Colorado Springs news

• City for Champions venue to open this month

  21-08-2020 23:58
  
  Back in December 2013, the city of Colorado Springs got word the state was willing to pump $120.5 million of state sales tax into four tourist attractions, collectively dubbed City for Champions.…
  
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• Hiking Bob: Road trip hike — Browns Creek Falls

  21-08-2020 17:14
  
  Browns Creek Falls, in the San Isabel National Forest south of Buena Vista and across the Arkansas River from Browns Canyon National Monument, is a fun little hike.…
  
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• People of color sickened disproportionally by COVID-19 in Colorado

  21-08-2020 00:22
  
  The coronavirus sickens people of color in Colorado at a higher rate than their representation in the population, according to data released on Aug. 20 by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, bolstering other data nationwide that shows similar findings.Here, Black and Hispanic people have been hospitalized at disproportionately high rates, the CDPHE reports.Hispanic people have accounted for nearly 38 percent of all hospitalized patients, though they represent about 22
  
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• State approves additional federal unemployment payments — for 3 weeks only

  20-08-2020 00:51
  
  The state of Colorado is preparing to issue unemployment checks via President Donald Trump's executive order to pay $300 a week to those who qualify for three weeks. The payments will come amidst Congress' failed efforts to reach an agreement regarding the continuation of the $600 per week benefit to compensate those out of work due to shutdowns because of COVID-19.The Colorado Department of Labor said in a release issued Aug. 19 that the federal Lost Wages Assistance program has been approved a
  
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• Gregg Deal nets Art on the Streets award

  19-08-2020 14:54
  
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• UCHealth launches Post-hospital COVID study with CU medical students

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  UCHealth, which operates city-owned Memorial Hospital, and students at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Colorado Springs branch, are researching how COVID-19 patients fare post-hospitalization.…
  
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• Two Swedes Summer Glögg a lovely, crisp treat

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
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• Sweet Potato Pie stars at Taste Bud Rescue

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
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• Opinion: What role should religion play in social justice?

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  Question: What role should religion play in calling for social justice? Jeff Scholes - Agnostic…
  
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• Opinion: This is no time for a vacation, Congress

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  At the end of July, millions of Americans — and about 10.4 percent of eligible workers in El Paso County —found themselves staring down hunger, loss of utilities, evictions and homelessness when federal assistance for the unemployed ran out. And all the other programs to aid small businesses and keep people working have virtually dried up as well.…
  
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• Opinion: Fighting for the vote

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  Every now and then, someone comes along whose work is so productive, honest and inspirational that they ought not be allowed to die.…
  
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• Opinion: Democrats head into the national convention more united than last time

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  It will be fascinating — OK, mildly interesting, unless you’re a junkie like me — to see what kind of virtual conventions the Democrats and Republicans can pull off over the next few weeks.…
  
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• Lady Gaga debuts her weekly talk-radio show with mixed results

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  “I’m the worst thing and the best thing that’s ever happened to all of you,” declares Lady Gaga in the premiere episode of Gaga Radio, a weekly interview show that Apple Music describes as a “celebration of dance music when we need it most.”
  The series debuted on Aug. 7 with a lengthy discussion between Gaga and BloodPop®, a copyright-protected artist who clearly understands that one’s name, as any Artrepreneur subscriber will confirm, is a corporat
  
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• Glass Animals bring psychedelic pop back home

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  When last we heard from Oxford (UK)’s psychedelic pop-soul ensemble Glass Animals, in 2016’s How to Be a Human Being, the band was offering detailed vignettes of random humans, real and imagined. As befits a homebound pandemic year, the band is turning its gaze inward in the new Dreamland (Polydor/Republic), offering sober personal tales while preserving a taste of pop sparkle.…
  
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• Four illuminating and engaging ways to stay entertained this week

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  To encourage social distancing during the spread of COVID-19, we are altering our regular “Event Horizon” section for the foreseeable future. While many local events have been canceled, we will clue you into at least one local experience — this week: a family-friendly voter registration event held by Be the Change 719 — and recommend some things you can do at home or safely out and about.…
  
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• Fala-Filo stays strong on its lamb game with Iraqi Bamia

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  6050 N. Carefree Circle, 719-358-7865, fala-filo.com…
  
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• Denver-born, outwardly opulent Ambli Global Cuisine joins University Village

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  DOWN TO DETAILS Salient details, small elements that say in a glimpse much more about the bigger picture, are often a restaurant critic’s favorite tool for relaying the spirit of something without belaboring every last ingredient.…
  
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• Colorado Springs lands GOCO Grant

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
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• Cannabiz: Pueblo dispensary sets up self-checkout kiosk, more

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  Pueblo dispensary sets up self-checkout kiosk…
  
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• Be the Change 719 hosts family-fun voter registration event

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  With the November election mere months away, local community advocacy group Be the Change 719 is hosting “Respect My Vote,” a fun, inspiring and informative event designed to empower everyone to make their voice heard this fall through registering to vote.Be the Change 719 co-founder Latrina Ollie says that attendees can expect a family event that is intended to bring the community together and help get people registered.“It is important for everyone to feel like their voice i
  
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• Analysis: PTSD impacts both protesters and police

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  THE ENEMY WITHIN Despite widespread and vocal calls for the termination of Sgt. Keith Wrede, the officer who commented “KILL EM ALL” on a June 30 livestream of a Black Lives Matter protest, Colorado Springs Police Department Chief Vince Niski announced in an Aug. 10 news release that Wrede would not be fired (see p. 7 for details).…
  
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• A COVID-19 housing crisis threatens Coloradans

  19-08-2020 09:00
  
  EVICTION NOTICE Mucking horse stables, finding yardwork, driving for Uber — 47-year-old Monument resident Jody Raye has spent the last five months in a desperate hustle to pay bills and hold onto his home.…
  
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• Sneak peek: COATI "culinary incubator" and food hall set for early September opening in new Trolley District

  19-08-2020 02:23
  
  COATI plans to hold its grand opening on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 516 S. Tejon St. in what’s being called the Trolley District, to pay homage to its history as a building where maintenance on trolley cars took place for decades.…
  
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• Funds available to small businesses, nonprofits for pandemic relief

  18-08-2020 19:42
  
  Sept. 7 is the deadline for small businesses and nonprofits to apply for grants in a new local program approved Aug. 18 by the Board of El Paso County Commissioners.The program, the El Paso County Regional Business Relief Fund, will be managed by the county's Department of Economic Development to funnel money to businesses and nonprofits adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.The fund was created with a portion of the $127.5 million the county received from the Coronavirus A
  
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• Itchy-O’s Sypherlot Drive-In Radio Bath

  18-08-2020 19:07
  
  I’m always hesitant to use the phrase “the new normal” because it’s inherently understood as a qualifier of restriction and disappointment — as the great Bruce Cockburn said back in 1983, “the trouble with normal is it always gets worse.” So, while it certainly seems like we all have to settle for worse in various aspects of life, there’s no need to take it lying down.…
  
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• UPDATE: Air Force Academy confirms positive tests for coronavirus within Cadet Wing

  18-08-2020 01:40
  
  UPDATE:The Academy's spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Andrews said in a statement that an employee of the Great Wolf Lodge, one of three local hotels housing 400 Academy cadets during the COVID-19 pandemic, has tested positive for the virus.However, Andrews says no cadets staying at that hotel have tested positive."The first priority of the Air Force Academy remains the health and safety of our Cadet Wing, faculty and our entire Air Force Academy community," he said in the statement. "We have a large tea
  
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• Air Force Academy confirms positive tests for coronavirus within Cadet Wing

  18-08-2020 01:40
  
  The Air Force Academy refuses to say how many cadets and preparatory school candidates have tested positive for COVID-19, but says the number is fewer than 1 percent, or less than 40.Asked by the Indy about a COVID outbreak in multiple cadet squadrons, the Academy released a statement from spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Andrews:The first priority of the Air Force Academy is the health and safety of our Cadet Wing, faculty and our entire Air Force Academy community.…
  
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• Colorado College student tests positive for COVID-19, Loomis Hall under quarantine

  17-08-2020 17:18
  
  In an Aug. 16 emailed letter to students, Colorado College officials announced that an incoming student tested positive on the previous day, Aug. 15, for COVID-19 and that further investigation found that students failed to social distance, leading to a 14-day quarantine of all 155 students housed at Loomis Hall."Students, you MUST continue to follow enhanced social- distancing protocols as you await test results, and follow regular risk-mitigation protocols at all times after that. Our efforts
  
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• Springs Utilities plays role in "down the toilet" COVID-19 detection program

  14-08-2020 21:18
  
  Colorado Springs Utilities is participating in a statewide study of wastewater and what it can tell experts about the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.We reported on May 4 that CSU was involved in another study. From that report:
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• Hiking Bob: Road trip hike — St. Charles Peak

  13-08-2020 21:18
  
  Colorado Highway 165 starts in the town of Colorado City and winds its way through the Wet Mountains and the San Isabel National Forest, before ending at Colorado Highway 96, about 20 miles from the town of Westcliffe.  A Colorado Scenic Byway, the road lives up to its designation, with stands of towering aspens and evergreens, wildflowers and ranch land along its route in the shadow of Greenhorn Mountain.  The iconic Bishop Castle, a uniquely Colorado oddity and popular tourist d
  
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• Communitywide COVID testing site hits snag, seeks to redo 300+ tests

  13-08-2020 19:24
  
  Within a day of opening a communitywide COVID-19 testing site this week at the Citadel Mall, state and local health authorities are warning that some tests might have been spoiled due to inconsistent temperature control.In a release, the Colorado State Emergency Operations Center said an Aug. 12 inspection of the testing site by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) was triggered by an alert from El Paso County Public Health of possible temperature control in
  
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• The Refreshment Lab joins Annapurna Mead, CoS'bucha and Nektr. Craft Kombucha as a shared tasting room and grab-and-go market

  13-08-2020 04:38
  
  Strength in numbers — especially during the Covid pandemic.
  That's somewhat the prevailing sentiment as three local businesses have come together to share production space and a common tasting room and retail market.…
  
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• City seeks new partner to operate Westside Community Center

  12-08-2020 17:07
  
  The city of Colorado Springs posted a Request for Information Aug. 3, seeking to identify qualified firms for development and operation of the Westside Community Center.…
  
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• While other countries fight to save the arts, America is throwing them under the bus

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  CULTURE CANCELINGFrom a big-picture perspective, the last few weeks have shown promising signs for beleaguered music and arts communities around the world. Last month, for example, the British government announced the details of its $2 billion Emergency Arts Fund.…
  
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• Two 1980s veterans try to maintain a brash touch

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  The Pretenders and Psychedelic Furs were two 1980s bands with differing musical approaches, but a shared attitude of detached sneer.…
  
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• Three cool and socially distant things to do this week

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  To encourage social distancing during the spread of COVID-19, we are altering our regular “Event Horizon” section for the foreseeable future. While many local events have been canceled, we will clue you into at least one local experience — this week: Kimball's Peak Three streaming a thoughtful, romantic indie film — and recommend some things you can do at home or safely out and about.…
  
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• The spirit of the Zodiac will live on

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  Running a small, independent music venue is an arduous labor of love in the best of times.…
  
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• The French Kitchen’s Queenets are the talk of the town

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  4771 N. Academy Blvd., 719-528-6295, tfkcc.com…
  
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• Teachers protest back-to-school plans

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
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• Southeast steps up to fight food insecurity during COVID-19

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  FEEDING THE SOUL Every Wednesday morning at 5, Southeast Colorado Springs resident and entrepreneur Elena Salinas rolls out of bed and prepares for a long day ahead.…
  
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• Servicios de La Raza provides rental assistance to undocumented community

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  THE HARDEST HIT Editor’s note: Cindy Marroquin translated for this story.…
  
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• Second verse, same as the first

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  No, you haven’t left a skipping LP on your turntable... it’s endlessly repeated how unusual and precarious these times are for artists and performers because of how unprecedented a situation the COVID-19 pandemic has become.…
  
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• Quick removal of BLM art installation raises questions of equity

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  A TALE OF TWO GRAFFITI In the early morning hours of July 6, community activists used durable plastic tape to weave “BLM” (the common abbreviation for Black Lives Matter) on the chain-link fence of the pedestrian bridge over Fountain Boulevard, near Shasta Drive.…
  
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• Publisher's note: Racism has no place here

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  I’m going to be blunt: Racism has no place in the business community; it has no place in Colorado Springs — the city where everyone is welcome. And it has zero place at an event sponsored any of our newspapers.…
  
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• Peter Himmelman and Jess Cornelius with the new and noteworthy

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  Peter Himmelman, Press On (Himmelsongs) – Himmelman, Minnesota-based son-in-law of Bob Dylan, is a well-known face at Lyons’ Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, where he often plays the role of acerbic prankster.…
  
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• Opinion: What do you think about science that can alter human genetics?

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  What do you think about new scientific discoveries that can alter human genetics, like CRISPR? Do you think we should be changing human genetic makeup before someone’s born?…
  
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• Opinion: Trump’s “executive noodlings”

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  The news conference was vintage Donald Trump, and I don’t mean that in a good way.…
  
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• North Side Social makes sense for northern Springs with legit good bar food

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  FAREWELL FARM, BONJOUR BAR BITES WITH GAME Till Kitchen represented all of the highest ambitions for cuisine in the Springs, namely a massive space serving phenomenal gourmet food.…
  
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• Kimball’s Peak Three streams thoughtful romance film Around the Sun

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  Good romance can be hard to find, whether you’re swiping right on a dating app or seeking out the elusive perfect love story on film.…
  
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• Jade Dynasty serves up the whole duck

  12-08-2020 09:00
  
  106 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, 719-685-9576, jadedynastyco.com…
  
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