Southeast Colorado Springs has more needs than many neighborhoods.  It needs more, better bus service, less distance between ...

It was the summer of 2015 when the Animas River in southern Colorado turned such a garish orange-gold that it made national ...

Canvas will provide $50,000 a year to food pantries on Pikes Peak State College's Centennial, Downtown and Rampart campuses.

The Colorado Springs Independent captures the essence of this city, engaging with its political and environmental issues while highlighting its vibrant cultural scene.

Jolhea Bautista-Muhammad didn’t expect all of the more than 100 people who RSVP’ed to come to the Nov. 10 grand opening of her new restaurant, the Kamayan Hideaway in the Satellite Hotel, but ...

Three councilmembers have signed a letter asking the Pikes Peak Library District to reverse or delay the closure of ...

After being told that her scripts featuring Native American characters were uncastable, Sicangu Lakota playwright Larissa ...

It’s Saturday, Sept. 28 — a little over a month before the election.  Jeff Crank, the leading candidate to replace outgoing ...

This story has been updated following the release of the final results on Nov. 14. El Paso County voters have cast their ...

Dave Reynolds If you ever had a unit on haiku in English class, the brunt of your effort reading and composing haiku was ...

Hi there, my name is katrina. I am homeless. All I have seen out of the programs was trespassing tickets, camping tickets, and the HOT team throwing the homeless persons’ belongings in the trash ...

Airman 1 st Class Albert Moore, who shot down an enemy MiG fighter jet from the tail of a B-52D during the Vietnam War, has been honored with a plaque at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The plaque was ...