Friday, May 24, 2013
News
Staying high and dry in a flood situation
Strategies to protect yourself, and your most valuable stuff
Houses that survived the 2012 fire now face flooding risk
I can't help but wonder if my home — and those of so many of my neighbors — survived the fire only to be swept away in the flood.
El Paso County’s sheriff attracts cheers and jeers for his posturing on gun control
Of bullets and ballots
Oil change possible at Banning Lewis Ranch
Colorado Springs could jump in where Ultra Resources leaves off
Study shows nonprofits carry some financial heft
A new study finds that Pikes Peak region nonprofits comprise the seventh-largest industry locally, with $3.1 billion in annual revenues.
Teachable moment at Air Force Academy
A study of Air Force Academy faculty composition calls for the hiring of more civilian instructors.
Secret pensions at Memorial Health System?
Fifteen former Memorial Health System employees had a special retirement plan that cumulatively cost up to $636,000 a year.
Columns
Budget cuts hit Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station
Just as at Peterson and Schriever bases, Fort Carson and the Air Force Academy, all civilian and contract personnel inside the mountain are preparing for furloughs.
Fire and rain
With Waldo Canyon and beyond left in cinders, the potential for catastrophic flooding looms large this summer.
A bright future for Winfield Scott Stratton post office?
We all want to rebuild our downtown, don't we?
Say 'yes' on TOPS issue
If Issue 1 passes, the TOPS open space and trails accounts will remain untouched. The only change will come to how the parks category is spent.
Your best bracket tips
If you’re like most people, you didn’t really follow college basketball this season — until the NCAA Tournament bracket came out Sunday afternoon.
Crowbar and skullcap lead cops to robber
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Medical touch is not sexual touch
It's pretty hard to confuse an exam room with a singles bar.
Food & Drink
Odelay Tacos, Firemans Brew, The Tavern
Dine & Dash
Music
Devendra Banhart, Replacements, They Might Be Giants
Sound Advice
Major concerts in Colorado
Big Gigs
Bar and club gigs in the region
Playing Around
Film
Stoker presents a stylized blood triangle
Through expressive camerawork and adroit editing, its moody aura is meticulously maintained.
A better way to die hard: Olympus Has Fallen
A hopelessly outmanned protagonist evens the odds through brute force and good old-fashioned American ingenuity.
Visual Arts
A Colorado College pressman subverts the art of publishing in Any thing that Is strang
The exhibit will feature posters, broadsides and ephemera: artifacts of the entire printing process.
Stage
Comedian Kathleen Madigan brings her history to the stage
In retroscript
Calendar
Special Section
Banning Lewis and an $800 million discrepancy
How much will developers pay for public infrastructure in the Banning Lewis Ranch? A 2007 study spelled that out.
Mayor calls for downtown renaissance
Mayor Steve Bach holds a news conference to promote downtown and tell people how to vote on April 2.
Three consultants to present Drake proposals next Friday
A city task force has chosen three finalists to study decommissioning of Drake Power Plant, or whether it should be decommissioned.
Ultra must relinquish property, judge says
Colorado Springs Utilities wins in court over Ultra Resources to gain possession of property for its water pipeline.
Nastygrams try to smear Utilities employees
More smears advanced in the April 2 city election.
Joel Miller cries foul over non-endorsement endorsement
The El Paso County Republican Party is not endorsing Colorado Springs City Councilor Angela Dougan. Bill Roy couldn't be more emphatic on this point.
It's a new, super-sized bonus CineFiles!
If there is a moral to every episode of the television series Femme Fatales, it’s this: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
More on the Academy's faculty issue
The RAND Corp. finally releases its study of faculty issues at the Air Force Academy.
More firefighting planes for Colorado?
Two state senators will call tomorrow for the state to create it's own firefighting aerial fleet.
A watershed moment for Utilities, and other stuff
NeuStream technology components arrived Tuesday at Drake Power Plant. Utilities CEO sets the mayor straight on a few things.
Memorial pension recipients revealed
List of former employees of Memorial Hospital who received additional pension payments has been released.
