- America the Beautiful Park in Colorado Springs has a complicated history. Dozens of families, many made up of racial minorities, were gone when the city decided to raze the Conejos Neighborhood in Downtown Colorado Springs in the 1990s and early 2000s to make way for it. But for former residents of the neighborhood, the change was not painless.
- What used to the the Conejos neighborhood in Colorado Springs is now the America The Beautiful Park. But a permanent exhibit at the Pioneers Museum will ensure the contributions to the development and history of Colorado Springs made by the people who lived there, will never be forgotten.
- A mangled and rusted steel beam from the twin towers stands outside the primary visitor’s entrance to Fort Carson Army Base.
- The median single family home in the area sits at a price of $450,000, according to August data from the Pikes Peak Association of Realtors. That’s the highest the median price has ever been, though it has held steady at that price for three months now.
- Much of the Space Force’s current mission is operated out of bases in Colorado.
- Millions of service members have already taken the vaccine voluntarily. Yet, many remain reluctant. Members of the military at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs are split on the issue.
- The amount of water the company bottles each year barely registers in the scope of what’s used in the state each year, but opponents say worsening drought in Colorado and drier, hotter summers mean now is not the time.
- Colorado Springs housing prices set records for the fifth month in a row in June.
- The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum officially opened in Colorado Springs last July -- shortly into the COVID-19 pandemic that kept people confined to their homes for months. Acting CEO Phil Lane explains how the museum made it through the shutdown and what’s ahead.
- Through interviews with nearly 4,000 athletes in more than 50 sports, the nonprofit U.S. Center for SafeSport also found nearly 10 percent said they experienced inappropriate sexual contact themselves.
- The death was ruled a homicide last year, but the 4th Judicial District Attorney later ruled the use of force was justified.
- Eight-time national javelin champion Kara Winger lives and trains in Colorado Springs and is getting ready to compete in her fourth Olympic games after overcoming an injury to her ACL.
- Comedian Jay Gillespie worked the Denver standup scene for eight years before taking his act on the road in 2018, playing shows in New York, Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest. Now, he spends his nights talking to a webcam in a vacant Trinidad storefront in Southern Colorado.
- A brand new, $65 million Summit House Complex at the top of America’s Mountain is set to open next week.
- The county knows each unhoused veteran and can house each of them. Now a national group is recognizing the feat.
