Author: Savannah Eller
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Two-month project begins on major Colorado Springs road
For the next six to eight weeks, work will be underway on Garden of the Gods Road west and east of Interstate 25. The west side of the project was scheduled to start on Monday and will make changes to the median to increase safety. The east side of the project, starting in November, will…
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2025 Voter Guide: Fountain mayor to defend seat, while city council sees crowded at-large race
Editor’s note: This article has been updated with a clarifying statement from City Council candidate Sean Verhoeff regarding Fountain and the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority. Fountain City Council will see some new faces after November, with an open at-large seat. The council will also need to appoint a replacement for Councilwoman Detra Duncan, who resigned…
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Palmer Lake deadlocked on appointment, while Buc-ee’s election date undecided
Last week’s resignation of Mayor Pro Tem Amy Hutson put the new and deeply divided Palmer Lake board of trustees in a conundrum. The board, which is split 3-3, needs to appoint a new tie-breaking trustee, but it cannot decide on the process. The new trustee could tip the scale one way or another, including…
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Palmer Lake deadlocked on appointment, while Buc-ee’s election date undecided
Last week’s resignation of Mayor Pro Tem Amy Hutson put the new and deeply divided Palmer Lake board of trustees in a conundrum. The board, which is split 3-3, needs to appoint a new tie-breaking trustee, but it cannot decide on the process. The new trustee could tip the scale one way or another, including…
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El Paso County avoids cuts in preliminary 2026 budget
El Paso County will not cut positions or services in what Chief Financial Officer Nikki Simmons called a “recession-resistant” preliminary budget for next year. “We have sufficient reserves to weather us through several years of uncertain economic activity,” she said at the first presentation on the budget last week. The budget does not call for…
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El Paso County avoids cuts in preliminary 2026 budget
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El Paso County will not cut positions or services in what Chief Financial Officer Nikki Simmons called a “recession-resistant” preliminary budget for next year. “We have sufficient reserves to weather us through several years of uncertain economic activity,” she said at the first presentation on the budget last week. The budget does not call for…
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2025 Voter Guide: appointed El Paso County Commissioner to defend her seat under new state law
El Paso County will be the first local government subject to a new law about the appointment process of county commissioners this year. The fall election ballot for Republican and unaffiliated voters in El Paso County Commission District 5 will see a vacancy race to replace Cami Bremer, who resigned from the commission earlier this…
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2025 Voter Guide: Mayor race uncontested in Manitou Springs
Manitou Springs voters will see major leadership changes on the ballot this fall, along with a tax increase affecting a handful of businesses meant to mitigate the city’s budget crisis. Manitou Springs Mayor Pro Tem Natalie Johnson is running unopposed to replace outgoing Mayor John Graham, while candidates Nathan Nassif and Carey Storm are the…
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Xcel appeals to state on billion-dollar energy project denied in El Paso County
Colorado’s largest utilities provider has asked the state to overrule local decisions on the $1.7 billion Colorado Power Pathway project, which was denied permits this year in El Paso and Elbert counties. Xcel is asking the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to consider overruling local decisions on the 550-mile powerline project in the name of public…
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Manitou city council backs tourist tax hike despite strong showing by businesses
The Manitou Springs City Council on Tuesday officially endorsed a tax increase on businesses that sell tickets in city limits despite a show of opposition from the business community. Ballot issue 2A, being mailed to voters this week, asks voters to give the council the ability to raise the city’s excise tax from its current…