Amphitheater Empire: With 20 more facilities planned over the next six years, Venu doubles down on the future of live music in the post-pandemic era ...

Colorado Springs’ rapid expansion has reshaped the Fountain Creek watershed, accelerating erosion, increasing stormwater runoff, and raising concerns over future water resources. As new ...

I first met Eva Zhang on a Friday afternoon. Despite the ice-coated freeways, dozens had come for lunch at China Town Restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs. Zhang scuttled about the restaurant ...

Welcome to the first issue of the new Colorado Springs Independent. I know what some of you might be thinking. Again with this? Yes, again.

Jolhea Bautista-Muhammad didn’t expect all of the more than 100 people who RSVP’ed to come to the Nov. 10 grand opening of her new restaurant, the Kamayan Hideaway in the Satellite Hotel, but ...

Raw Materials: Concrete Couch founder Steve Wood reflects on 20 years of community-building through the arts ...

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 ...

WE KNOW WHAT WORKS Despite the persistence of homelessness, experts know what works. Not surprisingly, it’s housing and services, including food, basic health care, addiction recovery, job ...

March 18, 2020, was my 18th birthday and the day Gov. Jared Polis closed schools in Colorado. I don’t remember much about the day itself, beyond a cake of chocolate, strawberries and cream ...

Rockrimmon Library closed its doors on Nov. 30, six weeks after the Pikes Peak Library District board of trustees announced in mid-October that it did not intend to renew the lease on the library ...

Mobile Arts began as a small idea in the overwhelming gloom of the COVID-19 pandemic. Naomi Wood, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, had been awarded the National Endowment for the ...

The red Ford F-250 rocked back and forth like a ship on dangerous waters as it made its way up the steep slope. “You’re not afraid of heights, are you?” asked Jerry Schnabel. “I forget to ...