Latest News from RISE Southeast
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2026
- March 31 | Community steps up to support a new recovery center after News5 report | KOAA
- March 30 | Local students transform trail with community-focused project | KOAA
- March 24 | One man’s journey fuels new recovery center in southeast Colorado Springs | KOAA
- March 18 | Colorado Springs continues to review Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan | Fox 21
- March 16 | 15-year-old girl dies after shooting in southeast Colorado Springs | Fox 21
- March 12 | Colorado has been voting by mail for more than a decade. President Trump is trying to put an end to that. | Rocky Mountain PBS
- March 9 | Families pulling back from public spaces in southeast Colorado Springs | KOAA
- March 6 | Colorado Springs School District 11 reopens planetarium at Mitchell High School | KOAA
- March 5 | Southeast Strong vote delayed leaving Colorado Springs residents demanding answers | KOAA
- February 23 | Freezing water, a sinking car and seconds to act: Inside the Prospect Lake rescue | KOAA
- February 6 | Person dies in fatal motorcycle crash on South Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs | KRDO
- February 2 | Union Printers Building in Colorado Springs clears another hurdle toward redevelopment | KRCC
- February 1 | Colorado Springs man feeds community at Prospect Lake | KKTV
- January 26 | Colorado Springs councilwoman reprimanded for statements made after colleague walked out of meeting | KRCC
- January 26 | Return to normalcy? Colorado Springs-area educators reflect on lessons learned since pandemic years | Gazette
2025
- December 15 | Harrison School District 2 families receive Christmas gifts thanks to generosity | KOAA
- December 14 | Meet the newest board members of Colorado Springs School District 11 | KOAA
- November 27 | There’s good and bad news about Fountain Expressway and east Fountain Boulevard in Colorado Springs. Here’s what we know | KRDO
- November 18 | Safeway closure on South Murray Boulevard impacting nearby seniors, food pantry | KOAA
- November 17 | South Academy Boulevard project to resume early next year but won’t be finished until 2028 | KRDO
- November 13 | Recovery center approved for southeast Colorado Springs hotel | KOAA
- November 13 | New westbound bridges on South Circle Drive in Colorado Springs celebrated as two-year project winds down | KRDO
- November 12 | Plan approved to turn Colorado Springs hotel into behavioral health center | Gazette
- November 11 | Adopt Harrison families for the holidays | Fox 21
- November 5 | ‘Food deserts’ in Colorado Springs may become drier as access decreases | Gazette
- November 3 | What’s a good fit for Colorado Springs’ shuttered Walgreens? | Gazette
- October 30 | Circle Drive highlight of 2026 street paving in Colorado Springs | KRDO
- October 23 | Harrison boys soccer overcomes adversity, longtime foe in Coronado to capture third straight league title | Gazette
- October 22 | Happening Thursday night: Harrison High School volleyball hosting Dig Pink game for teammate battling cancer | KOAA
- October 19 | One dead and two seriously injured in crash on Fountain and Academy | Fox 21
- October 17 | COS Airport launches new rotating art program | Fox 21
- September 25 | 'Summer in Southeast' brings neighbors together | KOAA
- September 23 | Colorado Springs HOA members protest paying $20,000 each tied to hail damage | KOAA
- September 23 | Harrison High School student allegedly shoots classmates with orbeez gel gun, faces charges | KRDO
- September 23 | How do local schools ‘turn around’ after years of poor performance? | Gazette
- September 18 | New grocery store coming to Colorado Springs | KKTV
- September 16 | Local woman holding Walkability Summit to improve paths across Colorado Springs | Gazette
- September 9 | 10 Safeway stores closing across Colorado, multiple in southern Colorado | KOAA
- September 6 | $130 million electrical substation expansion in Colorado Springs marks halfway mark | Gazette
- September 5 | Longtime problem potholes on access road behind several southeast Colorado Springs businesses finally filled | KRDO
- September 5 | El Paso County Clerk defends Colorado's mail-in voting system, cited as reason for moving Space Command | KOAA
- September 4 | Colorado Springs teacher, veteran named finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year | Gazette
- September 4 | Second phase of S. Academy construction to begin | Fox 21
- September 1 | Felipe’s 109 closing South Academy location | Fox 21
- August 17 | Promise kept: D-2 taxpayers make scholarship program permanent for Harrison grads | Gazette
- August 14 | Turning pain into purpose: Colorado Springs woman holds back-to-school bash | KOAA
- August 13 | D2 Promise Program offers free college tuition to Harrison School District 2 graduates | KOAA
- August 12 | Colorado Springs residents frustrated over month-long hot water issues at Satellite Hotel | KKTV
- August 12 | Colorado Springs adds more school zones ahead of new school year | KOAA
- August 8 | Southern Colorado districts land on top spots in student behavior study | Fox 21
- August 7 | CSPD and D2 team up for Back to School Bash Thursday | Fox 21
- July 29 | Four young people killed in South Powers crash | Fox 21
- July 26 | First home completed at Wendy’s Village, a new era of affordable housing for teachers in D2 | KOAA
- July 3 | Groups in Colorado Springs sprucing up Sand Creek Trail | KOAA
- June 30 | Cleaning up the Southeast side of COS | Fox 21
- June 26 | Lauren Nelson sworn in as newest El Paso County Commissioner | KOAA
- June 24 | Hobby Smith, a new gaming store, opens in southeast Colorado Springs | Gazette
- June 8 | Southeastern Colorado Springs farmers market aims to fight food desert | KRDO
- May 30 | El Paso County Commissioner Cami Bremer to resign June 10 | KOAA
- May 19 | Where are they? 86 unaccounted for as questions remain weeks after DEA raid of illegal nightclub | Gazette
- May 15 | State approves new improvement plan for Mitchell High School | Gazette
- May 15 | From police staffing to federal raids: Colorado Springs mayor gives safety update during monthly briefing | Gazette
- May 13 | Innovative affordable housing coming to Colorado Springs | KOAA
- May 6 | ‘It could be a model for other areas’: A school district in Colorado Springs announces two affordable housing complexes for their staff | KKTV
- May 1 | The end of free childcare in Harrison School District 2: Families face new challenges | KOAA
- April 30 | HSD2 Terminates After-School Childcare Contract with City Parks Department | KOAA
- April 18 | Person injured in drive-by shooting near Astrozon | Fox 21
- April 2 | Four new city counselors set to join two incumbents on the Colorado Springs dais | KRCC
- April 1 | Low voter turnout for city council election | Fox 21
- March 17 | The future of District 4: Colorado Springs City Council race holds high stakes for the southeast, community leaders say | CS Indy (via Web Archive)
- March 13 | Students from Sierra High School witnessed a shooting while off-campus for lunch on Wednesday | KOAA
- March 5 | Some members of the Korean community in Colorado Springs are facing challenges in casting ballots | KOAA
- March 5 | Youth group holding cleanup at Panorama Park | Fox 21
- March 4 | Rising import taxes affect local Mexican grocery store in Colorado Springs | KOAA
- February 28 | Harrison School District 2 held a cooking class for school staff members | KOAA
- February 26 | Colorado Springs City Council Candidate Forum: District 4 hosted by The Gazette and News5 this Thursday | KOAA
- February 26 | Harrison District 2 art teachers to showcase work at Cottonwood Center | Gazette
- February 13 | Former Sierra Stallion Elijah Smith ready to impress in UFC debut | Gazette
- February 11 | Harrison D-2 addressing learning losses with high-impact tutoring program | Gazette
- February 8 | One dead, one injured in Southeast Colorado Springs shooting | KRDO
- January 27 | The famous Taco-Burger at Felipe’s 109 | Fox 21 (Love Living Local)
- January 24 | Dr. Wendy Birhanzel, superintendent of Harrison School District 2 | Colorado Springs Business Journal (via Web Archive)
April 28 and later | DEA Raid Coverage
- Locals react to DEA’s operation of illegal nightclub (Fox 21)
- “We are not going to accept drug trafficking and prostitution in our cities”: DEA RMFD on underground nightclub bust in Colorado Springs (Fox 21)
- Law enforcement, local leaders react to underground nightclub bust (Fox 21)
- Colorado Springs landlord ‘shocked’ underground club was operating on property (KOAA)
- DEA raids underground nightclub in Colorado Springs, more than 100 people detained Sunday morning (KOAA)
- More than 100 illegal immigrants in custody after underground nightclub bust in Colorado Springs (KRDO)
- Colorado leaders react to DEA raid on illegal underground nightclub in Colorado Springs (KRDO)
- Colorado Springs son to take care of 4 younger siblings after parents detained during club raid (KRDO)
- “It was actually kind of scary to be honest”: How one club attendee felt during a raid in an ‘underground illegal’ nightclub in Colorado Springs (KKTV)
- 100+ taken into custody at ‘underground illegal’ nightclub in Colorado Springs; Fort Carson service members reportedly involved (KKTV)
- More than 100 immigrants detained at an illegal after-hours nightclub in Colorado Springs (Associated Press via KRCC)
- ICE raids Colorado Springs illegal after-hours nightclub, detain more than 100 immigrants (Colorado Sun)
- Over 100 undocumented immigrants detained following large drug raid at Colorado Springs nightclub (Gazette)
- Active duty military caught in immigration raid at makeshift night club in Colorado Springs, no criminal charges filed (Colorado Public Radio)
- Rally held to protest bust on illegal nightclub (Fox 21)
- Rally Tuesday to demand transparency after nightclub bust (Fox 21)
- 'We didn't even know it was open,' people shocked by weekend raid (KOAA)
- Reaction in southeastern Colorado Springs following DEA raid (KOAA)
- What is the history of the Colorado Springs building raided by the DEA? (KRDO)
- ‘We want transparency’: Dozens gather outside El Paso County sheriff’s office in response to recent work with ICE and DEA (KKTV)
- ‘I’m hurt and I’m scared and I’m lost’: Wife of man detained by ICE in weekend illegal nightclub bust speaks out (KKTV)
- Springs Police: Raided club yielded over 130 calls (Gazette)
- Mobolade expects more raids, arrests after nightclub bust (Gazette)
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