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Manitou Springs 2A: Increasing the excise tax on ticket sales and admission fees

The measure aims to address a loss in revenue after the city lost its regional monopoly on recreational marijuana sales.

9Things to do in Colorado this weekend: Oct. 24-26

CORTEZ — The Cortez community will be out at Montezuma Park on Saturday for Pumpkin Fest. The day kicks off with a 5K Zombie ...
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Be Kind? In Manitou Springs, it's a movement

Manitou Springs Community Foundation's "Pay it Forward" program inspires young people to give back to their community ...

‘Weird, fun and funky’: All about the Emma Crawford Coffin Race!

Coffins will be flying Manitou Avenue once again on Saturday as the city celebrates one of its most famous residents -- with ...

‘Might not be sustainable’: Manitou Springs presents draft budget

Complying with a state deadline, Manitou Springs on Tuesday presented a preliminary budget that cuts deeply into the city’s reserve. Whether the city will need to contemplate austerity measures at its ...

‘Manitou is built on tourism’: Amid declining marijuana sales tax, Manitou Springs voters at odds on how to solve the shortfall

A ballot question for November’s election is giving Manitou Springs residents a chance to help decide how to solve a revenue ...

Manitou Springs coffin races: Everything you need to know

It’s that time of year again–time for Emma Crawford and her pallbearers to don their funniest, spookiest, cleverest costumes ...
Colorado Public Radio

Manitou Springs, long a local marijuana monopoly, reeling from recreational sales in Colorado Springs

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 ...