Author: Brooke Nevins [email protected]

BACA COUNTY, Colo. — As part of the millions of Ukrainian residents escaping to neighboring countries by train, bus, car or foot — some lugging only suitcases or whatever belongings their arms could hold — a robust military transport vehicle crept across the Moldovan border last spring bearing refugees of a different kind that would…

A female victim was jogging in the area of Colorado College Thursday morning when an armed man attacked and sexually assaulted her, Colorado Springs police said. The man has not been located, police said. Around 7:30 a.m., the woman had been on a run along the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail north of Uintah Street, by…

Though Colorado Springs’ first snowfall came only as a dusting in most parts of the city, a winter storm making its way across the state blanketed swaths of the higher terrain with as much as 9 inches of snow Thursday. Flurries persisted during the morning hours in the city but as of noon had yet…

A man was restrained by citizens after reportedly firing a gun multiple times near an adult league soccer game in north Colorado Springs on Sunday, according to Colorado Springs police. Around 4 p.m., officers responded to a report of multiple shots fired and a woman hiding in the 1600 block of Springcrest Road in the…

One firefighter was injured while responding to a restaurant fire in northeast Colorado Springs early Thursday morning, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said. Around 12:30 a.m., CSFD said crews were responding to Gunther Toody’s diner, located near the intersection of Woodmen Road and Powers Boulevard, for reported fire and smoke coming from the inside of…

If the newly released 2022 Quality of Life Indicators report serves as the Pikes Peak region’s “report card,” outdoor recreation opportunities would receive an A-plus while facets of education, public safety and social well-being could use attention, researchers and proponents of the report said during the its formal release Wednesday. The 15th edition of the study,…

A cold front is expected to bring some relief to Colorado Springs residents Wednesday following a day of record-breaking heat, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Tuesday hit a temperature peak at 91 degrees around noon, breaking the city’s previous record for Sept. 20 of 90, last set in 2016, the service said.…

One more day of near-record temperatures for the season is expected in Colorado Springs Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Tuesday could see a high near 88,  twelve degrees hotter than the normal high temperature of 76 for Sept. 20 and just two degrees shy of the record high of 90 for…