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Dear Donna,

I am engaged to be married in a few months. We have been together for almost four years and my fiance recently surprised me by...

Whether they're providing cozy shelter from the elements outdoors or top-secret privacy in the playroom, a number of style-savvy tents put the "fun"...

Dear Donna,

Why can't women just tell you they are not interested if that's the case? I have been on the other side where I was not...

On crisp September afternoons, kids often come home from school bearing armfuls of classroom art. The evenings often bring comments about their day's...

Air Academy High School students Blake Danis and Hannah Peters began their senior engineering class with a problem and ended it with a business:...

Maggie Steele is a genealogical Sherlock Holmes.

She's digging out mysteries more than a century old in a unique project of the Pikes Peak...

Keeping the lines of communication open between parents and teachers can be a challenge, especially in this era of crowded classrooms and...

Dear Donna,

After going out on a half-dozen dates with a man, I was feeling positive about long-term potential. While he seemed to be enjoying...

Once upon a time, finding out how your child was doing in school could require weeks of patience. You waited for the parent-teacher conference, for a...

Moving into a dorm is one of college life's more exciting milestones; it's the first time many kids are living away from the comfy confines of...

Colorado Springs nonprofit helps kids, adults in need meet superheroes

In late May, The New York Times published an essay by Fort Collins author Laura Pritchett. Afterward, a torrent of emails flooded her inbox:

Harry Potter parties are for wannabe witches and wizards of any age.

Those are dueling words, but I stand by them.

Whether you're 5 or...

Students will have the chance to launch the world's tallest future heavy rocket at Fort Carson next week.

The United Launch Alliance's annual...

Some findings of a report the Colorado Department of Education released Friday on the state of the state's 226 charter schools may be surprising;...

Any registered voter who lives in the boundaries of Colorado Springs School District 11 can apply to become a candidate for appointment to the open...

Morgan Mote is the new executive director of Colorado Springs Teen Court. She replaces Debbie English, who helped found the organization in 1994 and...

As a single mom, Fountain resident Jessica Opps provides for her three kids, but there isn't always extra money for costly summer activities.