For the man who lives in a hole in Park County, winter is a ‘constant battle’
We met Jim McKinney last year as he was living in a hole he dug as he was trying to build his house. High building costs have kept him in the hole this winter as he tries to complete his new home.
By Dan Boyce
Home prices skyrocketed again in Denver and Colorado Springs in February, but people kept buying them anyway
Median home prices in the greater Denver Metropolitan Area shot up $35,000 in a single month, up to $575,000. In the Pikes Peak region, prices were up to $465,000.
By Dan Boyce
Pueblo is still home to nearly 200,000 mustard gas weapons from WWII. Workers have started dismantling the last of them.
The Pueblo chemical depot has been destroying hundreds of thousands of World War II-era chemical weapons since 2016. It’s now heading into its final stages, where it starts intentionally blowing up much of the remaining stockpile in a controlled isolation chamber.
By Dan Boyce
Bipartisan poll finds spiking concern over water supply and climate change in Colorado and Western states
The results also suggest broad and growing support for policies promoting environmental stewardship and those increasing protections for and access to public lands.
By Dan Boyce
The Colorado Symphony is getting a new principal conductor. And he wants to shake things up to stay relevant
Oundjian says the symphony needs to balance classical music traditions with the evolution necessary to remain relevant.
By Dan Boyce
Colorado Springs expands area where it’s illegal to sit or lie in public right of way, sparking outcry from advocates for homeless
Colorado Springs City Council voted Tuesday to increase the size of a downtown district where it’s illegal to sit or lie down in public rights of way.
By Dan Boyce
Colorado Springs will pay nearly $3 million to family of De’Von Bailey to settle lawsuit in his shooting death at hands of police
In addition to the $2.975 million the city will pay, it has also agreed to several reforms in the police department, including annual anti-bias training for officers.
Air Force Academy cadets used to learn military strategy in classrooms. Now they’re using war-gaming flight simulators
Flight simulators are not new to the academy grounds, though in the past their use was focused on teaching cadets the basic principles of flying aircraft.
By Dan Boyce
It’s not just Denver, housing prices are also skyrocketing in Colorado Springs, and it may be a while before they slow down
They’re still setting new records, and one expert says it might be a decade before housing prices cool off along the Front Range.
By Dan Boyce
‘Out of the cycle of poverty, permanently’: Colorado Springs ‘tiny home’ community opens for at-risk young adults
Potential residents will be nominated from human services organizations in Colorado Springs. Initial leases will last for two years to allow tenants to adjust to adult responsibilities and process trauma.
By Dan Boyce
Cripple Creek hopes a 9-month moratorium on new short-term rentals will ease its workforce housing crisis
Following other scrambling local governments in Colorado ski towns, Cripple Creek has issued a nine-month moratorium on opening or operating new short-term rental properties.
By Dan Boyce
Pueblo’s mayor wants a new countywide mask mandate
The push has been met with some backlash, though.
By Dan Boyce
A new skyscraper could be coming to Colorado Springs. Not everyone is thrilled
A proposal to put a 25-story apartment building, and a separate, 11-story office building, has some looking to Colorado Springs’ future, but not everyone is convinced that the buildings would be a good fit.
By Dan Boyce
Living costs rise in Colorado Springs — above the national average — and to its highest recorded level ever
And they’re up in Denver too.
By Dan Boyce
Inside its 14-story ‘cocoon,’ restoration work continues on Air Force Academy chapel
See photos of the $150 million renovation in the works.
By Dan Boyce
Incarcerated people are fighting Colorado’s wildfires — including this week’s Kruger Rock Fire
A law passed this year by the state legislature paved the way for more inmates to help fight fires in Colorado. Now they’re getting to work.
By Dan Boyce