Austen Erblat is a digital producer and assignment editor at CBS News Colorado and is Covering Colorado First. Originally from South Florida, he's been working as a journalist in Denver since 2022.

By Shemi Shlomo In the late 1980s, downtown Manitou Springs faced a serious problem: too few parking spaces, which harmed the ability of local businesses to attract customers. The solution didn’t come ...

The 108th and newest Adaman Club member can trace his family history in Colorado Springs back further than the club's ...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — People in southern Colorado are cleaning up after heavy rain triggered mudslides and flooding and hail piled up like snow. Residents and businesses in Manitou Springs ...

The expression “nutty as a fruitcake” was coined in 1935 when Southern bakeries added an excess of nuts to their fruitcakes.

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Starting Monday, the Manitou Springs special tax on retail marijuana will be lower. Last week, city council voted unanimously to reduce it from 10% to 5%. The change ...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs may be taking a toll on a nearby city. The Manitou Springs City Council voted to cut an additional ...

Leaders in Manitou Springs are starting to understand the budget ramifications of losing the city’s local monopoly on recreational marijuana earlier this year. And it’s not good. During a city council ...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colorado – A hiker has died while climbing one of Colorado’s most difficult trails. A heart attack is suspected in the Sunday morning death on the Manitou Incline. The man was not ...

A woman in Colorado was able to walk away from a bear attack that left her back clawed up, officials said. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the sow, which was with two cubs, attacked the woman ...