A Colorado Springs family living at the Vista Peak Apartments called News 5 for help after claiming maintenance staff did nothing to fix a leaking roof above their kitchen.
One week after airing the story, we went back for an update.
"My husband has been coughing a lot,"... more »
Colorado Springs Police searched a southside apartment complex for more than three hours Thursday unsuccessfully looking for a man who robbed a nearby bank. The robbery took place just after 10:00 a.m. at the Key Bank in the Mission Trace Shopping Center on South Academy.
Bank employees watched the... more »
AVON, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say thirty people were forced to leave their apartments and one was treated for smoke inhalation because of a condo fire in Avon.
Firefighters say the fire behind a bathroom ceiling fan in an apartment unit was reported at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday. KUSA-TV... more »
A man is in the hospital and another in custody following a shooting and fight at a downtown apartment building in Colorado Springs.
It happened at around 12:20 p.m. at the Mayfair Apartment on East Platte just to the North of Acacia Park.
Early indications are that the... more »
Colorado Springs Police are on scene of a stabbing that happened this afternoon.
9-1-1 calls saying a man had been stabbed at the Fountain Villa apartments on South Chelton came in around 2 this afternoon.
The stabbing reported happened in the complex's courtyard area. The man was rushed... more »
Home construction plunged last month to the lowest level since October as the economy remained weak and demand for housing plummeted.
The Commerce Department says construction of new homes and apartments in June fell 5 percent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 549,000. May's... more »
Construction of new homes rose more than expected in April, but new building permits fell sharply, signaling that the building industry's rebound could be short-lived.
The Commerce Department says construction of new homes and apartments rose 5.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 672,000. The... more »
As landlords find themselves owing more than their properties are worth, some have simply walked away, leaving garbage to pile up. Others have disappeared into bankruptcy, with unpaid utility bills. Some have tried to reduce their losses by neglecting basic maintenance. Harold Shultz of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council... more »
More people are renting apartments in the Colorado Springs area, and the numbers suggest the recent surge in the ranks at Fort Carson is pushing the trend.
Vacancies in the region fell by a half a percentage point to 8.7 percent in the third quarter of 2009 as compared... more »
Colorado Springs police are investigating a possible murder of a 35 year old woman who died of injuries from a gunshot.
Officer responded to Memorial Hospital Central at about 1:30 Sunday morning for a report of a shooting victim who had been brought to the emergency room in a... more »