- More than 800 people applied to be on the commission. Discussions about creating a police accountability group started in May after national protests over the death of George Floyd.
- The Pikes Peak Continuum of Care and two Colorado Springs-based groups are hoping better data will help pinpoint how to serve youth in El Paso County.
- Colorado Springs City Council is set to appoint members of a commission aimed at providing policy input for the Colorado Springs Police Department. Community desire for police oversight began in its current iteration last August with the death of De'Von Bailey.
- The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released new guidelines today on indoor visits in residential care facilities during the state's ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
- Gov. Jared Polis visited Colorado Springs and Pueblo to see Southern Colorado's response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
- The funds will help Las Animas County's 15,000 people access hospital and medical care without a trip north to Colorado Springs or Denver.
- Here are some alternative spaces to avoid crowds from out of town in the Pikes Peak region to get outdoors while social distancing.
- The race will take place Sunday, August 23, with some changes due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
- As the coronavirus pandemic continues, food banks in Salida, Colorado Springs and El Paso County are increasing efforts to make sure people have access to healthy meals.
- Here are some lesser-known hiking trails in the Pikes Peak region to get outdoors while social distancing.
- People can now travel via the river from Leadville to Cañon City for the first time since the 1960s, and trout can migrate upstream to spawn
- First responders in Castle Rock and Colorado Springs are turning to yoga to help them improve their physical and mental health on the job as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
- Here are some lesser-known biking trails in the Pikes Peak region to get outdoors while social distancing.
- Today on Nature’s Neighborhood, Susan Davies of the Trails and Open Space Coalition talks about a few ways to venture through Colorado Springs’ connected park system. We’re going to head into Old Colorado City and check out three historic parks, starting with the newly renovated Bancroft Park.
- The Downtown Partnership’s Art on the Streets program in Colorado Springs starts this Friday with a program engaging with issues of power and public space. Artist Nikki Pike recruited local poets, dancers and artists to create 8-minute pieces reflecting on social and economic justice.
- Monday marks the one-year anniversary of De’Von Bailey’s death. Bailey was a Black Colorado Springs teenager who was shot and killed by police.