Author: By Debbie Kelley

Male juvenile offenders who are exiting locked detention centers and stepping down to rejoin society will have a new supervised place to live temporarily in El Paso County. The county’s Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 Tuesday with one member absent to approve funding of $300,000 from a 2023 Colorado House bill that pays for services…

A desire to respond to a top challenge facing low-income families in Colorado Springs caught the eye of state officials deciding how sales tax money will be spent to create more affordable housing projects across Colorado. A quality, government-subsidized early childhood education center for kids from six weeks to 6 years old will be one…

Some tenants who live in federally subsidized public housing in Colorado Springs say they believe their involvement in organizing tenants’ rights groups at their apartment complexes has led to blowback from the Colorado Springs Housing Authority, including to the point of imminent eviction. “The retaliation and intimidation have been ongoing and blatant,” said Betty Field,…

Surprise, excitement and anticipation characterize what many Colorado Springs Catholics felt on Thursday, as white smoke from the papal conclave signaled that American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen as the next leader of the church. “When you look at his background, he really has a lot of what a pope needs,” said Lucas Pollice,…

Colorado Springs’ only resettlement agency for refugees and asylum-seekers has been forced to lay off employees and adopt an emergency-management protocol since Jan. 20, when the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump suspended federal funding for such agencies, according to Floyd Preston, director of the local office of Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains. “It’s been extremely…

The amiable Roman Catholic leader for the past 12 years, Pope Francis, died early Monday morning leaving a legacy as the pope of peace, mercy and overarchingly a champion for the common people, some of his flock noted Monday in reflecting on his passing. Colorado Springs resident Leah Aguirre said she couldn’t believe that Pope…

A waiting list of more than 2,880 Colorado Springs households seeking federally subsidized Section 8 housing vouchers is not shrinking, nor is it growing. Two months ago, the Colorado Springs Housing Authority paused new issuance of processing applications from the list as units open up, said Chad Wright, executive director of the independent agency. “With…

Another school in the boundaries of Colorado Springs District 11 is closing. It is not a traditional or charter school this time but a parochial school that’s having the same kind of issues that led to multiple building shutdowns over the past 17 years in D-11, the city’s oldest district. Changing demographics in the downtown…

The most important thing to know about child abuse — and not only during the National Child Abuse Prevention Month of April — is anytime you see, hear or suspect something, say something, Gov. Jared Polis said Wednesday, while touring Safe Passage in Colorado Springs. The children’s advocacy center is the state’s only site where kids…

The defendant who tops the “failure to appear” list for mandatory Colorado Springs Municipal Court hearings has 25 open cases and 300 instances of not showing up, a situation that makes the presiding administrator, Judge HayDen W. Kane II, shake his head and heave a deep sigh. Another 20 defendants each have racked up more…