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Tasting Manitou’s mineral springs 18.07.2025 4:11 ↓

Manitou Springs may be known for its proximity to Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods but it is also home to another geologic wonder: mineral springs.

Journey to the center of the 719: Avondale, Colorado 18.07.2025 4:18 ↓

KRCC’s Mike Procell recently took a trip to Avondale to see what life is like around the center of the 719 Area Code Universe.

Herds over highways: Colorado’s largest wildlife overpass is now under construction above I-25 09.07.2025 2:16 ↓

Located on the interstate between Monument and Larkspur, the Greenland Wildlife Overpass aims to provide a safe passage for large animals such as deer, elk, and pronghorn over six lanes of traffic.

Want to drill a well for your home? Some rules in Colorado might surprise you 09.07.2025 4:56 ↓

Tens of thousands of homes in southeastern Colorado draw water from private wells. But the state doesn't manage residential wells the way you might expect.

How one Colorado Springs intersection and a bronze monument became a crossroads for controversy 04.07.2025 6:45 ↓

The debate over a statue of city founder General William J. Palmer at the intersection of Platte and Nevada Avenues continues.

Fountain Creek is ‘the poster child of the Anthropocene’: Author Jim O’Donnell on water, society and the nature of rivers 02.07.2025 17:38 ↓

O'Donnell had a lifelong dream of following the path of Zebulon Pike.

Two Colorado facilities eyed as possible ICE detention centers 27.06.2025 3:57 ↓

Currently unused facilities in Burlington and Walsenburg among “top priorities” for ICE expansion.

Barry Morphew indicted for murder in death of his wife, Suzanne 20.06.2025 4:46 ↓

The coroner ruled her death a homicide, and found evidence of tranquilizer chemicals in her remains.

The new Waterworks Park in Pueblo officially splashes open 23.05.2025 2:23 ↓

Pueblo Water spent about $11 million to turn a dangerous spot on the Arkansas River into a free, family friendly, all-levels recreation area with wading ponds, tubing areas and whitewater challenges.

What to expect from the 17th annual Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls 16.05.2025 5:15 ↓

Tickets go on sale Monday, May 19 for 2025's Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls.

Despite tariff pause, this Colorado bike company has hit the end of the trail 13.05.2025 4:37 ↓

“We've got a really good group ... But I can't keep paying them. There's just no way to do that.”

UFO Watchtower in the San Luis Valley famous for a horse skeleton and vortexes celebrates 25 years of aliens 24.04.2025 5:13 ↓

An Anniversary Celebration for Memorial Day weekend will be a good time for first contact.

Progress on a 70-year-old promise to pipe clean drinking water to southeastern Colorado 23.04.2025 8:51 ↓

A billion-dollar project to build a pipeline snakes its way east from near Pueblo toward Lamar. It's the Arkansas Valley Conduit.

Honoring the labor and legacy of Black women: Chloé Duplessis brings “Twelve Tablecloths” to Trinidad 13.04.2025 23:47 ↓

The installation features the stories of four Black domestic workers in Trinidad between 1890 and 1920.

How a troll and a castle are boosting business in Teller County 09.04.2025 4:40 ↓

Like many Colorado mountain towns, the economies of Cripple Creek and Victor depend on visitors taking a long trip down a winding highway. A troll and castles made of ice are helping bridge a seasonal gap.

Richards Rubbish Roundup is keeping Colorado Springs clean 04.04.2025 3:16 ↓

Meet the group that’s picked up more than 45,000 pounds of trash in one year.

Perspectives on water after 30 years of talking about it in the Arkansas River Basin 31.03.2025 4:54 ↓

Water managers and users from all over Colorado met to talk about the often contentious nature of water and to look for possible solutions to longstanding, reoccurring and often vexing questions about the precious resource.

The great American Dust Bowl novel inspired by a woman’s childhood on a dryland farm in Southeastern Colorado 25.03.2025 17:40 ↓

Did her contemporary, John Steinbeck, steal her spotlight?

As tariffs take effect, a new struggle for small town newspapers arises – the cost of paper 21.03.2025 4:30 ↓

A 25 percent tariff on Canadian timber products, which includes newsprint, is set to resume April 2.

25,000 sandhill cranes – spared by bird flu – arrive in San Luis Valley just in time for Monte Vista festival 07.03.2025 6:16 ↓

While this flock appears to have not been impacted by bird flu, an eastern population of sandhill cranes saw 1,500 die.

For owner of Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs, live music’s future is in mid-size cities — even if locals complain about the noise 27.02.2025 5:06 ↓

The Colorado Springs live-music space has received significant pushback from neighbors.

Happy trails for Susan Davies, who steps down as head of Trails and Open Space Coalition 13.02.2025 4:58 ↓

After 15 years leading the Trails and Open Space Coalition, Susan Davies has retired.

Great Fruitcake Toss returns to Manitou Springs 31.01.2025 2:22 ↓

It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s a fruitcake!

Colorado Springs voters will weigh in on recreational marijuana sales — again — in April 29.01.2025 2:07 ↓

This will be the third time in less than six months that voters will be asked about allowing recreational marijuana sales.

The history of the Royal Gorge Bridge, built 1,000 feet above the Arkansas River 27.01.2025 11:47 ↓

Even now, it is the highest suspension bridge in the nation and one of the highest in the world.