2+ day, 10+ 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…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (370+ words) CENTRAL SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — More than 10 downtown Colorado Springs businesses are taking part in a new street pop-up series called the Sidewalk Soiree every Saturday this September, with sales, activities, and pop-ups aimed at drawing more shoppers to local retailers....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (371+ words) Dorothy “Dot” Heller was a connoisseur of the arts and humanities. Married to the acclaimed Colorado Springs artist Larry Heller, Dot also led a noteworthy life, becoming the city’s fifth social investigator, and essentially an officer, with the Colorado Springs…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1678+ words) A great late-summer weekend does not need a complicated itinerary, just enough reasons to keep saying, “Okay, one more stop.” That is exactly what this stretch of the season delivers, when long daylight hours make it surprisingly easy to pack…...