GOP Rivals Jeff Crank and Dave Williams Vie for Colorado’s 5th District Amid Party Tensions: This primary may determine the district's future amidst significant GOP infighting.

In Goldman Sachs’ “Music in the Air” report for the year of 2023, it was estimated that the live music industry brought in revenues of $33.1 billion — a 20% increase from the estimated $26 ...

When I revisited Concrete Coyote three weeks later, the masses who had gathered for the nonprofit’s 20th anniversary party had disappeared. Strong winds blew dirt into my eyes and mouth. It took ...

The red Ford F-250 rocked back and forth like a ship on dangerous waters as it made its way up the steep slope. “You’re not afraid of heights, are you?” asked Jerry Schnabel. “I forget to ...

March 18, 2020, was my 18th birthday and the day Gov. Jared Polis closed schools in Colorado. I don’t remember much about the day itself, beyond a cake of chocolate, strawberries and cream ...

In tandem with the pervasive threat of TB, the curative power of nature promoted by mid-19th-century writers grew into an interpretation of American wilderness areas as therapeutic in the 1870s ...

Welcome to the first issue of the new Colorado Springs Independent. I know what some of you might be thinking. Again with this? Yes, again. A newspaper is a bit like a tardigrade—primitive and ...

I returned to China Town Restaurant at opening the following Tuesday, shocked to find that several customers were already seated. Zhang quickly led me to the kitchen and pulled up a stool. As she ...

Obviously, the main attraction at Pulpit Rock Park is the massive rock that gives the park its name, with many — most, probably — visitors hiking up to the top. And who could blame them? The ...

Skiing slowed on Pikes Peak during World War II, with only troops from Camp Carson and Peterson Airfield using the facilities, but after the war, skiing resumed at Glen Cove and continued into the ...

The world premiere of In Her Bones, a play by Jessica Kahkoska, delves into the history of crypto-Judaism in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Through one woman’s discovery of hidden family ...

Scott O'Malley sidles up to the hitching post at his Western Jubilee Recording Company offices and Warehouse Theater in downtown Colorado Springs where E. Cucharras meets the old railroad track ...