After 13 years on city council and more than 30 years in public service, Colorado Springs City Council President Pro Tem Richard Skorman is resigning. Skorman handily won re-election in April for what would have been a four-year term citing unforeseen business challenges from the pandemic.

El Paso County has seen an increase in heroin and fentanyl-related deaths in recent years, as is the case throughout the state.

After nearly 70 years of operation in various forms, the Simpich Showcase will close on Dec. 23. With it goes traditions and memories, especially around the holidays.

The Colorado Springs City Auditorium could soon see new life.

Ultimately, he said the decision to leave is a sad one, citing unforeseen business challenges from the pandemic as the reason.

Ashley Cornelius, an award-winning spoken word poet, plans to use her two years in the role to bring visibility to poetry in the Pikes Peak region.

In the mountains west of Colorado Springs, schools in Cripple Creek and Victor are changing how they teach, to emphasize technical education and career readiness. A $1.4 million dollar state grant will help. KRCC's Abigail Beckman joins us with her report and what other schools districts are doing in southern Colorado to improve learning and close equity gaps.

The district has about 350 students in kindergarten through 12th grade with a four-year graduation rate of just under 85 percent. That's higher than the state average, but the real issue is finding work after graduation — only a handful of students go on to four-year colleges.

On July 31, 1871, the city of Colorado Springs was officially born. The city is celebrating its sesquicentennial with a "Parade Through Time" and a festival, both taking place downtown. We'll be updating this page daily leading up to July 31, with conversations, stories and photos as we look back on our city.

A local photographer is showcasing re-creations of historic images of Colorado Springs in an exhibit that opens this week at Library 21C.

The Florissant Fossil Beds joins the Mesa Verde and the Great Sand Dunes national parks as a certified International Dark Sky Park.

An art installation on display this month in Colorado Springs celebrates Black creatives in recognition of the upcoming Junteenth holiday. The Juneteenth Art Gallery at Cottonwood Center for the Arts includes the work of 12 artists from across the Front Range.

Colorado is getting another seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, and that change significantly raises the stakes for the state’s new redistricting process.

And the clock is ticking.

Before COVID, teachers at Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs wanted to form deeper connections with their students — many of whom are in low income households. So, while sticking with traditional parent teacher conferences, they also began meeting with kids and parents in the students' homes.

Colorado Springs ballot measure 2A seeks to keep the local economy operating at 2019 levels in order to help the city recover from the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.