Bach mum on road closing

Mayor Steve Bach says the decision whether to close a road through the Broadmoor Hotel grounds is the City Council's to make, not his.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Mayor Steve Bach, Broadmoor, Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard

Aimee Cox joins Bach's team

Council administrator leaps to Mayor Steve Bach's staff. Who will replace her?

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Aimee Cox, Mayor Steve Bach, Keith King, Danny Cole, Marti Devine-Sletta, Tom Gallagher

New Coloradan eyes governor's race

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: Politics, Gov. John Hickelooper, Steve Laffey

Police chief: Looking at helicopters and drones

Restart the whirly-snoops? Chief Carey is looking into it.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Police Chief Pete Carey, Mayor Steve Bach, helicopter, drones

NRA is gunning for Morse

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: Breaking News, Elections, State Gov, John Morse, NRA, Christ Le Lait

Bach plays paperboy for Gazette

Bach hands out copies of the daily newspaper to people at the Colorado Springs Airport.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Mayor Steve Bach, Gazette, Waldo Canyon Fire, Colorado Springs Airport

Funding ban renewed for Pinon Canyon

Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site expansion won't be funded, House committee decides.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: Military, National News, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Not 1 More Acre!, Army

So sue me, Bach says

Bach tells Council, if you don't like the city attorney arrangement, go to court.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Mayor Steve Bach, City Attorney Chris Melcher, Acacia Park, parks maintenance

Have a say in oil and gas leasing of Pike forest

U.S. Forest Service will accept comment on oil and gas leases in the Pike San Isabel national forests and Cimarron and Comanche national grasslands in May.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: Eco News, Outdoors, Pike San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Waldo Canyon Fire, Colorado Springs, oil and gas, Environmental Impact Statement

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Broadmoor road-closing meeting is tonight

The Broadmoor hosts its first community meeting about improvements and a road closing.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Business, The Broadmoor, Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard

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Tommy Smith to serve as interim fire chief

Deputy Chief Tommy Smith is named interim fire chief pending a national search.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Tommy Smith, Mayor Steve Bach, Rich Brown

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UPDATE: Austin Bluffs widening project awarded

Austin Bluffs Parkway will be a traffic-cone nightmare again soon.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Austin Bluffs Parkway, Lawrence Construction Co., Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority

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City seeks help in promoting the airport

City seeks consultant to help Colorado Springs Airport out of the doldrums.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Colorado Springs Airport, RFP, Mayor Steve Bach

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What's shakin' for Waldo victims

Several events are in the offing for people in Mountain Shadows subdivision.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: Local News, Mountain Shadows, Waldo Canyon Fire, Mayor Steve Bach, Arbor Day

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UPDATE: Fire Chief Rich Brown retires, will get paid as 'consultant'

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Fire Chief Rich Brown, Mayor Steve Bach, severance pay

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Waldo Canyon Fire: 'They didn't know what they were getting into'

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: County Gov, Waldo Canyon Fire, Sheriff Terry Maketa, KKTV

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Springs Utilities: Not for sale

Utilities Board stops study of whether to sell the city's power utility.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Colorado Springs Utilities, Don Knight, Merv Bennett, Jan Martin, Mayor Steve Bach, Keith King

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City Councilor Collins and 'the little people'

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Helen Collins, Leona Helmsley, Utilities Board

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Bach wants to spend $12 million for critical needs

Mayor Steve Bach wants to tap the city's reserves for a variety of needs.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Mayor Steve Bach, Chief of Staff Laura Neumann, reserve funds

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UPDATE: Bambi to the rescue

Fort Carson and Springs firefighters team up to train with a new wildland firefighting tool.

• by Pam Zubeck
• Tags: City Gov, Military, Fort Carson, Colorado Springs Fire Department, Bambi Bucket