1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (324+ words) Moni Hernandez estimated that 25,000 people attended the first day of the fifth Fiestas Patrias in Colorado Springs. The count was through 5 p.m., and she believed more people may come to bring attendance closer to last year’s 32,000. Plus, there will be a…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (263+ words) Ilse Venter does it all and then some. And now she’s about to throw open the doors to her inaugural Wild West Home & Homemade Expo at Norris Penrose Event Center on Sept. 19-20. Venter, who moved with her family to the…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (409+ words) Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care has left its mark on Nancy Lewis Park through the past three decades: Trees planted, memorial benches placed, art fixtures displayed. With the park approaching 30 years in the Templeton Gap area of Colorado Springs, Pikes…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (123+ words) First responders are invited to climb the Manitou Incline Friday morning in memory of the almost three thousand people killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The 2,000-foot climb honors the 343 firefighters who died in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (698+ words) Water is Colorado’s most precious resource, and the earlier residents learn to use it responsibly, the better. That was the overarching message of the 2026 Pikes Peak Children’s Water Festival, held Wednesday at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. More than 475 fourth-grade…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (505+ words) After a massage focused on the flow of spinal fluid Tuesday morning, military veteran Tasha McGinley’s thoughts felt crisper. “I’ve been not as scatterbrained,” she explained. The craniosacral therapy, a light massage focused along the spinal column to help cerebrospinal…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (786+ words) Some events required tickets 7-Year Anniversary Weekend — 6-9 p.m. Sept. 11, with a live DJ, food and drinks with proceeds benefiting Dream Centers, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 12, with demo rides, local vendors and CVMA Springfield Motorcycle raffle to benefit combat veterans, Pikes Peak…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (686+ words) Our family’s soft spot for dogs triggered a lot of tears last week as we bid goodbye to Shadow, our beloved Great Dane. Tall, regal and friendly – a true gentle giant befitting the reputation of his breed, he came to…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (225+ words) September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness, spread hope and spark meaningful action around one of the most urgent mental health issues of our time. These numbers represent people, not statistics. They are parents, children, spouses,…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (225+ words) September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness, spread hope and spark meaningful action around one of the most urgent mental health issues of our time. These numbers represent people, not statistics. They are parents, children, spouses,…...