffel Road Aug. 31 have been identified, bringing this year’s traffic deaths to at least four more than last year. Driver Francine Shumake, 53 and passenger Brenda Baker, 61, were killed at the scene of…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (288+ words) Visit Colorado Springs, the marketing organization meant to increase tourism to the city and region, is getting a new boss. The group announced Wednesday it is hiring Sean Dixon as president and CEO. He will succeed Doug Price, who is…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (771+ words) But for Premier, growth has never simply been about getting bigger. It has been about building a company where customers are treated well, employees can build careers, and money spent with a local business continues circulating through the local economy....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (210+ words) Terrell Jennings, 27, died in an apparent suicide Thursday evening several hours after police believe he robbed three Colorado Springs banks in minutes, the department announced in a news release on Friday. Police were attempting to arrest Jennings after linking him…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (127+ words) Colorado Springs police and the FBI are investigating three bank robberies that occurred in short succession Thursday afternoon, according to a blotter entry by the department. The first robbery was reported in the 1100 block of North Circle Drive around 12:04 p.m. and…...