The Colorado Sun

Colorado Springs

Health Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado attorney general intervenes in $4.3 billion DaVita-UnitedHealth merger just as deal is finalized

DaVita Medical Group owns two large physicians’ groups in Colorado Springs totaling more than 100 doctors, meaning the sale would have affected patients in the region

Top Stories

Colorado is creating a network of doctors to diagnose child abuse and keep kids from slipping through the safety net

By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published

A cybersecurity worker shortage in Colorado has the industry tapping veterans to fill the gap

By Tamara Chuang Business Primary category in which blog post is published

For many business groups, Colorado’s 2019 legislative session has been “very difficult” to navigate

By Tamara Chuang Business Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado Springs has big plans for its downtown. But first the city must deal with the Martin Drake Power Plant.

By Jesse Paul Growth Primary category in which blog post is published

Cities across Colorado saw how gentrification impacted Denver. They’re trying to avoid the same pitfalls.

By Kevin Simpson Growth Primary category in which blog post is published

What’s behind Colorado’s new suicide prevention campaign? Real teen voices

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Environment Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado’s booming pronghorn population is running horns-first into newly built neighborhoods

The state's 85,000 pronghorns are a wildlife management success story, but development on the prairie is conflicting with natural patterns

Environment Primary category in which blog post is published

Wildlife officials hoping man-made dens help orphaned cubs of Colorado’s bad-news bears get back on their paws

The cubs were sent to rehab to unlearn bad behavior taught by their mothers

Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, one of the state’s top Republicans, on what’s ahead for the GOP, his city and his future

John Suthers is ruling out a future bid for Colorado governor and he won’t say how close to becoming a part of the Trump administration he came. But he will say that he thinks Colorado Springs is on solid ground -- and that he’s glad to be its mayor.

Transportation Primary category in which blog post is published

How the cul-de-sac has turned Colorado Springs into a transit desert

Mountain Metropolitan Transit ridership is up, but customers who live in far-flung neighborhoods find themselves cut off from work, health care and grocery stores

Business Primary category in which blog post is published

Restaurants, job training and low(er) home prices: A dive into why Colorado Springs’ economy is booming

The city leads the state for employment growth in 2018 and 2019, thanks to diversity in business, age, health care, cybersecurity.

Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published

El Paso County sheriff can’t hold people for immigration authorities, judge rules

Courts in several states have ruled that sheriffs cannot hold people on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without violating the 4th Amendment

Coloradans Primary category in which blog post is published

“This just does not happen”: A Garden of the Gods garbage heap is revealing big clues about the founder of Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs’ founder, William Jackson Palmer, left clues about his life in a trash dump that archaeologists have been sifting through for weeks

Health Primary category in which blog post is published

The opioid crisis is breaking hearts in Colorado — and that’s forcing doctors to make tough choices

As the U.S., Colorado work to address the opioid epidemic, hospitals are seeing a major increase in deadly heart infections caused by injection drug use. That’s left doctors facing difficult moral and ethical decisions.