Author: Brennen Kauffman

Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade, the Colorado Springs City Council and more than a dozen city staff members met Thursday morning to kickstart the process to establish the 2026 budget. City leadership went around a table on the second floor of the Penrose House Conference Center to give their priorities for what a potentially tight…

Two immigrants suspected to be in the country illegally were on the run Thursday after allegedly attempting to ram their vehicle into law enforcement officials during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in the Black Forest area, according to an ICE spokesperson. An officer reportedly fired three shots into the vehicle, which fled and was…

Natalie Lovell had more than a decade of experience with Colorado Springs before she was appointed city auditor in March. Lovell was an auditor in the office and helped manage the accounting for Colorado Springs Utilities since 2016. According to the city website, she is certified as a construction industry financial professional and project management…

Colorado Springs will try to spare public safety and municipal parks from the impact of the city’s roughly $11 million budget shortfall, Mayor Yemi Mobolade said Wednesday during his monthly press briefing. The shortfall, largely driven by lower sales tax revenue, will force the city to not fill vacant positions and limit spending on discretionary equipment. City…

The Colorado Springs Fire Department and the U.S. Forest Service will be partnering in a new effort to mitigate the wildfire risk around Colorado Springs. The agreement announced Tuesday allows the city’s Fire Department to do mitigation work on Forest Service land near the city limits, using either contracted work or city resources. Fire Department…

The split between the Colorado Springs City Council and Mayor Yemi Mobolade on the retail marijuana tax continued Tuesday when the council overrode Mobolade’s first veto of his term in office. The City Council voted 6-3 at the meeting Tuesday to override the veto Mobolade issued for an amendment allowing the council to seek grant…

Over the next few weeks, a pilot program from the Downtown Partnership will add more people providing security and outreach in an attempt to improve the city core. Leaders from the Partnership told the Colorado Springs City Council Monday morning about the three-part plan to help improve downtown Colorado Springs. The proposed 19-month Clean &…

By the slimmest margin, the Colorado Springs City Council backed the proposed master plan to manage Fishers Canyon Open Space for the next decade. Fishers Canyon covers 343 acres of mountains and forests on the back end of the Broadmoor Bluffs neighborhood, including the eastern slope of Cheyenne Mountain. The city purchased the sprawling open space…