Author: By Mary Shinn [email protected]

Underneath its giant white box, the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel has been stripped down to its bones, so it can be rebuilt closer to the architect’s original vision — without the constant leaking that has plagued it since opening. Workers removed the final exterior aluminum panel from the building Thursday morning, the last of…

A Colorado Springs official ruled a bar on Platte Avenue can retain its liquor license after nine shootings in and around the business last year. Colorado Springs Municipal Judge Matthew Ramirez, acting as the city’s administrative hearing officer, ruled last week Paradise Nightclub and Restaurant could retain its license because it broke a pattern of…

Colorado Springs voters will decide in April whether to extend a dedicated sales tax for trails, open space and parks. The City Council unanimously forwarded the question Tuesday so voters can decide whether to extend a 0.1% tax until 2045. The dedicated tax of 1 cent per $10 is set to expire in 2025. The…

The Colorado State Forest Service expects to thin hundreds of acres of dense forest near one of Colorado Springs Utilities’ reservoirs through a $1 million grant. Contracted crews will remove trees across 300 acres to reduce the high risk of catastrophic wildfire near North Catamount Reservoir south of U.S. 24, said Luke Cherney, a forester…

The Colorado Springs City Council declined to defend a city firefighter who is facing a criminal charge after allegedly driving over and killing a woman while responding to a fire in Dorchester Park. The council voted 6-2 Tuesday to decline to cover the costs related to the firefighter’s criminal defense because it was not in…

The Colorado Springs City Council approved a $1 billion 2023 budget Tuesday that includes raises for employees, new police and firefighter positions, park rangers and permanent funding for a program to combat litter. The large total budget number covers all city departments, including those that are self-supporting, such as the Colorado Springs Airport and the…

The Colorado Springs City Council reviewed a revised ballot question Monday to extend the sales tax for trails, open space and parks after public calls to ensure enough future money raised by the tax is protected for open space purchases. The revised ballot question to extend a .1% sales tax would set aside a minimum of…

A proposed water-supply rule that could block properties from annexing into the city of Colorado Springs took a step forward Monday, with staff recommending against an alternative proposed by a developer. The draft rule requires Utilities to have 130% of the water required to serve existing city demand and the proposed future demand of a…

The city of Colorado Springs may ask voters in April to extend the sales tax dedicated to trails, open space and parks and allow more flexibility to how money can be spent on trails and land stewardship. The proposed ballot question would extend the .1% sales tax, often called the TOPS tax, that has funded…

Lee Milner, a longtime Colorado Springs parks’ advocate and environmentalist, died Saturday of cancer after decades of fighting for the community’s beloved open spaces. Milner, 75, was tireless in his Colorado Springs advocacy that started in the 1980s and continued after he moved to Washington for his wife’s health in late 2020. In August, he…