The Empty Bowls Dinner and Silent Auction, which raises money for Tri-Lakes Cares, runs from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Lewis-Palmer High School. The Monument Hill Kiwanis Club, which puts on the dinner, says it will be the last. The Monument Hill Kiwanis Club, a service club with more than 100 volunteers, […]
Tag: Monument
Posted inGovernment
Monument’s 2040 Plan Gets More Time: A Hearing on October 14, a Council Vote on November 2
Monument has pushed back adoption of its comprehensive plan and downtown master plan by four weeks. The Planning Commission hearing continues October 14; the council vote is now November 2.
Posted inLocal News
Tri-Lakes Home Sales: July 2026
Ninety-one Tri-Lakes homes changed hands in ordinary market sales in July, at a median price of $720,000, according to El Paso County Assessor records.
Posted inEvents News
Monument Town Council Candidate Forum Set for Monday at the Chamber
The Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce hosts Monument’s six Town Council candidates on Monday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m. at 166 Second Street. Only the mayor’s race is contested.
Posted inGovernment
Bring Your Questions: Monument’s Council Opens the Floor on October 13
Monument’s council holds its quarterly open meeting with residents on October 13 at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, with a presentation on town finances and open questions.
Posted inGovernment
Monument Town Council, September 21, 2026: 7 Brew Approved, Police Fees Rewritten
Monument’s council approved a drive-thru coffee stand it had sent back two weeks earlier, cut most of the police records fees it adopted in August before those fees take effect, moved the town’s employee health benefits to a public-entity trust, and hired a new water attorney to begin replacing one who has represented the town […]
Posted inEvents News
Creek Week Comes to Monument and Palmer Lake
For nine days starting Saturday, Sept. 26, volunteers across the Fountain Creek watershed will pick litter out of its creeks, trails and open spaces. The watershed begins in the Tri-Lakes, and this year Monument has two public cleanups on the Santa Fe Trail and Palmer Lake has one crew at Glen Park, plus a noxious-weed […]
Posted inOpinion
Ask Your Local Officials for Help
Letter to the editor: Danielle Lightsey writes that when a long administrative problem left her stuck, a message to the Monument mayor and Town Council got a quick reply — and explains how other residents can do the same.
Posted inGovernment
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.
Posted inGovernment
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.