Author: Mary Shinn mary.shinn@gazette.com
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Colorado Springs City Council approves controversial water rule
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs City Council tweaked and approved a controversial water ordinance Tuesday that will benefit existing developers within the city and could block large annexations planning to build new neighborhoods. The updated ordinance will require Colorado Springs Utilities to have 128% of the water…
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Colorado Springs Utilities plans Montgomery Reservoir expansion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Montgomery Reservoir near the summit of Hoosier Pass could be getting bigger in the coming decade as Colorado Springs Utilities works to expand water storage for dry years. Sitting at the base of soaring peaks,…
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Colorado Springs power plant set to shutter, ‘enhancing’ skyline and mountain view
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Utilities will shut down power production at Martin Drake Power Plant on Thursday as part of long-term plans to take down one of the last remaining urban power plants in the country. …
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Colorado Springs officials launch emergency readiness effort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If a wildfire blazed into Colorado Springs, firefighters could call evacuations in targeted zones rather than sweeping swaths of the city to help prevent traffic congestion and help residents get out faster. The new evacuation…
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Ignored for decades, Colorado River tribes fight for their water rights
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah • Navajo Nation residents in pickup trucks rumbled along dusty dirt roads in the ethereal painted desert of Monument Valley in August to a well where they fill up water tanks, sometimes multiple times a day. The well spigot in the dirt parking lot…
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Colorado Springs residents asked to weigh in on passenger rail station location
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs residents can weigh in on a future site of a passenger rail station before the city makes its final selection next month. The train station could serve Amtrak trains and a future commuter-rail…
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Recreational marijuana questions head to ballot amid market slump
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This story has been updated to correct the vote count. The Colorado Springs City Council put the final administrative stamp of approval Wednesday on recreational marijuana questions that will head to the voters in November…
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Colorado Springs wildfire management could get better with traffic modeling, Google partnership
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs City Council got a sales pitch Monday on how much better the wildfire evacuation software the city has already purchased could get in the coming months with the addition of traffic modeling and…
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Colorado River basin farms stunted by megadrought, as more sacrifice lies ahead
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Farmers across the Colorado River Basin are facing an uncertain future in agriculture as the river’s watershed faces ongoing drought, rising irrigation costs, and conservation cutbacks. (Video by Skyler Ballard) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “Tipping Point: Colorado River basin farms stunted by megadrought”,…
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Colorado Springs voters to decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana sales in city
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs and add a local tax to them in November. The Your Choice Colorado Springs campaign announced Monday morning in a news release that…