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07/17/11 Saddle bronc riding proved to be the toughest division to maintain the lead with the top prize winner emerging Saturday at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo at the Norris-Penrose Event Center.Jake Wright rode Eclipse for an 86 to edge Friday winner Jesse James Kirby (84) to take the $4,666.87 check...
07/16/11 It didn't matter whether they were a weekend circuit warrior or a big-time pro, all had their sights on the big money up for grabs at the 71st Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo.The four-day event, which concluded Saturday night at the Norris-Penrose Event Center, gave fans a glimpse of those Mountain...
07/14/11 Nighttime winners Wednesday in the start of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo at the Norris-Penrose Event Center included Lonny Graham in bull riding; Winn Ratliff in bareback; Justin Berg in saddle bronc; J.C. Malone in tie-down roping; Shawn Greenfield in steer wrestling; Pat Grieve and Jesse Echtler...
07/13/11 Buying a defunct Colorado Springs motel now could save millions of taxpayer dollars in future highway improvements, a state transportation engineer told leaders from 16 nearby cities and counties Wednesday.Hearing that, the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments' board agreed to let the...
07/10/11 Another climbing venue... Garden of the Gods, CO. 0 Mountain lake as seen from the Cog Railway on Pikes Peak, CO. 0
07/09/11 On June 16, the resplendent parlor of the El Paso Club was besieged by an insurgency.A small cadre had used the club's bylaws to force members to vote on whether, after 134 years, the venerable old gentlemen's club, which has long been the seat of power in the Pikes Peak region, should...
07/05/11 All of the king's horses and men responded to a four-acre Bear Canyon forest fire in the foothills on Monday, and the massive response worked.The quick reaction staved off fears that all of Pikes Peak would be turned to cinders as the nation tuned in to watch the U.S. Women's Open golf...
06/27/11 Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima used the extra pavement to his advantage and smashed his old Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record by more than 10 seconds on June 26, with a finishing time of 9 minutes, 51.278 seconds.
06/26/11 Described in his nomination as "a quiet leader driving big, durable and creative solutions for our community," David Jenkins, CEO of Nor'wood Development Group, was honored Sunday with the annual Pikes Peak Range Riders' Silver Spur Award.The award, presented to an individual...
06/22/11 A week-long bankruptcy sale of the sprawling, 21,500-acre Banning Lewis Ranch begins Thursday, a process that will determine ownership of the property that holds the key to decades of residential and commercial growth in the Pikes Peak region.Parties interested in purchasing the ranch...
06/22/11 FOOTBALL LEGEND : The Governor of Colorado lost Pikes Peak to Texas in a football bet.
06/21/11 Before the race starts, a record is already likely at this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
06/20/11 Two-time World Rally Champion Marcus Gr?nholm earned a hard-fought rallycross victory Saturday at the Global RallyCross Championship: Last Chance, held at Pikes Peak International Raceway near Colorado Springs.
06/17/11 They may be bigger and stronger, but horses have proven to be no match for the greenback cutthroat trout.The endangered fish has forced the Pikes Peak Range Riders to re-route this year's five-day trek that starts during Wednesday's annual Street Breakfast in downtown Colorado Springs....
06/01/11 Severe weather continues to batter the country and the Pikes Peak Red Cross is responding to flooding in Montana and North Dakota, even as tornado relief efforts continue in Joplin, Missouri and other areas.
06/01/11 The Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region will be one of 70 El Paso County nonprofit arts organizations participating in a national study to measure the economic development of the arts. The research study, titled Arts and Economic Prosperity IV, will be conducted throughout 2011 and presented in July 2012. As one of the 200 study [...]
05/31/11 Lance Bolton, Ph.D., currently president of Northeastern Junior College (NJC), has been appointed president of Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado by Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System (CCCS).
05/27/11 A preview of events happening around the Pikes Peak region this Memorial Day weekend along with hours of operation for various businesses around town:See coloradosprings.com for a full preview of entertainment, including the...
05/26/11 Mike Kazmierski, who spent nearly six years leading efforts to add jobs in the Pikes Peak region, resigned Thursday as president and CEO of the <a href="http://www.coloradosprings.org" target="_blank" title="colorado springs regional economic development...
05/26/11 Hyundai, Red Bull, and Rhys Millen Racing will attempt to set multiple world records at this year's Pikes Peak International Hill climb in June. Rhys Millen will compete in the unlimited class with the Hyundai-powered RMR PM580 purpose-built tube-framed race car, while Rhys' father, Rod Millen, will compete in the 2WD production class with the Genesis Coupe race car.
05/26/11 Melinda Thomas, 59, Woodland Park, Colo., formerly of Hays, died Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Pikes Peak Hospice, Colorado Springs, Colo. She was born Oct. 27, 1951, in Hays to Severin S. and Marie (Riedel) Leiker. She was a 1969 graduate of Marian High School in Hays. | 
