The City of Fountain will be holding “Community Nite in the Park on October 21, 2014. The FREE Event for the entire Community is celebrating Colorado Cities & Towns Week. Fire trucks, police vehicles, construction equipment, will be on display. See Timmy the Turtle & Sparky the Fire Dog. The Event runs from 4:00-7:00 pm…

Trunk or Treat & Tot-Walk will be on October 24, 2014 on Main Street in front of City Hall in Fountain and Tot-Walk will be on Missouri Ave. Decorate a trunk and hand out candy or set up a booth with a game! From 5-7pm

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Additional fuel mitigation work will begin at Cheyenne Mountain State Park Monday, Oct. 20. Visitors may experience some temporary trail closures while the mitigation is being completed. Crews will mitigate 100 acres near Zook Loop, Boulder Run, Talon, Medicine Wheel, Blackmer and South Talon trails. Weather will determine the length of…

The Fountain Creek Nature Center will be have a Pumpkin Carving Party and Jack-O-Lantern Trail on Saturday, October 25, 2014.  Pumpkin Carving will be from 9am to 12 noon.  $5/pumpkin and the Jack-O-Lantern Trail will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m.  Help build a lighted trail by carving a pumpkin at the nature center in the morning.  Leave it…

Community members are invited to attend a meeting with CDOT regarding the various concerns around the striping of Highway 85/87. The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 16 at 6 pm in the upstairs meeting room at Firehouse #1, located at 811 North Santa Fe.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Join Barr Lake State Park and bird experts from Ducks Unlimited and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory for a free class designed to help birding enthusiasts and hunters identify waterfowl species commonly found in Colorado. This hands-on workshop will be held Saturday, Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Colorado…

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Educational Partnership awarded a $1.7M grant to the Wildfield School District for the 2014-15 school year. The Wildfield School District serves military students from Fort Carson Army Base, Peterson Air Force Base, U.S. Air Force Academy, Schreiver Air Force Base, NORAD, Naval Center, VA Medical.…

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI), in partnership with the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), will award $19,900 to students who received a passing score of three or more on the math, science and English on Advanced Placement exams at Mesa Ridge High School and Widefield High School as a part…

2014 marks the 15th year of the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade. This year’s theme recognizes the celebrations and remembrance’s of the past as the parade looks to continue honoring veterans in the future.  Come and celebrate our Veterans at this years parade! Date:  November 8, 2014 Time:  10:00 am Location:  Downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado…

Widefield School District 3 is proud to announce that the Mesa Ridge High School choir will be performing with professional singers from the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble (CVAE) in the upcoming Gateways program: Opening Doors to the Choral Arts on November 7, 2014. This performance is the culmination of CVAE’s acclaimed high school residency program,…

Please join us for an additional “Creek Week” clean-up day in one of our most popular neighborhood parks. We will be removing debris from the flood event last summer. Arrive at by 8 AM and get a continental breakfast and stay until Noon for a hot lunch! Fountain Creek needs your help! Please come join…

PUEBLO, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Pueblo Police Department are asking hunters and anglers for help in recovering a missing drowning victim. Christopher Lynn Frazier, 23, fell off an inflatable tube in the Arkansas River near Pueblo June 2. Water levels at the time were high, running around 4,900 cubic feet per…

This Thanksgiving invite your friends and family to help those less fortunate. For over 17 years, the YMCA Turkey Trot Run/ Walk has helped raise money to support and help provide opportunities for lower income families to participate in YMCA programs and membership. All funds raised stay right here in our community and will provide…

Join us for our annual Reynolds Ranch Harvest Festival, only at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry! The weekend’s festivities will include a pumpkin patch, hayrides, pioneer games, live music, food and drinks, a farmer’s market, animals, hands-on activities and crafts for the kids, operating outdoor and indoor steam powered machinery, “Spooky Histories” in…

Colorado Springs, CO – Are you having Incline Withdrawal?  Then come on up and help with the facelift!  The City of Colorado Springs has teamed up with the Incline Friends, the City of Manitou Springs, Friends of the Peak, REI, Rocky Mountain Field Institute, the Trails and Open Space Coalition, and YOU!  Although we will…

Do you have a Super Hero who you’d like to honor?  Possibly your Super Hero is active duty, retired, prior service, deployed, fighting cancer, battling an illness or waiting for you in Heaven.  Or, is your Super Hero dedicated to bringing awareness to an illness or a mission?  Maybe it is your child, mom, husband or best friend who…