In Goldman Sachs’ “Music in the Air” report for the year of 2023, it was estimated that the live music industry brought in revenues of $33.1 billion — a 20% increase from the estimated $26 ...

Welcome to the first issue of the new Colorado Springs Independent. I know what some of you might be thinking. Again with this? Yes, again. A newspaper is a bit like a tardigrade—primitive and ...

When I revisited Concrete Coyote three weeks later, the masses who had gathered for the nonprofit’s 20th anniversary party had disappeared. Strong winds blew dirt into my eyes and mouth. It took ...

I returned to China Town Restaurant at opening the following Tuesday, shocked to find that several customers were already seated. Zhang quickly led me to the kitchen and pulled up a stool. As she ...

Skiing slowed on Pikes Peak during World War II, with only troops from Camp Carson and Peterson Airfield using the facilities, but after the war, skiing resumed at Glen Cove and continued into the ...

Scott O'Malley sidles up to the hitching post at his Western Jubilee Recording Company offices and Warehouse Theater in downtown Colorado Springs where E. Cucharras meets the old railroad track ...

In tandem with the pervasive threat of TB, the curative power of nature promoted by mid-19th-century writers grew into an interpretation of American wilderness areas as therapeutic in the 1870s ...

Erin Bents, PPLD board of trustees President Dora Gonzalez, Angela Dougan, Debbie English, Julie Smyth and Scott Taylor listen to a speaker at the Dec. 4, 2024, meeting at Library 21C. English and ...

The world premiere of In Her Bones, a play by Jessica Kahkoska, delves into the history of crypto-Judaism in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Through one woman’s discovery of hidden family ...

The Colorado River is the region’s main water source, but experts fear persistent drought related to climate change could close the spigot for many cities in the Western U.S., including Colorado ...

Obviously, the main attraction at Pulpit Rock Park is the massive rock that gives the park its name, with many — most, probably — visitors hiking up to the top. And who could blame them? The ...

The red Ford F-250 rocked back and forth like a ship on dangerous waters as it made its way up the steep slope. “You’re not afraid of heights, are you?” asked Jerry Schnabel. “I forget to ...