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Taking Off in Stylenew

Colorado Springs airport gets a big-money makeover.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-01-2011 |
Housing & Development
Best of Both Worldsnew

Springs cops and firefighters can retire while they're still at work.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
08-18-2011 |
Policy Issues
Endurance Ridenew

How Colorado put together a world-class cycling event (without really making a fuss about it.)
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
08-18-2011 |
Sports
Cooling the Rhetoricnew

Jim Daly and James Dobson certainly bring different approaches to Focus on the Family's work, and it's perhaps most obvious when you see their words side-by-side.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-10-2011 |
Religion
Insult to Injurynew

Man says he was harassed by Colorado Springs police officers for having his service dog with him.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-09-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Bedbugs Invade Colorado Springsnew

And bedbugs may do just that, since they're hitching their way across Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
05-31-2011 |
Science
Tags: Colorado Springs Hotels, bedbugs
One More Go-Roundnew

Four men bid the Colorado Springs Council adieu with kind words and -- surprise -- differing views on the past and the future.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-21-2011 |
Politics
Rental Rematch in Colorado Springsnew

The fight over regulating the city's vacation houses gets nasty, again.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-15-2011 |
Housing & Development
Small Colorado Town Brainstorms Ways to Accommodate Summer Rush of Touristsnew

Since Manitou refashioned its downtown a few years back, crowds have overwhelmed this small town, clogging streets to the point that, at times, emergency vehicles haven't been able to pass.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-07-2011 |
Policy Issues
Let the Battle for Colorado Springs Mayor Beginnew

Richard Skorman and Steve Bach size up a short runoff campaign -- and their own unique challenges.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-07-2011 |
Politics
Motel Living: How One Young Homeless Family Makes it Work in a Colorado Springs Motelnew

Jami and Nicole had a couple happy, hectic months with their newborn -- until Jami was laid off, they ran out of money, and Nicole found herself looking for somewhere they could go.
"If we had gone to a homeless shelter," Nicole says, "we wouldn't have been able to stay together."
"If we had gone to a homeless shelter," Nicole says, "we wouldn't have been able to stay together."
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-05-2011 |
Homelessness
Collarednew

More victims of the down economy: pets and the shelters that protect them.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-31-2011 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Animal Rescue, Humane Society
Ballot Biasnew

Didn't vote in November 2010? Colorado Springs won't make it easy for you to participate now.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-03-2011 |
Politics
Feeling Flushnew

Where did all that stimulus money go? Some of it has been piped into Manitou Springs' infrastructure.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
02-07-2011 |
Economy
Crimes of Punishmentnew

A top prison expert talks about human rights in jails across the nation.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
02-04-2011 |
Policy Issues