Fifteen 2026 Colorado ballot measures, the certified language for each, and a reader straw poll. Open through September 29.
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Gleneagle’s Proxy Form Names a Director Facing Removal
Correction, September 15, 2026: An earlier version of this article said that Ray Micklewright had not replied to questions from The Independent. He replied at 6:55 p.m. on September 13, some six hours after publication and well inside the deadline The Independent had set. His reply was not seen before the article was updated later […]
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The State Released Its Preliminary Framework Scoring. Where D38 Earned Its Points.
Colorado’s 2026 preliminary school and district performance ratings, decomposed: how Lewis-Palmer 38 earned 73.2 percent of its points, by grade band and subject, with every local school and The Classical Academy.
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A Robotics Room in Monument Became a Community Workshop in Palmer Lake
Monumental Impact began in 2020 because a home-based business could not host a high-school intern properly. Six years on it runs a workshop at 866 Highway 105 in Palmer Lake with a computer-controlled router, a ninety-watt laser and a rack of 3D printers, open on a monthly membership to teenagers through retirees. It marked its […]
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Denied in July, Walker Road Rezoning Returns as RM-12 and RS-5000
Less than seven weeks after El Paso County commissioners denied multi-family zoning at Highway 83 and Walker Road, the landowner has filed two new requests for the same 15 acres, now zoned for five-acre rural lots: multi-dwelling zoning allowing up to 12 dwelling units an acre on the northern half, and small-lot single-family and duplex […]
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Black Forest Slash Drop-Off Ends Sept. 12; Mulch Runs Through Sept. 19
Saturday, Sept. 12, is the last day to drop off slash at the Black Forest Slash-Mulch site. Mulch pickup runs through Sept. 19, and the committee’s flyer says a loader will be on hand four days and its services are free through the end of the season.
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Palmer Lake Wine Festival Returns Sept. 12
The seventh Palmer Lake Wine Festival runs Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Palmer Lake Recreation Area, with tastings from 21 Colorado wine and mead makers and a portion of the proceeds for Tri-Lakes Cares.
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The Changing Politics of Northern El Paso County
Precinct returns show the Republican presidential margin in Monument and Palmer Lake, northern El Paso County, narrowed from R+44 in 2016 to R+26 in 2024.
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Monument Town Council, September 8, 2026: An E-Bike Ordinance Ordered, a Drive-Thru Sent Back, a Plan Nobody Could Find
Monument’s council ordered a draft e-bike and e-moto ordinance carrying a $250 fine for parents, sent a Jackson Creek Parkway drive-thru back over its driveways, and approved a shop building that the site’s own well had already shrunk.
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Monument Pours in the Park Returns Sept. 19
The Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce has renamed its September craft-beverage festival Monument Pours in the Park. It runs at Limbach Park on Saturday, Sept. 19, from noon to 4 p.m. — beer, spirits, wine, cider and non-alcoholic pours, a jazz band, and 400 tickets at $30 in advance or $35 at the gate. MONUMENT — […]