- The group working to restore the historic Colorado Springs City Auditorium has upped the cost estimate to $87 million. That's an increase of more than half of what was originally expected and a result of unanticipated problems with the building's foundation.
- The El Paso County Board of Commissioners took a formal position this week in opposing the legalization of marijuana in Colorado Springs and Palmer Lake.
- The number of fires started at homeless camps in El Paso County is growing. This prompted several area fire chiefs to ask for help from county commissioners yesterday.
- Northeast Colorado Springs could soon have more than 350 acres in open space near the intersection of Powers and Interquest Parkway.
- Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers is calling for an investigation into comments allegedly made by Colorado Springs police officers during protests and marches in 2020 and 2021. The incidents were captured on body cameras worn by members of the CSPD.
- The Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority utilizes a one-cent sales tax to fund transportation projects in the region.
- The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, policy changes and a formal written apology.
- There will soon be a major expansion at the Pueblo Historic Arkansas Riverwalk.
- El Paso County is budgeting $473 million for expenses next year. That includes a five percent salary increase for employees. The bump in pay is to accommodate for the increased cost of living.
- The city of Colorado Springs could see close to $1 million set aside for additional police officers in next year's budget.
- The group came to a consensus in supporting the third-party review of the department and the eight recommendations within it.
- The Colorado Springs Independent and its sister publications will adopt nonprofit funding models next month.
- Former social workers in El Paso County say kids are slipping through the cracks. A major part of the problem, they say, is turnover within the Department of Human Services. And those who remain suffer through massive workloads.
- But one Colorado region did even better.
- The case against Robert Dear has been in legal limbo for years since the 2015 attack on the Colorado Springs clinic.
- Work will continue on the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, following the approval of $2.5 million from city council.
