Author: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazettedev.gazette.com
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‘Hopperpocalypse: Colorado farmers say this year’s grasshopper infestation the worst in generations
In the late 1930s, during the depths of The Great Depression and on the eve of a second world war, Colorado faced off against a domestic invader whose hordes reached biblical proportions. The scenes conjured up by news reports and legend are equal parts monster sci-fi and apocalyptic slapstick: National Guard soldiers armed with flame-throwers,…
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Goat Patch Brewing to open second location, in north Colorado Springs
Every day is a good day to be a craft beer fan in Colorado Springs, where even the disappointing brew news arrives in a glass half-full. Those crying into their beers over the postponed grand opening of WestFax Brewing Co.’s Springs taproom can take heart. By next summer, the city should be home to at…
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WestFax Brewing Co. delays ‘soft’ opening of Colorado Springs taproom
Craft beer fans thirsting for WestFax Brewing Company suds, fresh from the tap in Colorado Springs, will have to wait a little longer. The much-anticipated “soft grand opening” of the taproom at 31st Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, originally planned for Friday, has been postponed, according to an announcement from the Lakewood-based brewer. The brewery…
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South Park Brewing opens in Old Colorado City
The view from Paul Kemp’s new Colorado Springs brewery no longer boasts panoramas of the oh-so-famous location that inspired its name, but these El Paso County foothills have a few key things that Fairplay did not. For starters, a South Park Brewing Co. building with really good windows (and now, a see-through garage door to…
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A ‘campy’ passport available for a summer steeped in Colorado Springs craft beverages
Planning to dabble in Colorado Springs’ rich craft beverage scene this weekend, or anytime through the end of the year, then why not score some deals and cool swag while you’re at it? Visit Colorado Springs’ Crafts & Drafts Passport is back for its eighth year, to support the local craft community by baiting the…
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New D-Day memorial in Normandy has Colorado Springs ties
A Colorado Springs-born landscape architect with deep family ties to the U.S. Air Force, Erin Horton was in Normandy, France, last month for an early unveiling of the memorial she helped create: honoring a group of World War II heroes who spent their service on, and in, the sea. Just a few hundred strong, the…
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Fountain falling? City leaders say census data is wrong about declining population
Founded two years before the Civil War and more than a decade before Colorado Springs, Fountain in its earliest chapter was more seasonal crossroads for trappers, traders and travelers than proper town for its handful of homesteaders and ranching families. Modest beginnings were no obstacle for grand visions. As the legend goes, Fountain’s founders proclaimed…
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Pikes Pick: Feast of St. Arnold
Colorado Springs’ family-friendly beer fest, the Feast of St. Arnold, returns for its 12th year on June 8, with a fundraising suds celebration honoring a medieval saint whose plague-time advice, “Don’t drink the water, drink the beer,” saved lives and undoubtedly made lives more fun. Tickets: feastofsaintarnold.com. — Stephanie Earls, The Gazette
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Coming home: Pueblo veteran buried as ‘unclaimed’ in New York will be returned to Colorado
When the steady flow of calls and texts from their 60-year-old brother in New York suddenly stopped in late January, 2022, Alvin Pugh’s family in Pueblo figured he’d lost his phone again. They’d hear back as soon as he found it, they were sure. As unreturned messages stacked up, worry turned to fear. Alvin’s siblings…
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Motherhood wasn’t part of the mission for first Black female fighter pilot, until it was
Rochelle Kimbrell, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, is a mom to two teen boys. Being a mother, she says, is “way more challenging than being a fighter pilot.”