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A statue of Colorado Springs’ founder on a horse sits smack in the middle of Nevada and Platte Avenues downtown, June 30, 2025. A bus and car pass by.

How one Colorado Springs intersection and a bronze monument became a crossroads for controversy

By Hayley Sanchez

multiple vehicles stopped along a road with flames and smoke coming from a smashed vehicle

I-70 reopens after long closure due to deadly multi-car crash and fire

By Kiara DeMare, Alejandro A. Alonso Galva, and Haylee May

White and black PikeRide Bike parked outside in Colorado Springs

Make way for e-bikes on some Colorado Springs trails this summer

By Olivia Bagan

An electric vehicle at a charging station

Government and Politics

Colorado’s tax credits for EVs, e-bikes and heat pumps will be cut in half next year

By Colorado Sun

An empty dirt parking lot with two buildings on site.

New parking hub opens in Manitou Springs

roadway signs

Rockfall mitigation along US 24 from Cascade to Manitou Springs

By Olivia Bagan

A yellow excavator perched on a pile of mud alongside a two-lane road

Loveland pass is now open, following landslide

By Kiara DeMare

Online open house for Colorado’s Front Range Passenger Rail closes Sunday, June 15

By Havalin Haskell

A bronze statue of a person on horseback stands on a stone pedestal at a street corner, with a red brick building and several cars at an intersection in the background.

Part of Boulder Street in downtown Colorado Springs closing for Palmer High School renovations

Roundabout around General Palmer statue is too expensive, Colorado Springs study says

By Andrea Chalfin

machines clear rocks after a rockslide on a highway

Rockslide mitigation work to cause intermittent closures of Highways 96 and 165 in Custer County

By Shanna Lewis

Traffic on Interstate 25 south of Denver

There are more angry drivers on Colorado’s roads — and experts see a lot of things to blame

A floor sign points the way to Uber’s pickup location at Denver International Airport

Gov. Polis rejects rideshare safety bill prompted by sexual assault of state lawmaker

By Bente Birkeland and Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun

The control tower at Denver International Airport can be seen behind Terminal B

‘It pisses me off’ — Colorado’s Congressional delegation still waiting for answers on air traffic control outage

A United Airlines passenger jet approaches Denver International Airport for landing

FAA confirms brief loss of communication between air traffic controllers and some planes Monday

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