Author: DEBBIE KELLEY debbie.kelley@gazette.com

Statewide and in the Pikes Peak region, all federal funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 were earmarked for use by the U.S. Treasury Department’s deadline of Dec. 31, 2024, officials say. However, recipients have until the end of 2026 to spend the COVID-19-era economic support and stimulus money. Nearly $2 trillion…

An out-of-state developer that served as the general contractor on Colorado Springs’ first affordable-housing project built on church property — and that Gov. Jared Polis came to town to tout a few weeks ago — hasn’t paid numerous subcontractors, resulting in more than $1.2 million in liens, public records show. The construction arm of Wisconsin-based Commonwealth…

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. Uncertainty about the future and concern about past attitudes have created post-election stress for many members of the LGBTQ+ community, according to mental health professionals. Lauren Slye, vice president of…

Rebecca Nusbaum came home from work one day in June to find a sticky note on her front door. Someone was interested in talking to her about a local wind turbine project. “Huh,” she thought. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Nusbaum already can see all 145 wind turbines of the Golden West Wind Energy Center from the…