Author: Billie Stanton Anleu
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ON UNSOLID GROUND: FEMA approves grants for Colorado Springs landslide victims
After nearly two years, Colorado Springs landslide victims finally received good news Wednesday: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $5.9 million to the city to acquire houses demolished or severely damaged by landslides caused by record rains in 2015. The Lower Skyway and Broadmoor Bluffs areas were particularly hard-hit, and most of the 27…
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Colorado Springs’ Inside Out a haven for vulnerable youths
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to note that Focus on the Family offers counseling and referrals for the LGBTIQ community. Two young Colorado Springs men who were born female landed on opposite paths once each told his parents that their supposed daughters are transgender and plan to follow that course. Paxton Neuger found…
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Inside Out expands headquarters, services in downtown Colorado Springs
Inside Out Youth Services has moved into a bigger downtown space, and its services are expanding too. The building that housed the nonprofit on South Tejon Street has been sold, and Inside Out has moved to 223 N. Wahsatch Ave., increasing its space from 1,800 to 2,400 square feet. The new space is close to…
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Love, flags and flan: 2017 stamps have it all
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You don’t have to be a philatelist to appreciate those miniature works of art slapped onto envelopes across the U.S. The crop of stamps being released this year salutes everything from tamales to flowers, sharks to blossoms, and the posters produced by the Work Projects Administration during the Great Depression. New stamps also honor President…
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U.S. Postal Service to unveil first-of-its-kind stamp to mark upcoming total solar eclipse
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If you thought the U.S. Postal Service was daring when it commemorated Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, wait till you see – and touch – the solar eclipse stamp being released June 20. A finger press to the stamp’s black circle brings a full moon into view, offering two images for the price of one.…
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Best Fest of Colorado Springs, Territory Days brings three days of food, fun, music and more
Authentic Native American dances, Wild West gunfights, live music a-plenty and arts and crafts galore again will take over Old Colorado City as the 42nd annual Territory Days commences Saturday through Monday. The free event – which also features seemingly unlimited food – long has been regarded as the best festival in Colorado Springs, winning…
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Great horned owl family takes up residence at Colorado Springs Lowe’s
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the name of the shopping center. The fluffy owlet swiveled its head, stretched and flapped its wings, as a cluster of phone photographers clicked away. Shoppers aren’t flocking to the Lowe’s garden center at University Village Colorado just for the blossoms. A family of great horned…
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65-year-old graduate lived in dorms while pursuing UCCS master’s degree
Plenty of people look to 65 as retirement age, but Carol Collins saw it as a great time to live in a freshman dorm while knocking out her master’s degree at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Friday, Collins and 1,531 other students became the biggest graduating class at UCCS in its 52-year history.…
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Rising from the ashes, flood, historic Flying W Ranch to reopen in a year
Leigh Ann Wolfe has been through hell and high water, seeing her family’s historic Flying W Ranch and tourist attraction destroyed by the Waldo Canyon inferno in 2012, then inundated by flooding that hit Colorado Springs a year later. Undaunted, Wolfe now is rebuilding attractions at the ranch where she grew up, planning to reopen…
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Coloradans speedy and chatty behind the wheel, new study finds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado driver behavior ranks smack dab in the middle among the 50 states, but oh baby, do we ever love to speed and use our cell phones, says a new study by EverQuote, an online…