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COVID-19 vaccinations continue to divide Americans, most recently between the vaccinated and unvaccinated.

If you watch the news, chances are you've heard about the recent spending and tax bills making their way through the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate. These bills could have a direct impact on your bottom line, so they garner considerable attention.

We honor the victims of September 11th. Our hearts and prayers are with the victims, families and friends who lost loved ones on this fateful day.

Have you wondered where unemployment benefits come from? It's not the federal government. Indeed, state unemployment benefits are paid for using the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. This is a fund that each employer pays into, making the fund entirely employer funded.

The love of cookies is universal. From Macau to Buenos Aires to New York to Cairo, each place has their cookies with their own unique identity and taste. Brooke Orist, owner/operator of Sasquatch Cookies, has lived much of her life in the nonprofit world traveling the globe before returning to her home in Colorado Springs to bring her experiences into the culinary dessert realm.

Delta variant, vaccine passports, mask mandates, oh my! It's the start of another school year and the official information coming out about COVID-19 is confusing. Plus, it doesn't help that the information we've received from public-health authorities appears influenced more by politics than science.

Dogs have long been known as man’s best friend. Like humans, dogs are social creatures, and neither are meant to thrive alone. From the time dogs became domesticated, they have depended on people for their survival. However, people have discovered their need for a dog’s support just as much.

It's no secret that Colorado's seen a considerable influx of people over the past 10 years. Indeed, according to the most recent U.S. Census, Colorado gained 744,518 new residents between 2010 and 2020. That's an increase of 14.8 percent and they all need affordable housing.

Bikes exist for every focus and identity, but not every bike is made the same. A few years ago, the advent of the “fat bike” with larger tires and the ability to handle rougher terrain with smoothness gained a fervent following in the industry.

Over the weekend the community was challenged to communicate with the mayor, city council and county commissioners about clearance evacuation times and the safety of citizens residing in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).