courier news feature
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Great Outdoors Colorado awards $82K mitigation grant to Green Mountain Falls
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An $82,200 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado to the town of Green Mountain Falls is part of the ongoing effort to protect the community from catastrophic fire. Surrounded by Pike National Forest, the town is one of the state’s most risk-prone areas. Nate Scott, the town clerk, wrote the successful grant application. With the grant,…
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In Colorado and beyond, art therapy is a surprising route toward healing
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When the words won’t come, therapist Tara Alexander has an idea for her patients. How about drawing? she might ask. Or painting? Or clay sculpting? The possibilities are endless from the cupboard in her Colorado Springs office, filled with markers, colored pencils, brushes, yarn, tinsel, pipe cleaners, bits of wood and textile, beads, confetti, googly…
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Cripple Creek resident wins state tourism award
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Peggy Sorenson of Cripple Creek won the Jack Snow Outstanding Volunteer Award given by the Colorado Tourism Office. Peggy Sorenson accepts the Jack Snow Outstanding Volunteer Award at the ceremony in Snowmass this fall.Courtesy of Klaryssa Murray Sorenson is the inaugural recipient of the award established this year by the tourism office, a division of…
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Sen. John Hickenlooper talks Inflation Reduction Act during visit to Woodland Park
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In a time of a housing crisis in Colorado, Sen. John Hickenlooper, stopped in Woodland Park this month to learn about the issues in Teller County. “Interest rates are increasing, which cuts down on the affordability of our homebuyers and we are struggling to keeps our costs down,” said Zanya Rodabough, president of Teller County…
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Teller County commissioners emphasize reliability of Dominion voting machines prior to election
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The Teller County Board of County Commissioners rejected a request by four residents to hand count ballots and scrap the county’s Dominion voting machines for the Nov. 8 election. Tim Northrup repeated his request at the commissioners meeting Oct. 13. Before responding, commission chair Dan Williams remarked that Northrup had appeared before the commissioners “four…
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Marijuana sales in Cripple Creek? Voters will decide next month
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Cripple Creek voters will decide next month if they want to legalize the sale of recreational and medical marijuana in city limits. If voters in the small gold-mining and casino community of around 1,200 residents approve the initiative, Cripple Creek would be the first Teller County municipality to allow marijuana sales. Campaign proponents say the…
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Cripple Creek voters will decide recreational marijuana ballot question in November
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Cripple Creek City Council rejected an ordinance that would have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana, sending the measure to the voters. Councilmembers Missy Trenary, Charles Solomone and Mark Green voted yes; Mayor Milford Ashworth voted no; and Mayor Pro Tem Tom Litherland abstained on the vote, taken during the Aug. 3 council meeting. During…
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Overwhelming majority of Florence City Council resigns amid alleged corruption
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Six of seven members Florence City Council resigned Tuesday after months of dealing with corruption, a pair of former council members said. The remaining councilmember is the city’s mayor, Paul Villagrana. The development is another blow to the city, which saw its former city manager, Mike Patterson, arrested in November on suspicion of two counts…
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Republican Carl Andersen announces run for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District
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Announcing his candidacy last week to represent Teller County in the 7th Congressional District, Carl Andersen was emotional and forceful about his platform as a conservative Republican. With the recent congressional redistricting, Teller County moved from the 5th to the 7th Congressional District, which is held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. Perlmutter, 68, of…
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Polis outlines vision for a more affordable Colorado in State of the State address in Colorado Springs
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Gov. Jared Polis told Pikes Peak region officials Wednesday evening during his annual local address hosted by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce & EDC he remains optimistic for Colorado’s future, despite several challenges the state faces. In a truncated version of the State of the State speech Polis made to the Colorado General Assembly…
