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Portions of Waldo Fire burn area to reopen

The U.S. Forest Service today announced that roughly 40 percent of the area burned by last summer's Waldo Canyon Fire...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-21-2013  |  Indy Blog

Bach mum on road closing

Despite the passage of several weeks since the Broadmoor Hotel announced it wants to close a segment of Cheyenne Mountain...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-21-2013  |  Indy Blog

Get your high-fructose corn syrup here

The folks at Baskin Robbins want you to know that they released some new sherbet flavored freezer bars. I know...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-21-2013  |  Indy Blog

J.R. Martinez to speak at Heroes of Mental Health Luncheon

Tonight's the season finale of Season 16 of Dancing With the Stars, a season that pales in comparison to last...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-21-2013  |  Indy Blog

Aimee Cox joins Bach's team

Aimee Cox, who's worked for the City Council as its first administrator under the council-mayor form of government adopted two...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-21-2013  |  Indy Blog

New Coloradan eyes governor's race

Gov. John Hickenlooper kicked butt in the last election, after the GOP nominated a relative unknown, Dan Maes, and right-wing...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-21-2013  |  Indy Blog

Tonight's flood-insurance meeting is for business owners

Ever since the Waldo Canyon Fire, we've been hearing about the risk of severe flooding off the burn scar. Risk...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-21-2013  |  Indy Blog

Baby boom at the zoo!

Full disclosure: I get really excited about baby zoo animals. But this year even those of us not overcome by...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-21-2013  |  Indy Blog

Police chief: Looking at helicopters and drones

Last week, Police Chief Pete Carey said he was looking at reactivating the Police Department's helicopter unit, as well as...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-20-2013  |  Indy Blog

Local chef expands into crazy pop-up dinners

Now that chef Brother Luck is back in town, having run the kitchen at the Craftwood Inn for the last...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-20-2013  |  Indy Blog

Album release show marathon begins tonight

The weekend is upon us, and with it three worthy CD release shows from local artists. Tonight, local hip-hop collective...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-17-2013  |  Indy Blog

Homeless population growing, survey shows

There are at least 1,171 homeless people in El Paso County, a one-day headcount revealed, up from 1,127 in 2012...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-17-2013  |  Indy Blog

NRA is gunning for Morse

This just in from Christy Le Lait, who's working to keep Sen. John Morse from being recalled: A mass mailing...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-17-2013  |  Indy Blog

Bill Elder wastes no time announcing run for sheriff

Remember when there were breaks between election seasons? Take a moment to reminisce, because that's certainly not the case anymore.…...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-17-2013  |  Indy Blog

Bach plays paperboy for Gazette

Mayor Steve Bach sure has an interesting relationship with the daily newspaper. Take, for example, what happened when Gazette reporters...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-17-2013  |  Indy Blog

Federal government fails third-grade punctuation

I kid you not: The lack of apostrophes in the names of landmarks — Zebulon Pike's peak, for instance —...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-16-2013  |  Indy Blog

Joey Diamond lives the dream

Good news: Joey Diamond is coming to Colorado Springs! Now if that sentence didn't trigger an endorphin rush, it may...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-16-2013  |  Indy Blog

Coming soon to Ivywild: ModboCo School of Art

Today, Brett and Lauren Andrus announced they are starting an art school in the Ivywild School. The co-owners of the...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-16-2013  |  Indy Blog

Guthrie, Helm and Croce set for local summer shows

Granted, Colorado Springs doesn’t always get the best-known musicians coming through, but we’ll soon be getting a lot of their...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-15-2013  |  Indy Blog

Pot-shop limit is an option in Manitou Springs

Yesterday, Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach called recreational marijuana a "public safety issue," and indicated that he's likely to advocate...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-15-2013  |  Indy Blog

Funding ban renewed for Pinon Canyon

For the sixth year running, a ban on funding to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site is making its way...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-15-2013  |  Indy Blog

Downtown's Curbside Cuisine now rolling

As properly prognosticated in my Side Dish column in late April, Curbside Cuisine arrived on the scene today. My colleague...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-15-2013  |  Indy Blog

Hick signs 'Breakfast After the Bell'

Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed the bill known as "Breakfast After the Bell" into law. The law means that schools...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-15-2013  |  Indy Blog

Want to support John Morse?

As the effort to recall John Morse continues — and attracts big money on both sides — the El Paso...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-15-2013  |  Indy Blog

Electric-vehicle charging arrives downtown

A parking lot at the southwest corner of North Nevada Avenue and East Cache la Poudre Street is a little...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-14-2013  |  Indy Blog

Mayor Bach: Recreational marijuana is 'public-safety issue'

While Mayor Steve Bach didn't exactly come right out, at his monthly press conference, and say he plans to push...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-14-2013  |  Indy Blog

So sue me, Bach says

Once again, the issue of whether Colorado Springs City Council is getting the sound and unbiased legal advice it needs...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-14-2013  |  Indy Blog

Crimestoppers: We need you.

Yes, by assigning this blog post to the "Breaking News" category I am quite literally and intentionally punning. You see,...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-14-2013  |  Indy Blog

Rockey paintings leave Adam's

Over the years, the food at Adam's Mountain Café hasn't been the only artful element of the restaurant. Over 50...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-13-2013  |  Indy Blog

Have a say in oil and gas leasing of Pike forest

Quick: Name the largest city abutting the Pike and San Isabel national forests and Cimarron and Comanche national grasslands (PSICC)...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-13-2013  |  Indy Blog

About that in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants ...

If you haven’t heard by now, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper recently signed into law Senate Bill 033, allowing undocumented immigrants...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-13-2013  |  Indy Blog

Anti-fracking group sues city

Yesterday, Colorado Springs Citizens for Community Rights filed suit against the city in its ongoing effort to put a ban...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-10-2013  |  Indy Blog

Leaders of Springs Public Market project look to 2015

The task force for the Colorado Springs Public Market project, which we last updated you on here, hosted a community...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-10-2013  |  Indy Blog

Five playful tigers at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Inspired by user grapeormelon's posting of a playful tiger at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo to Colorado Springs' Reddit page, we...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-09-2013  |  Indy Blog

Five things your mother would never expect for Mother's Day

There's all the obvious stuff, like flowers, cards and chocolatey goodness, but those things lack imagination. They're so overdone that...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-09-2013  |  Indy Blog

Life according to @OnlyAtUCCS

As our Ralph Routon wrote about in this week's Between the Lines, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-09-2013  |  Indy Blog

Making Colorado seeks Youth Ambassadors

In an effort to effectively rebrand the state, Making Colorado isn't playing around. The initiative, launched just last month, wants...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-08-2013  |  Indy Blog

Visiting Colorado College teacher up for an Emmy

Earlier this week, Colorado College announced that visiting film studies professor Eric Shaw has been nominated for an "Outstanding Writing...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-08-2013  |  Indy Blog

The Academy Ring Dance invite that should go viral

This isn't about the cadet invite that already went viral and got a lot of national news this week. Instead...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-08-2013  |  Indy Blog

Fix your sidewalk! No really...

What with the stinky economy, the poor job market, and the increasing cost of basic goods like food and gas,...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-08-2013  |  Indy Blog

Bargain hunters: Check out D-11's online auction

Think of it as a really strange, online garage sale. As Colorado Springs School District 11 prepares to close several...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-08-2013  |  Indy Blog

UPDATE: School Districts 2 and 11 want to feed the kids this summer

Colorado Springs School District 11's extensive summer feeding program will continue this year. Anyone ages 1 to 18 is invited...
Colorado Springs Independent  |  05-07-2013  |  Indy Blog
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