18+ hour, 16+ min ago   (387+ words) Warm and fuzzy, a quilt is something to hold while suffering sudden tragedy. That is the message of the 90 quilts sent to victims of the Aspen Acres fire by Quilters Above the Clouds. The fire, ignited June 29 near Pueblo, burned…...

13+ hour, 56+ min 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…...

16+ hour, 19+ min ago   (704+ words) The Switchbacks have won by more than Friday’s 2-1 margin of victory over visiting San Antonio FC, but the win stands out as one of the best in Alan McCann’s half-decade tenure on the sidelines at Weidner Field in downtown Colorado…...

18+ hour, 44+ min ago   (442+ words) When James Woodhead arrived at the Air Force Academy for school in 1989, he came alone and waited by himself in a hotel for his military education to start. “I was just nervous and terrified,” Woodhead said. It’s how it was…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (125+ words) Colorado Springs police issued a community notification for missing 14-year-old Alexander Jones on Friday, the department posted on social media. He was last seen around 3 p.m. on Friday in the 6800 block of Black Forest Road, which is the location of Vista…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (562+ words) Before sunrise on Friday, firefighters from across the U.S. gathered at the Manitou Incline to walk the more than 2,700 steps in honor of the 343 New York City firefighters who lost their lives trying to save others in the immediate aftermath of…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (359+ words) Colorado Springs Gazette List: 9/11 events scheduled in the Colorado Springs area On Friday and Saturday, the Pikes Peak region will memorialize the thousands of lives lost 25 years ago in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. City governments, schools, community groups and others are…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (123+ words) More than 500,000 people visited the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo across its 11 days this year, the Colorado Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday. The fair has reached the half million mark five times since 2006. Concerts and other events at the…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (134+ words) Colorado Springs Gazette Police seeking additional victims of Colorado Springs area foster parent Colorado Springs police are asking the community to contact them if they believe they were potentially a victim of Enrique “Rico” Houghton, 35, according to a news release…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (351+ words) Phillip Tollefson, who served as the first CEO of Colorado Springs Utilities for more than a decade, died Sept. 4 at age 75. A memorial message shared within Utilities on Wednesday highlighted Tollefson’s work to plan and design the Southern Delivery System,…...