Author: BY RYAN MAYE HANDY ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Security guard arrested after gun accidentally fires during Colorado Springs church service
A security guard was arrested Sunday after his gun accidentally fired during a church service, Colorado Springs police said. Edward Ziegs was working as an armed security guard for a church having a service at Clarion Hotel and Conference Center. He believed his gun wasn’t loaded, but when he used the trigger to decock the…
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El Paso County residents should receive annual tax notice soon
El Paso County residents can expect to get their annual tax notices in the mail in the next few days, according to a news release from the county. The office of the El Paso County Treasurer mailed the notices last week. Property owners will receive the notices even if their property taxes are included in…
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Colorado Springs wants input on disaster preparedness plan
Landslides, hail storms, wildfires and floods have all changed how Colorado Springs officials think of local natural disasters, and that’s reflected in the city’s new hazard mitigation plan. While those hazards have been well known locally for decades, the threat of disasters became more real in recent years, when El Paso County was hit by…
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El Paso County commissioners review plan to transform ‘No Man’s Land’
At least $20 million in local tax dollars will be spent over the next few years reclaiming “No Man’s Land,” a stretch of west Colorado Avenue long plagued by poor drainage, no sidewalks and general blight. The strip of Colorado Avenue from 31st Street to the Manitou Springs city limits earned the moniker “no man’s…
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City of Colorado Springs to hold open house on potential land swap with The Broadmoor
The city of Colorado Springs is considering a land swap deal with The Broadmoor that could ease public access to beloved hiking spots on the city’s southwest side, and give nearly 200 acres to the hotel. The deal would bring more than 371 acres to the city, including parts of Barr Trail, the Manitou Incline…
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Powers Boulevard reopens after crash investigation
A motorcycle crash on Powers Boulevard prompted police to shut down the road between Airport Road and Platte Avenue for two hours on Sunday. Colorado Springs police said that two motorcycles were likely racing down southbound powers just before 3 p.m. when they struck the center median. Both motorcycles crashed in the northbound lanes, and…
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Gov. Hickenlooper initiative a victory for Ring the Peak trail advocates
The Ring the Peak Trail, a 70-mile loop planned to circle Pikes Peak, has been placed on a state list of priority trail projects for 2016, thanks to local champions who have been pushing the trail’s completion for years. The unfinished trail has two gaps – 5 miles on Ute Pass Regional Trail and 8…
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Landslide danger on west side prompts Colorado Springs officials to seek buyout money
Landslides on Colorado Springs’ west side have prompted city officials to seek federal funding to buy out at least 20 damaged homes that sit on moving land. In May, record-breaking rainfall aggravated an infamous problem in southwest Colorado Springs – landslides, which threaten to crack homes in half or swallow them. About 40 homeowners in…
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Combat veteran beat paralysis to become hotshot recruit
Kenny Bower stood on a steep, grassy hillside overlooking the Waldo Canyon burn scar with his ear cocked toward his radio. His firefighting tool was still by his side while he listened to the transmission – winds were picking up, humidity was dropping and nearby trees were starting to ignite. He called out the warning…
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Utilities’ crews to spend months burning slash piles around south Catamount Reservoir
Colorado Springs Utilities’ firefighting crews will spend the next three months burning hundreds of piles of slash around South Catamount Reservoir. Weather and other conditions permitting, the burning will start Friday and run through March, Utilities said in a news release. Utilities Catamount wildland fire team will conduct the burns, with help from other crews…