A section of Airport Road closing until June
Starting on Thursday, Airport Road will be closed between Lakewood Circle, and Audubon Drive, which is just west of Academy.
and last updated 2021-04-26 00:34:22-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â Starting on Thursday, Airport Road will be closed between Lakewood Circle, and Audubon Drive, which is just west of Academy.
Traffic will be detoured to Fountain Boulevard and Pikes Peak Avenue.
The closure is expected to last until mid-June.
The closure is due to a construction project to work on the sewer system.
On Wednesday, the day before the closure, eastbound Airport Road will be reduced to one lane at Lakewood Circle and the intersection, Lakewood Circle will be fully closed for construction crews. Crews are doing this to remove a raised median island, the closure will last from 7 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Switchbacks FC first exhibition game, Weidner Field
On Saturday, Weidner Field welcomed 2,000 fans for the Switchbacks first exhibition game, downtown.
and last updated 2021-04-25 00:53:23-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â On Saturday, Weidner Field welcomed 2,000 fans for the Switchbacks first exhibition game, downtown. I have been excited and dreaming of this for the last decade. To be here, and have high level soccer in our city, and to see it come to fruition in the heart of downtown, said Sean Collins, Switchbacks fan. The energy of this space, and the field club, and the walk out is pretty speculator, said Nick Ragain, Switchbacks FC, President.
Peak Vista Community Health patient information stolen
Computer devices containing the information were taken during a burglary
KOAA
and last updated 2021-04-23 23:30:48-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â On Thursday Peak Vista Community Health Centers announced that confidential information may have been stolen during a burglary.
The burglary took place on March 7th at one of Peak Vista s health facilities.
Right now an investigation is ongoing into the burglary.
On March 31st, an investigation determined that two of the stolen computers contained protected health information.
The information on the two computers include:
Names
Medication lists
The stolen devices do not contain information regarding Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, driverâs license numbers, or any other sensitive identifiers according to Peak Vista.
Proposal for affordable housing, downtown Colorado Springs
Erin Chapman
and last updated 2021-04-22 00:19:22-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â As the cost of rent continues to climb in the city, so does the importance of offering more options for affordable housing. The opportunity to be in a house, that is affordable, in a beautiful city like Colorado Springs? I think that s a step in the right direction, said Kiran Pandit, neighbor.
Kiran Pandit has lived in a townhouse in the Lowell Neighborhood for almost seven years.
Right outside his door is the field that the city is currently looking at for a 280-unit affordable apartment complex.