Author: Debbie Kelley [email protected]
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First residents of tiny homes for the homeless village in Colorado Springs to move in this month
Marked progress on a Colorado Springs woman’s vision to build a tiny home village for homeless young adults brought enough excitement to rival Santa’s chimney drop. “I felt like a child at my first Christmas yesterday when those houses came,” said Shelley Jensen, a community strategist and founder of We Fortify, the nonprofit organization developing…
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Call for Pikes Peak to be renamed Tavá Mountain gains steam
Austin Box, a Southern Ute tribal elder, knows the story well. “When they were camped here, rather than the sun coming down on the lower area, it went up to Pikes Peak first and showed the sunlight there,” he says in a slow, easy cadence. “When the tribe looked up, they saw the sunlight. The…
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‘God’s still in the miracles business,’ says author and other receivers and believers of supernatural events
Jeremiah Klaas was dying of multiple sclerosis. Fifteen years post-diagnosis, the disease of the brain and spinal cord had numbed his limbs to the point that he could not walk or drive. His eyes would not focus enough so that he could read. He had been in and out of nursing homes for physical rehabilitation…
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More Young Life victims allege sexual misconduct involving Colorado Springs-based Christian ministry
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Additional potential victims and witnesses claiming sexual misconduct emanating from the Colorado Springs-headquartered Christian ministry Young Life are contacting Denver law firm Rathod / Mohamedbhai LLC for assistance, according to lead attorney Iris Halpern. Meanwhile,…
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Colorado organizations prepare for influx of Afghan refugees
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some of the anticipated thousands of refugees from Afghanistan’s emergency evacuation of workers who have aided American military will resettle in Colorado and Colorado Springs, but it’s too early to tell when and how many, officials said Wednesday. But the state’s three authorized resettlement agencies…
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Police shut down street kickball game in Colorado, warn of child abuse charges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In what authorities admit is an unusual situation, a weekly pickup kickball game on a street in an Old North End neighborhood has been kicked to the curb. A neighborhood street kickball game was shut…
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At 105, longtime Colorado resident still enjoys fishing, Western movies, sports
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Preston Holladay’s hearing is shot, and his cognitive skills aren’t as sharp these days, but the Colorado Springs resident still loves to fish at Eleven Mile Reservoir and, when he’s lucky, grill his catch with…
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At 105, longtime Colorado Springs resident still enjoys fishing, Western movies, sports
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Preston Holladay’s hearing is shot, and his cognitive skills aren’t as sharp these days, but the Colorado Springs resident still loves to fish at Eleven Mile Reservoir and, when he’s lucky, grill his catch with…
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Face masks, social distancing again recommended in Colorado; schools asked to consider mandates
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Schools should consider requiring face masks for unvaccinated children and adults or all children and adults, particularly in higher-risk environments, according to updated restrictions from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that took…
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Face masks, social distancing again recommended in Colorado; schools asked to consider mandates
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Schools should consider requiring face masks for unvaccinated children and adults or all children and adults, particularly in higher-risk environments, according to updated restrictions from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that took…