When she was a kid, Lorelei Beckstrom had three goals: to be an artist, to be a doctor and to travel the world. Now, she’s a wandering painter who lives off one suitcase of clothes and another ...

I spent spring break with my family touring three rather similar liberal arts colleges in the Pacific Northwest. We happened to have a break with two days of sun, but from what we’ve gathered ...

Editor’s note: This is the latest installment of a column from John Harner, professor of geography at University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the author of “Profiting from the Peak ...

Once the current master plan for Colorado Springs’ Austin Bluffs and Pulpit Rock Open Spaces was completed in 2000, work started on implementing it, with new trails being built, old rogue trails ...

Porta-potties were set up on the roof of San Francisco City Hall in 1998. A group of five overall-clad workers from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades rubbed 24k gold squares ...

The Colorado Office of Economic Development introduced the Community Business Preservation Program at the end of 2023 to strengthen the operations of locally owned businesses facing possible ...

This election represented a significant makeover for the council as the six district-based council seats were up for election, with only two incumbents, Dave Donelson and Nancy Henjum, seeking re ...

By Raven Sanchez On March 7, a nine-member panel from the Urban Land Institute’s Advisory Services Program presented suggestions that centered around turning the North Nevada Avenue Corridor ...

Editor’s note: This is the latest installment of a column from John Harner, professor of geography at University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the author of “Profiting from the Peak ...

The Phil Long Music Hall (formerly Boot Barn Hall) is the venue for the Colorado Republican Party event on March 28 featuring Steve Bannon as speaker.

Anna Grace, local singer-songwriter with the je ne sais quoi of a magical woodland fairy from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — “though she be but little, she is fierce ...

by Nick Smith • Special to the Independent Like many Colorado Springs residents, 23-year-old Xavier Ayala hasn’t voted in April’s local elections. Mainly, they just haven’t been on his ...