 01/23/10 VAIL, Colorado - The Battle Mountain High School speech team is wrapping up its 23rd year of competition in Colorado's Vail Valley with arguably one of the best seasons on record. Of the 32 active team members, 29 have qualified for the State Festival Competition next Friday and Saturday. Several students have qualified in both events they have competed in and Aaron Szindler, one of the team ...
 01/14/10 While most government agencies are slashing budgets and laying off workers, the Pikes Peak Library District is building a new $3.3 million branch in the fast-growing, unincorporated area of Falcon. by Pam Zubeck While most government agencies are slashing budgets and laying off workers, the Pikes Peak Library District is building a new $3.3 million branch in the fast-growing, unincorporated area ...
12/31/09 We decided to use the actual Independent as our guide to reviewing the decade. So we undertook the painstaking process of going back through 520 issues, searching for stories, issues, quotes and assorted other nuggets that would be worth preserving and offering our readers for this look at the 2000s. by Kirk Woundy As the world and our city came upon the end of a tumultuous decade, we wondered ...
12/24/09 Recent developments bring into sharp relief a question bedeviling veterans court officials and advocates nationwide: How much risk should you take, giving a veteran a second chance? by Anthony Lane Thomas Delgado seemed a perfect candidate for a new veterans court program opening in El Paso County. After battling for months against post-traumatic stress disorder, the Iraq war veteran ended a ...
 12/23/09 Robert Bode has been named director of the Office of Financial Aid, Student Employment and Scholarships at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He previously was financial aid director for Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minn. Robert B. Hancock has earned the Certified Fraud Examiner credential. He is tax manager of The Shafer Group. Jim [...]
 12/23/09 Another round of snow and increasing winds will make travel challenging through Christmas Eve.
 12/11/09 Gov. Bill Ritter announced today the award of 14 New Energy Economic Development (NEED) grants to recipients across Colorado for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects that will help create and retain jobs, strengthen local economies, and save money and energy. The grants, which total about $1.5 million and are funded by the Recovery Act, will go to small businesses, school districts ...
 11/30/09 El Paso county is having an H1N1 vaccine clinic Monday. This is a mobile clinic, and the location is at the Calhan school on Bulldog Drive. The clinic starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m., with a break for lunch between noon and 1 p.m. The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile is operated by Peak Vista in partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Colorado. Here is a list of future dates ...
 11/30/09 Although supplies of the H1N1 flu vaccine remain lmited in El Paso County, flu clinics are becoming easier to find. Free shots will be offered through seven clinics as part of The Colorado Springs Interfaith and Health Program.
 11/28/09 The Colorado Springs School had a near-perfect season in 2008-09, going 25-2 and capturing the Class 2A state championship. The Kodiaks are back and might be even better this season.
11/23/09 Spencer Miller was a young rodeo cowboy, just starting his professional roping career. His friends say his smile was contagious, but genuine. He loved his friends, his family, and his faith. Rob Alexander watched Spencer grow up, and remembers the times Spencer spent at his ranch outside of Calhan, Colorado. "Some people have a natural and gentle grace with horses, comfort. He demonstrated ...
11/23/09 Thanks to a collaboration between the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment and Peak Vista Community Health Centers, the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile is taking to the streets to get high risk patients vaccinated.
 11/21/09 Todd Vecellio told the jury he was working undercover when he was arrested.
 11/20/09 A former small-town police chief and police officer at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs was found guilty in an internet sex case involving a woman and her 13-year-old daughter.
 11/20/09 Thousands of people in the Colorado Springs area have been vaccinated against swine flu, and cases have continued to decline since peaking in mid-October. But health officials are holding off on the celebratory champagne, because they realize that...
11/19/09 An H1N1 swine flu vaccine clinic is underway in Fountain. The location: The Hangar, 6436 S. Highway 85/87, Suite R. The vaccine will be given on a first-come, first-served basis to members of high-risk groups. The vaccine is free. Doctors offices in both El Paso and Pueblo counties have supplies of the vaccine. When the immunization is free, you will have to pay for an office visit. In addition ...
 11/17/09 CANON CITY - A trial for a former law enforcement officer got under way Monday in Fremont District Court with opening arguments in the Internet Crimes Against Children case.
 11/17/09 A jury in Cañon City Monday heard opening arguments and the beginning of testimony against a former University of Colorado-Colorado Springs police officer arrested last year in connection with an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation.
11/16/09 A 24-year-old man died in a one-vehicle accident early Sunday east of Pueblo, the Colorado State Patrol said.
11/15/09 The Colorado State Patrol says a Calhan man died following a rollover accident in Pueblo County Sunday morning. Spencer Miller, 24, was driving west on Highway 50 before 2 a.m. when he lost control of his pickup truck and ran off the highway. The truck rolled and collided with a fence. Miller was ejected from the vehicle. He wasn't wearing his seat-belt. State Patrol says he was taken to the ... | 
