Author: Brooke Nevins
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San Isabel added to Saint Charles fire pre-evacuation area, blaze grows to 149 acres in Pueblo County
As of 7 p.m. Monday, the entire area of San Isabel has been added to the list of communities issued a pre-evacuation order due the Saint Charles fire near Pueblo. The Custer County Sheriff’s office announced the inclusion of San Isabel in a Facebook statement on Monday evening. Other pre-evacuation areas for the fire in…
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El Paso County commissioners to hold final meeting ‘on the road’ in Fountain
Residents in Fountain and El Paso County’s southeastern plains will have an opportunity to attend a Board of Commissioners meeting in their district at the end of the month. The board’s “Commissioners on the Road” program has scheduled one regular meeting within each of the five commissioner districts in 2023 with the intention of allowing…
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Flames engulf vehicle north of downtown Colorado Springs
The Colorado Springs Fire Department reported a vehicle fire in central Colorado Springs Wednesday afternoon. Just before 1:40 p.m., CSFD said crews were on scene for a “fully involved” car fire at 433 E. Fillmore St., near the street’s intersection with North Nevada Avenue north of Old North End. Medical crews were first to arrive…
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Livestreaming cameras at El Paso County ballot boxes go live Tuesday
Cameras capable of livestreaming ballot box activity are up and running around El Paso County as of Tuesday morning. Next month’s coordinated election will be the first in the county to feature the cameras, which officials completed installing at each of the 39 ballot boxes around the county last week. Residents can watch 24/7 footage…
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Driver charged in crash that killed pedestrian in Colorado Springs King Soopers parking lot
Police have charged the driver in an August crash that killed a pedestrian near a supermarket on the north end of the city. Emergency dispatchers received a call just before 8 a.m. Aug. 31 about a crash just outside the King Soopers supermarket in the 6900 block of North Academy Boulevard. When officers arrived at…
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Local veterans chapter unveils first Vietnam War memorial at Fort Carson
Seven slow and solemn bell tolls rang in tribute during a memorial dedication ceremony Monday on Fort Carson for the latest group of veterans to be honored in permanence at the post. Just west of the post’s visitor center and 4th Infantry Division Museum, near the sidewalk leading to the Kit Carson statue, members of…
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Teen boy crashes stolen vehicle into mobile home in Colorado Springs
A teenage boy’s alleged joyride in a stolen vehicle ended after he crashed into a Colorado Springs mobile home, according to Gazette news partner KKTV. Early Sunday morning, around 3 a.m., police received reports of a reckless driver in the area of Chelton Road and Astrozon Boulevard, in southeast Colorado Springs, KKTV said. The crash…
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County touts new ballot box technology, other election security measures
With just under one month until the November coordinated election, the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office announced a series of new technologies designed to safeguard election integrity. Residents were able to observe the county’s public logic and accuracy test on Oct. 17. The test on all its ballot counting equipment was to ensure…
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Voter Guide: Fountain residents to vote on tax increase to fix roads
Fountain voters will decide next month whether to approve a sales tax increase that officials say would help fund an increasing need for road maintenance and expansion projects. As part of the Nov. 7 coordinated election, the city of Fountain will bring before voters the question of membership in the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority,…
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Elections 2023: Sales tax increase supporting vocational, technical education to go before Cripple Creek voters | Voter Guide
Cripple Creek residents will vote next month whether to pass a sales tax increase that would fund the “continuation and expansion” of vocational and technical programs within the school district. According to the ballot question language, which will go before voters during the Nov. 7 coordinated election, Cripple Creek-Victor RE-1 School District is seeking a…