“We had a first great launch this year of both publications. Now it’s time to grow them to become the major dominant media outlet in the Springs,” Zankowski said. After attempts to rebrand ...

The Colorado Springs Independent captures the essence of this city, engaging with its political and environmental issues while highlighting its vibrant cultural scene.

Toe beans and espresso beans combined on Sept. 6 during the grand opening of Comfort & Joy Cat Cafe, Colorado Springs’ latest bizarre cafe experience. In a world where your biggest competitors ...

The road to success runs through Colorado Springs – and it’s a road with fewer potholes, more police officers ensuring public safety, fewer unhoused people, and, oddly, more than a thousand ...

The Colorado Springs Independent captures the essence of this city, engaging with its political and environmental issues while highlighting its vibrant cultural scene.

All I can say is, that I HOPE this will help…but throwing more money at the problem isn’t going to resolve it…and sitting around admiring the problem, as the city has done for the last ...

Artist Angela Casale was nervous to talk to me, nervous enough that she got a pep talk from Bosky gallery owner Brett Andrus before our call. It wasn’t exactly me that she was scared of, come to ...

Pueblo Mountain Park, nestled into the Buelah Valley, about 20 miles west of Pueblo offers a treasure trove of hiking experiences. First established in the early 1900’s, it has the distinction ...

Every September, artists, vendors, dancers, musicians and luchadores gather in downtown Colorado Springs for Fiestas Patrias, a two-day, free family festival celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

T he critic Ted Gioia has traced a disturbing trend in the arts and culture world that could easily apply to our consumption of news and information. Gioia explains that in the late 20th century ...