Author: By Debbie Kelley [email protected]

The popular pink benefit run, which began in Colorado Springs in 1994 as a fundraiser for breast cancer prevention and treatment sanctioned by the Susan G. Komen organization, is no more. The local Colorado South office of Susan G. Komen, self-defined as the world’s leading breast cancer organization, was absorbed into a statewide office headquartered…

After getting an unexpected crash course on the presence of methamphetamine in public spaces, Pikes Peak Library District officials have learned that residue of the illegal drug found last week in some of its public restrooms is not a library problem. “It’s a public-facilities issue,” says library district spokeswoman Denise Abbott. “Any public facility could…

A typical sign of fall, not spring, will appear over the Presidents Day weekend at Bear Creek Regional Park. This is the second year for hundreds of weed-eating goats from Lani Malmberg’s herd based in Fort Collins to make a wintertime appearance at the county park on the westside of Colorado Springs. They normally arrive…

All five victims in a Saturday night shooting spree at Club Q, an LBGTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, were identified by Monday morning by family and friends. Ashley Paugh, a 35-year-old wife and mother of an 11-year-old daughter, had driven from La Junta to Colorado Springs with a friend Saturday and went to Club Q…

Two official fundraisers have been launched for families impacted by Club Q mass shooting that happened shortly before midnight Saturday at the popular gay nightclub. Services, vigils scheduled after Club Q mass shooting Former employee Greg Resha, also known as Kyree Myst, is helping raise funds for medical and funeral expenses for the victims and…

Tom Cadwell and other people living in five old RVs on vacant private land off B Street are still mourning the loss of their friend, Jose Delgado-Diaz. He was fatally stabbed following a fire on the property on Oct. 10, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. His body was found more than four…

When Jackie Sarchett discovered a dozen puppies locked in the trunk of a car on Saturday afternoon, she called police. They told her they couldn’t do anything, she said. A couple passing by called animal control. A spokesman for the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region says the organization followed procedure in handling the…

FLORISSANT • Smoke thick enough to irritate lungs, permeate clothing, and reduce visibility hung in the air last week as Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell told media and a few residents at a news briefing that the threat from a nearby fire that began 5.5 miles west of Cripple Creek Thursday is not over. “Fire danger…

FLORISSANT • Smoke thick enough to irritate lungs, permeate clothing and reduce visibility hung in the air Friday morning, as Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell told media and a few residents at a news briefing that the threat from a nearby fire that began Thursday afternoon is not over. “Fire danger changes every time the wind…