4+ week, 1+ day ago   (682+ words) Colorado Springs has always had an impressively strong history of philanthropy. Today that has grown to almost 5,000 nonprofits in the metro area, almost 1,000 in the city itself. It all began, along with the city, in the 1800s and here are some…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (536+ words) Where, oh where, are the springs Colorado Springs was named for? A local history trivia question for sure and one visitors frequently ask. The answer: there really is one spring — just one — but you can no longer get a sip…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1329+ words) Willard Wade McKinley was 17 years old when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, the day after Christmas in 1942. He was weeks away from his 20th birthday when he died, one of seven sailors killed on May 17, 1945, after a kamikaze plane penetrated anti-aircraft…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (139+ words) Over a 100 firefighters have managed to get 24% containment on the 24 fire after it scorched 7,385 acres on Monday night. Burning on Fort Carson land in between Penrose and Colorado Springs, officials announced in a statement that the containment number Monday night…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (316+ words) Colorado Springs will no longer be one of the regions used by the U.S. Census Bureau as a test location ahead of the once-a-decade census in 2030. The Census Bureau announced Monday that the 2026 Census Test would be pared back from six…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (882+ words) Abraham Lincoln was three years away from being elected president when the half-cent coin was discontinued as an official form of American currency. Now, his visage on the 1-cent coin is on track to join the lineage of obsolete coins…...

11+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (700+ words) LA PLATA COUNTY — Flooding brought on by heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Priscilla is damaging homes and prompting evacuations in southwest Colorado. The Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management Monday afternoon issued a flood warning for the county until…...

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   (632+ words) Schools, banks, and Wall Street are open, but today’s observance of Constitution Day is a holiday to nevertheless cheer and celebrate. It’s been exactly 238 years since 39 delegates from 12 states signed off in Philadelphia on the U.S. Constitution. In replacing…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (583+ words) Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building after an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. Palestinians search for wood to sell or use for cooking amid the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza…...