Following a series of weekend crashes involving Colorado State Patrol troopers, the state law enforcement agency is cautioning motorists to drive more carefully, particularly in slick, icy road conditions.
Colorado Springs has agreed to remove the ballot question asking voters to repeal the city’s new recreational marijuana ordinance, leaving the industry in place within the city limits for the first time.
The Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday voted 6-3 to expand electric bike access across parks and open spaces after another long discussion that represented the culmination of a yearslong debate.
Colorado Springs approves long-debated City Council e-bike policy Read More »
If you’ve heard something’s going around, it’s not just a rumor.
‘There’s lots and lots of flu’ cases, hospitalizations in Colorado Read More »
In Colorado, a man who rapes a child — as long as it is just once — can get probation. As in, walk right out of the courtroom after conviction. But it is much worse than that. If that same man goes on to rape nine other children, as long as he only rapes them each once, that child rapist is also eligible for probation. That statement remains true even if the child rapist is a teacher, member of clergy, sports coach or any other person in a position of trust in relation to those children.
Brauchler: Probation for child rape in Colorado? Yes, really Read More »
The state’s latest effort to crack down on speeding and reduce traffic fatalities comes amid an alarming increase in construction-zone deaths, which nearly doubled in 2024.
One of Colorado’s most anticipated natural phenomena is about to get underway.
Sandhill cranes making much-anticipated return to San Luis Valley Read More »
A group of Colorado law enforcement and elected officials on Monday spoke in support of upcoming legislation that would increase their ability to work with the Department of Immigration Control and Enforcement in the prosecution of violent criminals living in the U.S. illegally.
The red-hot pace of Colorado Springs-area apartment construction turned ice cold last year.
Apartment construction in Colorado Springs slowed to lowest in a decade in 2024 Read More »
Dr. Emily Russell-Kinsley didn’t always want to be a forensic pathologist, but unlike most middle schoolers, she did know what the title meant. Growing up in an Oklahoma family of physicians, she was a grade-school fan of the popular series of crime novels by Patricia Cornwell following Virginia medical examiner Kay Scarpetta.
New El Paso County coroner taking a ‘behind the scenes’ role in contrast to predecessor Read More »
