Melcher: No double payment for McEvoy

DANIEL CHACÓN

Severance pay that city-owned Memorial Health System has already paid to former CEO Dr. Larry McEvoy will be subtracted from a new $1.15 million separation package that city officials reluctantly decided to honor Monday. Memorial issued a check Thur... Full story

Trio survives recall election Cherokee Metro District

BOB STEPHENS

Nothing changed in the Cherokee Metropolitan District as Tuesday’s attempt to recall three board members was unsuccessful. Jan Cederberg, Dave Hammers and Bill Beahan all survived the recall effort. “I was worried,” Cederberg said.... Full story

Littleton's vote to decide Workforce funding

BOB STEPHENS

El Paso County commissioner Peggy Littleton took center stage despite being absent from Tuesday’s board meeting at Centennial Hall. The other commissioners deadlocked 2-2 on a vote to approve federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation funds f... Full story

Council quits fight, Memorial boss gets $1.15 million severance

DANIEL CHACÓN

The city of Colorado Springs will honor the terms of a $1.15 million separation package for the former CEO of Memorial Health System rather than battle it out in court.After an hours-long closed legal session Monday, City Council President Scott Hent... Full story

Springs mayor names new city clerk

KRISTINA IODICE

Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach named the new city clerk Saturday morning.If confirmed by the City Council on Tuesday, Sarah Johnson will join the City of Colorado Springs effective June 4.Johnson was selected after the city spent about two months ... Full story

Memorial board chair inked $1.15M severance before ouster

DANIEL CHACÓN

Even as Mayor Steve Bach and other city officials were sounding the alarm on a $1.15 million separation package for the former CEO of Memorial Health System, the chairman of Memorial’s board quietly inked the deal. James Moore, chairman of Mem... Full story

Tuesday meeting to discuss future of Bear Creek Regional Park

BOB STEPHENS

El Paso County commissioner Sallie Clark is spearheading an exploratory discussion about the future of Bear Creek Regional Park with a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Bear Creek Nature Center, 245 Bear Creek Rd. “We want to bring pe... Full story

Bach golf tournament raises $55,000

DANIEL CHACÓN

Mayor Steve Bach’s fundraising abilities are right on par. The inaugural Mayor’s Cup golf tournament at The Broadmoor on Thursday brought in about $55,000 – $15,000 more than the goal set by organizers. The money will be used for ... Full story

Obama camp attacks Romney over Springs layoffs

Mitt Romney is conniving. Mitt Romney is heartless. Mitt Romney is a “vampire.” That’s the angle that President Barack Obama is using in his campaign for re-election against Romney, the presumed Republican candidate. Across the cou... Full story

Utilities pledges to look at options for downtown power plant

DANIEL CHACÓN

Colorado Springs Utilities pledged Wednesday to take a hard look at options to decommission the decades-old Martin Drake Power Plant in southwest downtown. “We’re going to begin in earnest,” Utilities CEO Jerry Forte told the Utili... Full story

Utilities may only need four water rate hikes for SDS

DANIEL CHACÓN

Colorado Springs Utilities now says that only two more water rates increases – not three – may be needed to pay for the Southern Delivery System water pipeline. The city-owned utility had initially planned six 12 percent water rate incre... Full story

City Council will review Memorial CEO package in closed session

DANIEL CHACÓN

A review of the city’s options for a $1.15 million severance package for Memorial Health System’s former CEO will be the subject of a closed legal session Wednesday. The City Council asked the City Attorney’s Office to review the c... Full story

Marijuana DUI standard dies a 3rd time in Colorado

KRISTEN WYATT

DENVER — A marijuana blood limit for drivers was rejected Tuesday for a third time in Colorado, as lawmakers from both parties argued about how to fairly gauge whether someone is too stoned to get behind the wheel. The bill would have made C... Full story

City pools set to open Memorial Day weekend

DANIEL CHACÓN

How does Memorial Day weekend at the beach sound? Thanks to a new partnership between the city of Colorado Springs and the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region, it sounds sure-enough. On May 26, right before the unofficial start of summer, the Y will open... Full story

Marijuana activists seek another DUI win

DENVER — Marijuana activists in Colorado are hoping for another last-minute victory in their battle against blood-level limits for drivers. A bill setting a blood standard for THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, cleared the House ... Full story

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