Debbie Kelley

Horror fan Olivia Podolsky thought she was going to throw up after her honey, Neil Mahon, surprised her Monday morning with the gift of a hot-air balloon ride. “I started wondering about the basket and weight capacity and it moving and how many other people would be inside,” she said. “I psych myself out about […]

On the one-year anniversary of her husband’s assassination, Erika Kirk will deliver a 10-minute prerecorded address via video to attendees of this year’s Truth & Liberty Conference in Woodland Park. Christian political activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10, 2025, during an outdoor debate at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The event […]

Since MedRide, a Colorado Springs-headquartered free transportation service for Medicaid recipients, enacted cutbacks on certain rides last Tuesday, patients and healthcare providers have been experiencing the effects. “People are kind of being left high-and-dry with a company they’ve been using for years,” said Jason Jones, a caseworker at Fountain Valley Health Care, a full-service primary […]

Since MedRide, a Colorado Springs-headquartered free transportation service for Medicaid recipients, enacted cutbacks on certain rides last Tuesday, patients and healthcare providers have been experiencing the effects. “People are kind of being left high-and-dry with a company they’ve been using for years,” said Jason Jones, a caseworker at Fountain Valley Health Care, a full-service primary care clinic at which 90% of clients have federal Medicaid insurance.

A real estate deal signed Tuesday will bring to full circle the ownership of two well-known properties in Colorado Springs that are grounded in a steadfast generational relationship. The philanthropic grantmaker El Pomar Foundation has sold its nearly 70-year-old headquarters and surrounding land at 10 Lake Circle to a business that President and CEO Kyle […]

The second president and CEO of Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, who more than 20 years ago replaced founder Dr. James Dobson as the organization’s leader, now is retiring. A search is on for the third head of the multimedia organization that reported $138.3 million in revenue for the last fiscal year, Gary Schneeberger, assistant to the president for media relations, said Monday. Daly is on vacation and unavailable for an interview, he said.Board members will identify and interview qualified candidates over the next few months, Schneeberger said.

When people walk into the redesigned building that now houses the Outpatient Mental & Behavioral Health Program on the Colorado Springs campus of Griffith Centers, Jenn Barger hopes they recognize a labor of love. The new wall murals, decorations, paint scheme and interior reconfiguration of the building give way to different types of therapy rooms, […]

Vince Bzdek started learning the industry that runs through his ancestral veins at an early age. Each of the six Bzdek children pitched in to help with the multigeneration family business of owning and operating the Brush News-Tribune in northeastern Colorado. The ink on newsprint rolling off the presses smelled like a promising future to […]

While attitudes about addiction to drugs and alcohol are changing to reflect more acceptance and understanding, the industry is not keeping pace with the cultural shift, a recent nationwide study concludes. “The challenge now is that our policies, systems and institutions have not fully caught up with what the public already believes,” Faces & Voices of Recovery’s […]

While attitudes about addiction to drugs and alcohol are changing to reflect more acceptance and understanding, the industry is not keeping pace with the cultural shift, a recent nationwide study concludes. “The challenge now is that our policies, systems and institutions have not fully caught up with what the public already believes,” Faces & Voices of Recovery’s […]