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Colorado Springs Downtown Review Board approves controversial OneVeLa apartment tower
The 27-story skyscraper would be the tallest structure in Colorado Springs.
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Ford Amphitheater and Colorado Springs sign new agreement over sound mitigation, accountability
The venue’s ownership promises to invest millions in reducing noise around the popular music venue.
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Colorado recognizes Lunar New Year as an official state holiday with new flagship celebration
Supporters of a successful 2023 legislative effort to recognize Lunar New Year as an official state holiday in Colorado are ready to celebrate.
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![Hate 1 at the Fort Carson military base south of Colorado Springs.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/10/191015-FORT-CARSON-GATE-7.jpg)
150 soldiers from Fort Carson deploy to U.S. southern border
The units from Colorado Springs are part of the Trump administration’s efforts to stop immigrants from coming over the border.
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Colorado Springs postpones Lunar New Year celebration due to weather
The free event at the Pioneers Museum promises cuisine, culture and dance from this prominent Asian festival.
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Colorado Springs City Council to decide on implementing voter-passed recreational marijuana rules
Legal questions remain over how close pot shops could be to schools and treatment centers.
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Colorado Springs mother sues McDonald’s for alleged E. coli poisoning during October outbreak
The lawsuit alleges a woman and her daughter were both hospitalized after eating a Double Quarter-Pounder.
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The Ford Amphitheater is closed for the winter. That doesn’t make neighbors any less fired up about it
Colorado Springs’ first major outdoor music venue has been plagued by controversy, mainly over the Ford Amphitheater’s noise levels.
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Pueblo stops practice of giving lengthy jail sentences for failure to appear in court
People charged with minor offenses were often given hundreds of days in jail if they skipped a court date.
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Colorado Springs inches closer toward approving its new tallest building
The proposal passed a major hurdle involving tax incentives.
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![A woman and man sit at a table during a press conference. Reporters with news cameras are in the foreground.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/12/UCCS-SHOOTER-REPORT.jpg)
UCCS shooting investigation outlines 13 recommendations for campus safety, including improving tracking concerning behavior.
Multiple behavior complaints were filled against the alleged shooter.
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New plan to address homelessness in Colorado Springs calls for more aggressive camp cleanups, more affordable housing
Colorado Springs has seen the unhoused population decrease by 12 percent.
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Candlelight vigil held at former Club Q site to mark 2 years since tragedy
“This will probably haunt us for the rest of our lives. But what I’m so just grateful for tonight is this entire community.”
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7 votes are the difference in the race for State House District 16. It’s headed for a recount
Republican Rebecca Keltie leads incumbent Democratic State Rep. Stephanie Vigil 20,640 votes to 20,633.
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Alamosa City Council votes to cancel plans for new homeless shelter after public feedback
The year-round shelter would have added housing for people with addiction and mental health issues and opened a new soup kitchen.
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Opponents and supporters say wolves were on voters’ minds when they rejected big cat hunting ban
Dan Gates, who led the opposition campaign against Proposition 127, had predicted the controversial wolf reintroduction effort would convince voters to reject the hunting measure.
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