Author: By MARY SHINN
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Recreational marijuana questions head to ballot in Colorado Springs amid market slump
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The Colorado Springs City Council put the final administrative stamp of approval Wednesday on recreational marijuana questions that will head to the voters in November amid a downturn in the cannabis market statewide and locally. The board voted 8 to 2 to forward a citizen-backed question to voters that, if approved, would allow the existing…
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Colorado Springs wildfire safety advocates to take their case to the state
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Colorado Springs wildfire advocates are taking their case for evacuation modeling to state lawmakers Wednesday, after the City Council decided not to go forward with any of their recommendations. Advocates with Westside Watch will emphasize the importance of cities and communities knowing how long it can take residents to evacuate an area and making that…
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Colorado Springs apartment project case headed to Colorado Court of Appeals
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The fight over whether apartments should be allowed near the end of Garden of the Gods Road is headed to the state Court of Appeals, in what could be a precedent-setting case. The Colorado Springs City Council refused to rezone property at 2424 Garden of the Gods Road last fall, blocking the construction of 420…
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Colorado Springs voters to decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana sales in city
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Voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs and add a local tax to them in November. The Your Choice Colorado Springs campaign announced Monday morning in a news release that the Colorado Springs City Clerk’s Office validated more than enough signatures on petitions to place the companion questions on the…
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El Paso County Clerk and Recorder candidate Peter Lupia refuses to concede
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El Paso County Clerk and Recorder candidate Peter Lupia announced Wednesday he would not concede the race to his primary opponent, despite losing by a wide margin. Lupia garnered 34% of the vote, and El Paso County Assessor Steve Schleiker received 66% in the race for the clerk’s office, according to unofficial results from the…
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Colorado Springs, CDOT preparing for Front Range rail ahead of possible tax ask
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The city of Colorado Springs is hiring a consultant to determine where a new train station could be built to serve a proposed Front Range rail line. The $200,000 grant-funded study to examine locations for a station is one of several steps government officials are taking ahead of asking voters to raise sales taxes to…
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100 years ago Pueblo’s great flood reshaped the state
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When torrential flood water swept through Pueblo 100 years ago it carried away train cars, livestock, businesses and hundreds of homes, and killed an unknown number of people. The deluge also reshaped the booming industrial town and in turn the trajectory of the state. “There was talk about Pueblo becoming the state capital. It had…
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Anti-tax advocate Douglas Bruce plans to fight for property post-demolition
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The city of Colorado Springs demolished the shell of a house on the west side this week that anti-tax advocate Douglas Bruce was fighting to reclaim. He expects to keep fighting for the property post demolition. For some neighbors the demolition of the house on Kiowa Street in Old Colorado City was a long-awaited win.…
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Polis extends mask order with new provision for vaccinated people
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Gov. Jared Polis extended the statewide mask order Sunday through June 1 with a new provision to allow groups of people to gather without masks if a majority of them have been vaccinated. The order allows groups of 10 or more people to go without a mask in a public indoor space if 80% of…
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How to take care of your COVID-19 vaccination card
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Small white coronavirus vaccination cards are the star of countless photos on social media and will likely become even more important as new vaccination passport programs get started. Vaccine passport programs are perhaps the hottest coronavirus topic nationally and could allow those vaccinated to travel more freely. The vaccination passport program recently launched in New…
