3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (735+ words) Was there ever a Colorado city that required racial segregation by law? The answer is “Yes.” The Black Racial Equity Study Commission, led by Colorado Senate President James Coleman, has learned the small city of Fruita had laws forbidding Black…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (562+ words) Before sunrise on Friday, firefighters from across the U.S. gathered at the Manitou Incline to walk the more than 2,700 steps in honor of the 343 New York City firefighters who lost their lives trying to save others in the immediate aftermath of…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (409+ words) Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care has left its mark on Nancy Lewis Park through the past three decades: Trees planted, memorial benches placed, art fixtures displayed. With the park approaching 30 years in the Templeton Gap area of Colorado Springs, Pikes…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (359+ words) Colorado Springs Gazette List: 9/11 events scheduled in the Colorado Springs area On Friday and Saturday, the Pikes Peak region will memorialize the thousands of lives lost 25 years ago in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. City governments, schools, community groups and others are…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (233+ words) The Pikes Peak region will memorialize the thousands of lives lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Friday and Saturday. City governments, schools, community groups and others are planning several opportunities open to the public to reflect on a day that…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (889+ words) You’ve heard the story of Colorado Springs founder Gen. William J. Palmer, but have you heard the story of Joyce Gilmer, the city’s first Black female real estate broker who opened her own company in the mid-1970s? You also likely…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (394+ words) Drivers travel Templeton Gap Road. Hikers and bikers follow the Templeton Gap Trail and water comes down the Templeton Gap Floodway. But what exactly is the gap? And who was the Templeton who went through that gap? Earliest maps at…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1107+ words) Four homes built over 100 years ago are slated for demolition to make way for renovations to Palmer High School in downtown Colorado Springs, a move that goes against the wishes of some neighbors. After over a year of public outreach…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1204+ words) P.J. Anderson spent the better part of two years tracking down hundreds of maps long predating Colorado’s statehood in 1876 as part of a mission that took him to private collections, museums and institutions near and far. This included the Library of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (654+ words) It was known as Fountain Colony as Gen. William Jackson Palmer planned his city and drove that first stake at Pikes Peak and Cascade avenues in 1871. By 1872 it was formally incorporated and officially called Colorado Springs. According to Colorado Springs…...