AltWeeklies Wire
Colorado Springs Bar Owner Says He's Found a Smoking Ban Loopholenew
After three years fighting the law the owner of Murray Street Darts says he's figured out how he and his customers can continue lighting up legally: He's opened a tobacco shop.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
02-18-2010 |
Policy Issues
If Community Centers Close, the Fallout Could Be Immeasurablenew
It seems the community centers need a miracle. But the people who love them aren't waiting for one. In the last month, moms, dads, grandparents and high schoolers have come together with great joy, enthusiasm and imagination and put up one hell of a fight.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
02-18-2010 |
Economy
Human Rights Activist Nontombi Naomi Tutu On How We Can Healnew
Amid all the activities to which Nontombi Naomi Tutu is committed — taking groups to South Africa, facilitating women's retreats through her Sister Sojourner organization, co-writing a book — being mother of three actually speaks loudest to her professional mission.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
02-11-2010 |
Race & Class
Poor and Homeless People May Grow Food in Downtown's Oft-Abused Parknew
Colorado Springs nonprofits hope to grow food that will be tended by homeless people, poor folks and runaway teenagers, with all of it going to feed the hungry.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
02-11-2010 |
Environment
Lawmakers Look to Shake Up the Recycling World, With Tons of Tires Nearbynew
"Our goal is to break even," Chris Houtchens says, describing the financial tightrope he walks each day so that the company he runs with his father, American Tire Exchange, can turn a profit selling usable tires in the states or in Mexico.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
02-09-2010 |
Environment
Refugee Uses Website to Help Others Learn About Sudannew
The horrors of Sudan, halfway across the world, still chug in Duop Wuol's veins, urging him to do something. So this month, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs philosophy major, husband, father of four, and former Southern Sudan refugee waged a truly all-American protest: He started a website.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
02-04-2010 |
International
Gassed Up: Large Institutions Get a Price Break For Virtually Nothingnew
Seventeen institutions, including The Broadmoor and Colorado College, get a generous price break by signing up for interruptible utilities rates. Yet, they're rarely interrupted, so guess who pays for their price break? Everybody else offsets what could amount to millions of dollars annually.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
02-04-2010 |
Housing & Development
Charting the Meltdown: James Balog's Glacier Photographynew
What James Balog saw on his National Geographic shoots led him to launch the Extreme Ice Survey. The project now has 33 cameras set up to take hourly pictures at glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska and the Rocky Mountains.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein and Anthony Lane |
01-28-2010 |
Environment
An Hour at Gamblers Anonymous Lets You In on Years Sufferingnew
To be admitted to this stark room, with its vinyl floor, harsh lighting and a chill that says this place isn't supposed to be a comfort zone, one must be ready to admit failure. You show up at a Gamblers Anonymous meeting because you need help.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
01-21-2010 |
Economy
Coloradans Have Long Supported the Lottery. Maybe It's Time For a Role Reversalnew
People who can't stop playing incur an inestimable social cost in broken relationships, lost jobs, prison, even suicide. The Lottery pays a pittance to help. It pays nothing for the impact of gaming addictions on cities and counties. And if and when problem gamblers finally reach out, they find appropriately trained counselors in woefully short supply.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
01-21-2010 |
Economy
Colorado Springs Utilities Spends Millions to Reach an Already Captive Audiencenew
Today, trying to get attention that way is like whispering in Times Square. So what do you do? Blog? Tweet? Issue press releases? Go on radio? TV? YouTube? Colorado Springs Utilities does all of that and then some, at a cost to ratepayers of $3.25 million this year.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
01-12-2010 |
Media
Insurance Agents Are the Latest to Cater to Colorado's Budding Businessnew
Something magical is happening: Medical marijuana is starting to look a lot like a business. A real one. Dispensaries are paying taxes, they're following OSHA regulations, and, increasingly, they're buying insurance.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
01-07-2010 |
Drugs
Released From Prison Today? Expect a New Set of Locked Doors Tomorrownew
The 29 days since Jason Horn left jail have been a blur of bus rides, AA meetings and rejections. Today, with a cold snap tugging the temperature into the single digits, he's taking the No. 3 bus to continue his job search in Old Colorado City.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
01-07-2010 |
Business & Labor
A Little Program With Big Results is Running Out of Moneynew
Unique in the nation, the Resource Advocacy Program in Colorado Springs takes the people who have hit absolute rock bottom. Often they're addicted to drugs and alcohol, homeless and mentally ill. Oh, and they're usually distrustful of the Man.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
01-07-2010 |
Drugs
Officials Struggle to ID Crimes Too Violent for Veterans Courtsnew
After battling for months against post-traumatic stress disorder, Thomas Delgado, an Iraq war veteran ended a night of heavy drinking in September 2008 by hunkering down with a gun in his bathtub. He soon found himself facing a charge of attempted murder.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
12-29-2009 |
War
