Colorado Springs Indy lays off staff and transfers ownership amid shock statement

For staff at the Independent bi-weekly newspaper in Colorado Springs, Easter Monday was decidedly not a day for contemplating any kind of resurrection.

“The entire staff was laid off today, including me,” Publisher Fran Zankowski said over the phone around noon on April 21.

That marked the third time in about two years that staff had been laid off at the once-venerable alternative weekly newspaper known affectionately by supporters as the Indy.

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