Debbie Kelley is a reporter at various esteemed publications including Finger Lakes Times and Colorado Politics. She covers a diverse range of topics such as religion, mental health, homelessness, social services, and general news, with a particular focus on consumer health and wellness programs. Debbie's work has been featured in notable outlets like Yahoo News, The Denver Gazette, and 9NEWS Denver.
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By: Debbie Kelley
Without the new courtyard gazebo at Springs Rescue Mission, some people who attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday for the structure’s debut noticed they would have been baking in the sun. Clients of Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter, who had found relief from the heat in the shadow of nearby buildings during the event, agreed.
By: Debbie Kelley
“While I am obviously a different person than Rev. Armstrong, God somehow managed to find another former Army helicopter pilot from the Northeast to replace him,” said The Rev. Joey Odell, who took over March 1 as the new rector at St. George's Anglican Church in Colorado Springs. How the skills and knowledge transfer to his ministerial job may not be evident, but it’s as apparent to Odell as the work of the Holy Spirit.
By: Debbie Kelley
The second president and CEO of Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, who more than 20 years ago replaced founder Dr. James Dobson as the organization’s leader, now is retiring. A search is on for the third head of the multimedia organization that reported $138.3 million in revenue for the last fiscal year, Gary Schneeberger, assistant to the president for media relations, said Monday. Daly is on vacation and unavailable for an interview, he said.Board members will identify and interview qualified candidates over the next few months, Schneeberger said.
By: Debbie Kelley
New state requirements and restrictions on semiautomatic guns with detachable magazines that take effect Saturday mean firearms’ sales, transfers of ownership and background checks have been frenzied. “We are jam-packed,” Justin Green, owner of SDS Guns in Colorado Springs, said Tuesday, as people streamed in and out of the shop at Palmer Park and Academy boulevards.
By: Debbie Kelley
New state requirements and restrictions on semiautomatic guns with detachable magazines that take effect Saturday mean firearms’ sales, transfers of ownership and background checks have been frenzied. “We are jam-packed,” Justin Green, owner of SDS Guns in Colorado Springs, said Tuesday, as people streamed in and out of the shop at Palmer Park and Academy boulevards.
By: Debbie Kelley
The family of a 19-year-old Colorado Springs volunteer at Young Life’s largest summer camp filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Colorado Springs-based international Christian youth organization.
By: Debbie Kelley
It can happen in a blink. One minute you’re walking down the stairs, and the next you’re on the ground. Or you hit an icy patch on the sidewalk and realize your feet are no longer on terra firma. Maybe you discover you can’t get up from the bathtub or the sofa. Fire departments respond to what’s known as a “lift assist” on a regular basis. In the Pikes Peak region, the service is free to anyone, anywhere.
By: Debbie Kelley
An additional allocation of $458,000 in funding from retail marijuana tax revenues that Colorado Springs City Council approved Tuesday on a final 7-2 vote is intended to curb some of the errant actions of transients and criminals in the developing gentrified South Nevada Avenue neighborhood south of downtown.
By: Debbie Kelley
A real estate deal signed Tuesday will bring to full circle the ownership of two well-known properties in Colorado Springs that are grounded in a steadfast generational relationship. The philanthropic grantmaker El Pomar Foundation has sold its nearly 70-year-old headquarters and surrounding land at 10 Lake Circle to a business that President and CEO Kyle Hybl calls “a close cousin” — The Broadmoor hotel and resort. “It’s bittersweet,” Hybl said of the transaction.
By: Debbie Kelley
More than half the 61 goals named in a five-year Homelessness Response Action Plan that Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade launched in November 2024 have been completed, with another 25% of the objectives underway, he announced Wednesday at a media briefing.
