Manitou Springs News

By the time I let the dog out, brewed a cup of coffee, brushed my teeth and combed my hair - more on that later - it was close to 5:45 a.m. before I finally hit the road on my first official ramped-up day of training for the Pikes Peak Ascent.

Fire danger will still be high today, but less than recent days. Gusty and erratic wind due to afternoon t-storms may cause issues for fire fighting efforts.

Nate Windham, bartender at the Blue Star, prepares a make-your-own Mojito bar for his Date with Nate cocktail class.

With active fires in the Royal Gorge and Black Forest , it might not seem like a pie contest is important, and, well, you may have a point there.

On Sunday, June 9, a runner in the Garden of the Gods 5-kilometer race in Manitou Springs, CO, caused a huge issue with the race results.

Author Wendy Wilkinsonworks on the porch of her Manitou Springs home Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

Senate President John Morse may have a national audience for his potential recall election in coming months, but it's the 84,206 voters in central Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs who will have final say in the Democrat's future.

Elite runners, including Ernest Kembenei, foreground, pass Gateway Rocks during The Garden of the Gods 10 Mile Run Sunday, June 9, 2013.

Two weeks after the Memorial Day holiday and a year after the Waldo Canyon Fire, business owners in Manitou Springs are optimistic about their economic recovery.

Here are my guests for June 8 KVOR Table Talk radio show on 740 AM from 2 to 3 p.m. Brother Luck, executive chef at the Craftwood Inn, 404 El Paso Blvd. in Manitou Springs, has started a new venture: crEATe719 Kitchen.

Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, says "at this minute" he's in it to win it, refusing to step down after recall proponents turned in more than double the number of signatures needed to force an election to oust the gun control supporter.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has selected a bridge in Manitou Springs for a pilot project that ultimately could be applied to other bridges in the state.

More than 1500 runners kicked off the first leg of the Triple Crown of Running Series with the Garden of the Gods 10 Mile Run on Sunday, June 14, 2009.

Michael Huwe sets up two telescopes on the sidewalk some days, not far from the well-worn Royal Tavern in cool and sometimes goofy Manitou Springs, and the tourists swarm around him like miller moths, stooping to stare at the sun through his safe-viewing lenses before plunking a few dollars in his tip basket.

Manitou Springs City Administrator Jack Benson said a flash flood could result in water levels as high as 9 feet, which could fill the City Hall.

A group of west-side residents and business owners will kick off a multimedia campaign Thursday that encourages people to give money to charities rather than to panhandlers.

Devlyn Golembesky, 6, of Manitou Springs dances to the music of Burn the Maps Friday, May 24, 2013, during the first day of the MeadowGrass Music Festival at La Foret in Black Forest, Colo.

The annual Manitou Springs Wine Festival was the first large crowd event in the city since the pay to park implementation.

Just remember that if your parents have not established a curfew for you, various jurisdictions in El Paso County have.

The Pikes Peak Chapter of the American Red Cross, like many organizations in the region, has rectified a few of the mistakes it made during last summer's Waldo Canyon fire, Colorado's most destructive fire.