New ICE office coming to Colorado Springs

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Colorado Springs will be getting its first Immigration and Customs Enforcement office soon. Colorado Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn announced Thursday that the office will open Nov. 30. Lamborn had been pushing to have an ICE sub-office in... Full story

City kicks off adopt-a-program fundraising campaign

DANIEL CHACÓN

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A fundraising initiative aimed at restoring some of the proposed cuts in parks and recreation and transit next year was officially kicked off Thursday with the announcement of a $2,000 gift from the Colorado Springs Police Protective Association.... Full story

Springs Utilities proposes 2.3 percent rate hike next year

No layoffs planned at Utilities

R. SCOTT RAPPOLD

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Colorado Springs Utilities on Wednesday presented a $1.1 billion 2010 budget to City Council. Included is a 2.3 percent hike to residential bills. The budget is $12.3 million less than in 2009. Officials say the rate increase is needed to pay for... Full story

City to Bruce: Can't we all just get along?

City seeks summit to discuss Issue 300

R. SCOTT RAPPOLD

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If you thought the U.S.-Soviet summits of the Cold War were tense, try this one: Colorado Springs City Council members will extend an invitation to anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce to sit down and discuss legal problems they have with his recently... Full story

'Last-ditch effort' to save FREX in limbo

DANIEL CHACÓN

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The FREX commuter bus service between Colorado Springs and downtown Denver, another casualty in the city government’s proposed 2010 budget, may have a lifeline. But riders, drivers and other stakeholders will have to wait until next month to... Full story

2 ejected from '05 Bush event in Denver court

P. SOLOMON BANDA

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DENVER • A federal appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments that two people who were booted from a Denver public appearance by then-President George W. Bush shouldn't have been excluded from the event because of their views expressed... Full story

Graffiti-scarred Rainbow Falls under new management

EILEEN WELSOME

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The family that has owned Rainbow Falls west of Manitou Springs for decades has agreed to donate the land to El Paso County, which represents the first major step toward restoring the trash-strewn, graffiti-covered landscape to its natural grandeur.... Full story

Colorado medical pot suppliers will have to pay taxes

STEVEN K. PAULSON

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DENVER • Colorado is gearing up to officially tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a move lawmakers say amounts to legal recognition of a growing industry. The state Attorney General John Suthers concluded in an opinion... Full story

Delinquent stormwater fees a political hot potato in clerk's race

DANIEL CHACÓN

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The city’s quandary about how to collect overdue stormwater fees from thousands of property owners could turn into a political hot potato for El Paso County Treasurer Sandra Damron in her campaign for another county post. The Colorado Springs... Full story

USOC headquarters' latest headache: falling snow, ice

MARIA ST.LOUIS-SANCHEZ

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Chunks of snow and ice falling off the roof of the six-story U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters on Monday shut down a block of South Tejon Street during the busy lunch hour and one westbound lane of Colorado Avenue, potentially adding another... Full story

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