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 prospect of recreational marijuana being sold in Colorado Springs looks more and more like a haze-shrouded dream after the City Council passed an ordinance this week that would bar nonmedical ...

Samantha Kelly was teaching a private class at her Pilates studio in downtown Colorado Springs one morning last April when ...

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

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 ...

A black-and-white world is tinged with scarlet blood in Anthony Meister’s noir thriller “Blurred Lines.” Inspired by the color choice in films like “Sin City” and “Schindler’s List ...

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.

The noise of unified applause from the citizens who attended August 27’s Colorado Springs City Council meeting to challenge Ford Amphitheater nearly rivaled the cacophonous concerts they came to ...

INDEPENDENT: Yeah, and you better justify it! [laughter] MAYBERRY: I’m biased certainly, but I don’t think it means anything to live someplace that you don’t know the background of. I’m ...

Thomas Jefferson was never able to successfully make wine from the vineyard he planted at Monticello. But I’ve met the man who did. His name is Gabriele Rausse, and he’s quite the character.