MANITOU SPRINGS — An investigation is underway after officers shot and killed a suspect during a confrontation in Manitou Springs. Police say the suspect, whose name has not been released, was menacing people with a firearm at a business late Monday night and shot at least one round at responding officers. At least one Manitou […]
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Pikes Peak Marathon legend Arlene Pieper Stine, the first woman to run a sanctioned marathon, has died
One of Colorado mountain running’s most beloved heroes used to climb up the ladder next to the sign draped across the town of Manitou Springs’s main drag — “Welcome, Pikes Peak Runners” — so that she could send off the hundreds of runners who had packed the narrow street to head off for the summit […]
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The Witches of Manitou Springs: History, hysteria and wand-waving Wiccans behind a stubborn urban myth
Manitou Springs, a picturesque mountain town nestled in the shadow of Pikes Peak, is full of whispers of witches and witchcraft. Maybe you’ve heard it from an Uber driver on the way to an area bar or while scrolling through a travel site. It’s a tale that often wanders through word of mouth. Wherever it […]
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60 years ago, the first woman to complete a U.S. marathon ran to the top of Pikes Peak and back down again
In white shorts, sleeveless blouse and dime-store tennis shoes, Arlene Pieper Stine, 29, stood on the start line of the 1959 Pikes Peak Marathon looking more like Marilyn Monroe than a mountaineer. But Pieper Stine, then a Colorado Springs health club owner, not only finished the 26-mile race, with its grueling 8,000 feet of vertical […]