The award-winning Colorado Springs Independent, winner of more than 150 awards, is the Pikes Peak region’s largest locally ow ... ned newspaper, with 142,000 regular readers. It’s available for free at more than 950 locations around town after 6 a.m. every Wednesday or online every day at csindy.com. The Independent has a long history of delivering news you can’t get anywhere else and bringing the community together. read more