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Jaffa Opera House awarded $1.8 million to help clean up asbestos
This is the first step in renovating the building into ground-floor shops and artist studios, estimated at a total of $13 million.
Couple goes on trial over staged cross burning in front of campaign sign during Colorado Springs mayoral election
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade, the city's first elected Black mayor, is scheduled to testify in the case as a victim.
Longtime Pueblo charter school with financial woes to close after losing state appeal
The board voted 7-1 to reject Chávez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy’s request to overturn the Pueblo 60 district’s January decision to end the charter contract because of what district officials described as ongoing fiscal mismanagement at the school.
Preservation and revitalization work in Raton’s historic downtown gains national recognition
“Raton MainStreet’s efforts in our downtown, from business technical assistance to event planning, have completely rearranged the narrative that Raton is dying; in fact, it is thriving.”
Historic Penny Arcade in Manitou Springs under new ownership
After nearly a century being run by the same family, the historic Penny Arcade in Manitou Springs has a new owner.
What to expect from the 17th annual Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls
Tickets go on sale Monday, May 19 for 2025's Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls.
Colorado Springs city council passes resolution reaffirming it is not a “sanctuary city”
This is the third time the council has approved a resolution regarding this issue in the last year and a half.
District 49 sues Colorado and state athletic association over protections for transgender students
District 49 filed the lawsuit a day after passing a policy barring transgender youth from school sports teams that match their gender identity.
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