I’ve been hearing from a handful of Trails and Open Space Coalition members and Friends group members that they are experiencing an increase i…
Fall is here, and so is Artober! (Yes, you read that right.)
The Pikes Peak region has made its abrupt transition from 90-degree days to temperatures dipping down into the 40s (and even the 30s!).
Here’s update on a popular topic broached in this space several weeks ago.
As we approach the halfway point in our fall semester, I’m left reflecting on our continual progress in the face of complex challenges.
Pets are family. And when there’s a family dispute, they can get caught in the crossfire.
Even among owls, the Flammulated is especially shy and secretive. I have only observed them once — decades ago in the Pennock Pass area near E…
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For my wife, Peggy and I, August 2021 will be remembered as both a hell and Heaven on Earth month.
Nearly a decade ago, I walked into a trauma recovery center in Cambodia, and my life has never been the same. In the serene setting, I was sur…
Our health needs can change each year, and so can health plan coverage choices. So it’s important to understand your health care options to fi…
Passing through the doors of The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, and entering the soaring atrium lobby puts visitors squarely in the midst of late…
Ray Bradbury wrote “Fahrenheit 451” as a response to the McCarthyism of the 1950s.
Now this was a weekend that’ll be tough to top. Yep, we did it again — and completely sober this time! (A joke that Marissa’s heard enough by …
In my last two columns, I described a recent trip my wife and I took to southwest Montana to do some tracking of the Lewis and Clark Expeditio…
Last week’s release of the trailer for “Licorice Pizza,” the highly anticipated new film from writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson, feels like…
Is there a more beautiful place to be than Colorado in early fall? A purely rhetorical question, of course. Even though we’d already gotten a …
Fire prevention week is Oct. 3-9. The theme is “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety.” Fire prevention is very important to me. It’s a serious subj…
There’s a reason shows set at a high school will probably never go away: They’re relatable to just about everybody.
You may remember Woodsy Owl and his catchphrase, "Give a Hoot! Don't Pollute!" chirped on many a public service announcement between cartoon e…
Four of our country’s elite athletes testified last week at a hearing before Congress about the failure of the FBI to stop a child predator wh…
Do you believe land is essential to our quality of life?
It was 1952 when the cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs first started gobbling up water rights in a remote, high mountain valley on the sta…
In 1890, Colorado financier David H. Moffat, who was with the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at the time, had just returned to Denver from t…
Letters to the Editor — Sept. 15, 2021
The scene of the crime: Limbach Park, Monument, Colorado. The date: Sept. 5, 2021, 6:15 p.m. The offense: crimes against musical taste and com…
The numbers are in and tourism in the Pikes Peak region rocked ... again.
Reading is one of my great pleasures, and I love finding new books — fiction or nonfiction — that help broaden my perspective and provide a gl…
“This is a day we try not to remember but have to remember,” said Dan Williams, commander of the American Legion Eric V. Dickson Post 1980, as…