Author: Brennen Kauffman
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Ouray faces economic hit thanks to Mother Nature
Peter O’Neil knew that the Ouray Ice Park would have a rough year after the first week of December. Following Thanksgiving weekend, a solid layer of farmed ice sheets formed along the sides of Uncompahgre Gorge. Days later, the southwest Colorado town hit 50 degrees — an uncommonly warm temperature for December. O’Neil, executive director…
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Money Museum director in Colorado Springs helps make sense of the penny’s demise
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 throughout U.S. history. At one end of the basement floor of the Money Museum near…
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Cotton in CO? Southeast farmers test if crop has potential to take hold
BENT COUNTY — It’s easy to spot Caleb Wertz’s fields along the farmland east of Las Animas. About half of the Wertz family’s land is growing corn but the other half is filled with scraggly, foot-high plants dotted with soft white bulbs. Bulbs as soft as cotton. The Cotton Belt has never reached into Colorado before. But with…
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Colorado Springs hears pitch to connect with Front Range Passenger Rail
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It may be several years before passenger trains come through Colorado Springs. The Front Range Passenger Rail District is keeping the city informed of the benefits as the rail design moves ahead in other parts of Colorado. The Rail District updated the Colorado Springs City…
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Leftover hunting licenses move fast during Parks and Wildlife sale
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The lines moved quickly Tuesday morning to pick up leftover hunting licenses at Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s office in Colorado Springs. The August sale is an annual time for Colorado hunters to buy the remaining licenses for deer, elk, pronghorn and bears. The available licenses…
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Colorado Springs mayor leaves hospital after double pneumonia, clearing of artery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade was discharged from a hospital Thursday after a two-night stay for double pneumonia. Mobolade said he was at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central from Tuesday to Thursday afternoon to recover from…
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Ford Amphitheater sound surveys are in. No fines, city officials say, as complaints continue.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The sound measurements are in from the first three concerts at Ford Amphitheater this year, and city of Colorado Springs staff have determined that none of the performances will result in noise fines. The 8,000-seat…
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Injunction issued against Colorado Springs’ marijuana repeal. What’s next?
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A court injunction issued Monday afternoon blocks Colorado Springs’ attempted ballot measure to repeal the recreational marijuana rules enacted by voters last year. In her ruling, 4th District Court Judge Hilary Gurney sided with plaintiffs who sued the city to prevent the repeal vote from appearing on the April 1 municipal ballot. Gurney ruled that…