The Independent’s sound forecast gave the September 25 concert at the Ford Amphitheater its highest rating, a band in which past nights have drawn a median of twenty-four reports to the resident-run noise map. The map logged five, three of them the following day. The forecast has now misjudged three shows in a row, twice […]
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The Wind Blew the Other Way, and the Complaints Came Anyway
Saturday’s Lynyrd Skynyrd concert at the Ford Amphitheater was the most strongly upwind evening in three years of records, and it drew the largest response the resident-run noise map has ever logged on a night the wind was blowing the other way. It was also the second show running that the Independent’s own sound forecast […]
Posted inEvents News
Tri-Lakes Halloween Headquarters: Trunk-or-Treats, Oktoberfests and Pumpkin Patches, Mapped
Monument Halloween events, Palmer Lake trunk-or-treats, Oktoberfests and pumpkin patches across the Tri-Lakes, mapped and listed by day, and free for any host to add.
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Monument Independent Digital Straw Poll: Fifteen Questions From Your November Ballot
Fifteen 2026 Colorado ballot measures, the certified language for each, and a reader straw poll. Open through September 29.
Posted inOpinion
The Comment I Filed on the Buc-ee’s Appeal
Filed with El Paso County as a resident of Monument, not on behalf of this newspaper. The full text, exactly as submitted.
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The Independent Builds a Sound Forecast for the Ford Amphitheater
A new tool forecasts which upcoming Ford Amphitheater concerts are most likely to be heard in the neighborhoods to the north, from wind direction and the low-frequency content of each act.
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BoardWatch Adds Palmer Lake and a Tracker for Each Board
BoardWatch now covers three boards. Palmer Lake’s trustees join the Monument Town Council and the El Paso County commissioners, each with a vote tracker of its own — 266, 275 and 369 recorded decisions, each linked to the minutes it came from.
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Three Governments, One Map: The Independent Launches TriLakes Growth
Development records for the Tri-Lakes sit in three unrelated government systems, and no map showed all three at once. TriLakes Growth, a Monument Independent publication now in beta, indexes El Paso County, Monument and Palmer Lake filings into one free public record.
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The Independent Launches a Free Tri-Lakes Business Directory
Tri-Lakes Colorado lists 360 businesses in Monument, Palmer Lake and Woodmoor. Listings are free, every business gets its own indexable page, and owners can correct or remove theirs at no charge.
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Lunch, Located: A Food Truck Tracker for the Tri-Lakes
The Monument Independent launches a daily food truck tracker for Monument, Palmer Lake, Woodmoor and Gleneagle.