- UCHealth has launched a pilot program aimed at preventing veteran suicides in El Paso County. It's open to all veterans and their family members, regardless of discharge status or years of service.
- A positive section of the report shows 35 donors provided 120 life-saving organs after autopsies were concluded.
- A pie baking contest, a pollinator party, a community potluck and more.
- A lawsuit filed against the city last week says when an election is held can result in unfair practices just as much as where or how the election takes place.
- The six murals and six sculptures were chosen from more than 100 proposals and feature artists from Canada, New York as well as several from Colorado.
- A seven-story structure will have 214 units ranging in size from studios to two-bedroom units that will be at market-rate.
- Rescue crews were called to the site at 8:30 a.m. to search for the two workers trapped under an 80-foot pile of coal.
- Although construction on the changes to the south Tejon and south Nevada crossings is a ways away, a recent grant from the federal government will help the city with engineering and environmental studies.
- A group of community stakeholders wants to revitalize a seven-mile stretch of Monument and Fountain Creeks in Colorado Springs with spots for tubing and kayaking, as well as waterfronts and opportunities for neighborhood development.
- That means all recreational fires, fireworks, and trash burning will not be allowed within city limits.
- Joshua Scott Allen was arrested and charged with "Firing Woods or Prairie," a class 6 felony.
- No structures are threatened at this time The cause is unknown.
- The El Paso County Coroner's Office confirmed the death, but is not releasing any more information at this time.
- The fire spread into southeast Colorado Springs, forcing the evacuation of about 50 homes and shutting down the Colorado Springs airport for several hours.
- A grass fire near the 6700 block of Ackerman Drive in Colorado Springs started around noon.
- The Cripple Creek Care Center is closing in June after nearly half a century in operation. It's one of the nearly 400 nursing homes throughout the U.S. facing closure this year as a direct result of staffing shortages.
