Author: Bill Mckeown
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Bear’s demise lamented in hues and cries
A day after the Colorado Division of Wildlife put down a bear that reportedly chased a pregnant woman, public sentiment appeared to be backing the bear, with many people saying officials had over-active trigger fingers.”I am both disgusted and saddened by the turn of events in yesterday’s bear incident,” Barb Masciarelli wrote in an e-mail.…
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Readers can’t bear euthanasia after alleged chase
A day after the Colorado Division of Wildlife put down a bear that reportedly chased a pregnant woman, public sentiment appeared to be backing the bear, with many people saying officials had over-active trigger fingers.”I am both disgusted and saddened by the turn of events in yesterday’s bear incident,”Barb Masciarelli wrote in an e-mail. “It…
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Woodmen Road expansion to Falcon nearing completion
The project to expand Woodmen Road to four lanes from Powers Boulevard east to the burgeoning community of Falcon is just weeks away from being completed. That was the word Wednesday from El Paso County engineer Andre Brackin, who has spent nine years helping to replace what he called a “low-grade ranch-town road” with a…
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Uintah Street bridge expected to open mid-day Thursday
The Uintah Street bridge, closed Tuesday evening after a water main break allowed water to engulf its four lanes, is expected to reopen at about noon Thursday. Sue Skiffington-Blumberg, spokeswoman for the city of Colorado Springs, said gushing water from the broken 36-inch concrete water main buckled asphalt on the bridge, particularly on the eastbound…
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Study: Jobs are shifting from downtown to suburbs
A new study on job sprawl by a Washington, D.C., think tank suggests downtown Colorado Springs is becoming less vital as a central business district. The report by the Brookings Institution raises questions both about downtown’s long-term vibrancy and the city’s ability to provide infrastructure when an increasing number of people are living and working…
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Windfall delays Woodmen project
The start of the massive Woodmen Road widening project will be delayed from spring to fall so Colorado Springs can tap into $32 million in federal economic stimulus money to cover three-quarters of the cost of the first phase of the project. The federal windfall means the $32 million the city had saved from proceeds…
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Massive pothole repair will close lane of I-25 Tuesday
Repairing a massive pothole will temporarily close one lane of Interstate 25 on Tuesday. Beginning at 10 a.m., the right lane of the northbound interstate will be closed at the Northgate/Gleneagle Drive interchange so crews can fill a pothole 6 feet wide, 2 feet long and 6 inches deep. The speed limit in the work…
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Judge closes courtroom for arraignment in double homicide
A 4th Judicial District judge late Friday took the unusual action of closing his courtroom to the public and media for the arraignment of a man suspected in a 2008 double homicide allegedly sparked over rap music. Judge J. Patrick Kelly said prosecutors and defense attorneys for Hiram L. Sampson believed there was the possibility…
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Iraq veteran gets 12 years
A young Fort Carson soldier who endured 15 months of fierce fighting in and around Baghdad was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for being an accessory to a double homicide and attempted murder just months after he returned home. Army Spc. Rodolfo Torres-Gandarilla, 21, had earlier pleaded guilty to the crimes and will…
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Pesky repairs near I-25 interchange are nearly complete
Construction work that has frustrated motorists and delayed rush-hour traffic for four months on Interstate 25 near the Rockrimmon/Corporate Drive interchange is nearly complete. Cones and a lower speed limit in the southbound lanes at the interchange were removed Wednesday, and traffic was flowing freely on all three lanes by midday, said Bob Wilson of…