4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (598+ words) A variety of apple tree once thought to be extinct was found in Colorado Springs. The two Walbridge trees, planted about 130 years ago, stand in front of the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, living remnants of the Reynolds farm…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (734+ words) Colorado Springs residents want the city to focus on adding trails and preserving parks, according to surveys done for the city’s park master plan. The survey results were presented to the Colorado Springs City Council Monday as an update to…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1234+ words) Imagine eschewing the grocery store for a walk through your yard, where you procure an earthly feast of fruit, berries, herbs and greens. As you feast on your comestibles, you watch local pollinators flock to your beautiful yard that’s also…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1834+ words) It began small, as some wounds begin ー something like a scratch on Colorado Springs’ northern mountainside. But over 100 years the people below watched it fester, that scratch becoming a scar that would grow and grow along with a population…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (668+ words) As Colorado works toward using more renewable energy, one company in Colorado Springs is hoping to bring plug-in solar to the state. But since plug-in solar is not yet allowed in the state, Colorado Solar Innovations, run by Alex Antipov…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago   (781+ words) Nearly 20 years of land and fees from Colorado Springs’ park land dedication ordinance have gone into preparing Grey Hawk Park to open by the end of 2025. Colorado Springs has used the ordinance since the 1970s to add new park property. The…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (931+ words) One recent afternoon near his Colorado Springs home, Sean Paige was hiking with Nellie the golden retriever en route to a favorite spot in Stratton Open Space: South Suburban Reservoir. “She’s still anxious to get there, because she thinks it’s…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (447+ words) With less than three weeks to go before a crucial deadline in the negotiations over Colorado River water rights, a state official told the Colorado Springs Utilities Board of Directors on Wednesday to hope for a broad framework. The states…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (607+ words) Colorado Springs is in the early stages of a more than $1 billion plan to redevelop a swath of Fountain Creek near downtown for environmental and recreational access. The city is accepting requests for proposals to partner with it and the…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (501+ words) A beetle of the family Tetratomidae, polypore fungus beetles, is seen trapped in amber dating to 112 million years ago discovered at the Genoveva quarry in Ecuador, in this handout picture released September 18, 2025. Enrique Penalver/Handout via REUTERS Researcher Xavier Delclos…...