Nick Smith • Special to the Independent Like many Colorado Springs residents, 23-year-old Xavier Ayala hasn’t voted in April’s local elections. Mainly, they just haven’t been on his radar. This year, ...

Nick Smith • Special to the Independent Historically known as the impoverished part of Colorado Springs, the southeast has ...

Yeast is alive,” explained Martha Stewart from onstage. And truly, it was. Stewart (played by tattoo artist Austin Kennedy ...

Ashley Andersen suffered a severe concussion near the end of 2014. Unable to walk much or drive, she spent several months in ...

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March 18, 2020, was my 18th birthday and the day Gov. Jared Polis closed schools in Colorado. I don’t remember much about the ...

Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a column from John Harner, professor of geography at University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the author of “Profiting from the Peak ...

Shane Lory, local singer-songwriter of the ever-evolving band Patchwork Jack, looks the part — working behind the bar at Lulu’s, a shaggy-haired, talented troubadour with a honey-eyed gaze.