Budget process underway in Colorado Springs, and the city is handling marijuana tax revenue for the first time
There has been contention over how the money would be spent since shortly after the city started collecting the money in April.
Colorado Springs Utilities 2026 plan adds requirements for large load power users
The change is aimed at protecting customers from the extra cost associated with massive power consumers.
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade talks about the budget and issues facing the city
Mobolade also touched on the city’s “purple” politics and the loss of Space Command.
Pueblo residents will decide, again, who will manage the city
This November, Puebloans are deciding, for the second time in the last decade, if they want an elected mayor or an appointed city manager to oversee the city.
Pueblo’s voters will decide this November on two separate sales tax measures
Two ballot measures in the city of Pueblo have to do with sales taxes. One aims to increase the sales tax to help with the general fund.
Colorado Springs City Council kills proposal to charge solar customers more for peak hour usage
Many solar customers said they spent tens of thousands of dollars installing solar panels, and the change would renege on incentives from the past.
Authorities search for suspects in separate elk poaching in Las Animas County and near Great Sand Dunes
Authorities are searching for a 6-foot-tall Caucasian male with brown hair in connection with the poaching in the Great Sand Dunes.
Colorado Springs’ draft 2026 city budget contains $31 million in proposed cuts
New projections for 2025 show city revenues will likely come in under original budget projections by $15 million.
Palmer Lake Buc-ee’s moving forward with a townwide vote, rezoning hearing moved to next year
If voters choose to annex the land where the Buc-ee’s will be, leaders will still have to vote to rezone the land before it can be built.
Six bodies identified in Pueblo’s Davis Mortuary scandal; officials continue to ask for patience
“Please be patient with us. I have basically my entire office working on this, and we will try to get it done as quickly as we can,” the assistant director at the CBI said.
El Paso County coroner warns of the comeback of a powerful opioid
Carfentanil was originally developed as a large animal tranquilizer, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It’s 100 times stronger than fentanyl, and 10,000 times stronger than morphine.
Colorado Springs Mayor Mobolade focuses on economy and public safety in third State of the City
“Welcome to my half-time report, also known as the state of the city address,” said Mobolade, who is halfway through his first term.
How a possible Buc-ee’s travel plaza has divided one Colorado town
Last year, Buc-ee’s opened its first Colorado location, an expansive 74,000 square-foot outpost in Weld County filled with beaver-branded merch, brisket sandwiches and sweets.
Experienced hunters found dead in Conejos County last week were struck by lightning, authorities say
The bodies were found two miles from the trailhead where the car of the two missing hunters was previously located.
Colorado Springs set to cut nearly 40 jobs amid anticipated budget shortfall
The city is also closing a community center and implementing scheduled furloughs.
20 year contract secured for Lake Pueblo’s North Shore Marina
On Thursday CPW announced O’Neil Group won the bid to operate the state park’s motorized boat dock until 2045.
