- Voters in Colorado Springs appear to be rejecting changes to the city's sales tax designated for trails, open space and parks, known as TOPS.
- Colorado Springs estimates that there's about a $270 million backlog of needs in the park system
- The program would be citywide and could include the physical removal of brush, wildfire education and evacuation planning.
- The state’s second largest city, Colorado Springs celebrates its sesquicentennial on Saturday, July 31, meaning it was founded 150 years ago. There were already people there, Garden of the Gods for example, was considered a sacred space for Indigenous people. But in 1871, Colorado Springs was born. KRCC Managing Editor Andrea Chalfin joins us with insight into then and now.
- 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.
- Colorado Springs continued its sesquicentennial celebration with a festival at Rock Ledge Ranch.
- According to a statement from police, a birthday party was underway that included friends, family and children. Police said a boyfriend of one of the female victims walked inside the residence and began shooting people before shooting and killing himself.
- Three new faces will sit on Colorado Springs City Council.
- Artists would tell the story of public lands after spending two weeks in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands.
- The Pikes Peak Community Foundation has inked a five-year deal with Gather Mountain Blooms for the urban flower farm.
- A new alert system starts up as the city's curfew, which has been in place since October, expires early New Year's Day.
- The annual New Year's Eve fireworks display from atop Pikes Peak from the AdAmAn Club will include an extra display at 9 p.m. to kick off the year-long sesquicentennial celebration in Colorado Springs.
- The holiday shopping season hasn’t been as active as it normally is — with some people out of work and others nervous to shop in person.
- Pueblo County has seen its known positive cases of COVID-19 skyrocket since October.
- The Colorado Springs team, along with the Grand Junction Rockies and the new Northern Colorado Owlz, will play on.
- Trinidad and the surrounding region are preparing for what they hope will be an influx of workers, but there are some challenges to face before that can happen.
