Heidi Beedle

5 days ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Heidi Beedle

Dear readers,As a news organization serving the small, tight-knit community of Manitou Springs, it can be particularly difficult to navigate some stories because members of the Bulletin team know the people involved so well. We may personally like them, or we may have mutual friends – often both. Our personal and professional relationships may overlap and that’s unavoidable.

5 days ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Heidi Beedle

This article was first published in the Colorado Times Recorder. Colorado Republicans held a town hall Saturday for El Paso County board of education candidates. The candidates for the ostensibly nonpartisan seats in Colorado Springs School District 11, District 49, and Academy School District 20 were joined by Colorado House Minority Leader Rep. Rose Pugliese (R-El Paso County), U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO), and Colorado GOP Chair Brita Horn.

5 days ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Heidi Beedle

Council approved the first reading of an amended budget for 2025 during this week’s meeting. “Per the City’s normal practice, City Council appropriates a midyear amended budget,” said Rebecca Davis, Manitou Springs finance director. “On May 3, in an all-day executive session, City Council really examined the impacts of Colorado Springs allowing retail marijuana and there was a lot of good discussion about that.

1 week ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Heidi Beedle

Colorado Republicans held a town hall Saturday for El Paso County board of education candidates. The candidates for the ostensibly nonpartisan seats in Colorado Springs School District 11, District 49, and Academy School District 20 were joined by Colorado House Minority Leader Rep. Rose Pugliese (R-El Paso County), U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO), and Colorado GOP Chair Brita Horn.

1 week ago | coloradotimesrecorder.com | Heidi Beedle

Late Friday afternoon, Salem Media, the national broadcasting company focused on Christian and conservative content that owns several Colorado stations including 710 KNUS, issued an undated apology to former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer. Coomer filed a defamation lawsuit against former KNUS host and current Republican National Committeeman Randy Corporon and conservative broadcaster Salem Media Group in 2021 over Corporon’s platforming of election conspiracist Joe Oltmann.