Colorado Springs Utilities News

The center can house up to 100 people. Those in need of shelter will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Up to now, Mayor Steve Bach has laid off people here and there. But last week, he took out 59 employees, an entire department, by outsourcing the city's fleet maintenance.

As promised by the freshman six in their first month of office, the Colorado Springs City Council is seizing its budget power.

The twice-a-week watering restrictions imposed on Colorado Springs water customers have yet to take a terrible toll on lawns and gardens, but's it's early and we've yet to be exposed to summer's most extreme heat.

The westbound lanes of Woodland Hills Road from Rangewood Drive to Union Boulevard will be closed until about 11:30 p.m. Friday to allow utility crews to repair an electrical box that was destroyed in a single-vehicle car crash.

John Cassiani stood before his fellow members on a regional stormwater task force this week and pitched the creation of a quasi-governmental group that would collect property fees and oversee millions of dollars in drainage projects across El Paso County.

Monica Whiting has been hired as JEA chief customer officer by Managing Director/CEO Paul McElroy to help the utility achieve its goals for improved customer service.

In the latest sign of Colorado's drought, on Wednesday Colorado Parks and Wildlife authorized a public fish salvage for Henry Lake, located northeast of Ordway in Crowley County.

Last September, the Sierra Club dropped the "L-Bomb" on Colorado Springs Utilities and its coal-fired power plants, in the form of a 10- page certified letter addressed to Utilities CEO Jerry Forte .

Cass has been an agent for American Family since November 1991; his office is at 5520 Library Lane.

The YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region recently welcomed four new members to serve on its Metropolitan Board of Directors.

Colorado Springs Utilities is working on repairs at this time, and believe it shouldn't take too long to restore.

But, if the program is approved, it will be smaller and provide less incentive for those who want to participate than a previous program.

As the Colorado Springs city auditor reviews the natural gas hedging program of Colorado Springs Utilities, speculation and reports are flying about $140 million in losses.

For a moment, it might have seemed that the sun had set on the expansion of a Colorado Springs community solar garden project.