Author: BY RYAN MAYE HANDY ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Colorado College poll finds many in west worry more about water than economy
For many westerners, concerns over the future of water are as important as the economy and unemployment, according to results from Colorado College’s 2016 Conservation in the West poll. The sixth annual State of the Rockies Project poll of thousands of residents in seven western states shows many people fear for the future of water…
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Cabin destroyed by fire in Pike National Forest
This story has been updated to reflect that the U.S. Forest Service does not respond to structure fires. A cabin fire in the Pike National Forest sent up a black smoke plume that could be seen in Douglas and El Paso counties Sunday afternoon. Just before 3 p.m. fire crews in both counties received reports…
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Federal government to pay for majority of spring rain damage in El Paso County
After months of assessing damage, the federal government and El Paso County have come closer to a total cost of damage incurred during the spring rains. Initially, after a federal disaster was declared in May due to constant rain, El Paso County estimated that it would have more than $10 million worth of damage to…
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Judge denies request to unseal arrest documents in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting
A judge on Wednesday denied a motion to unseal the arrest affidavits for Robert Lewis Dear, Jr., the accused Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter. In mid December, lawyers for several media organizations including The Gazette filed a motion in El Paso County court requesting that Dear’s arrest affidavits, detailing probable cause for his arrest, be…
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Homeowners, El Paso County at impasse regarding road repairs
A group of Cascade homeowners has reached a stalemate with El Paso County and state officials over a project to fix their flood-damaged private road – a delay that could mean the road won’t be fixed. The project’s contractor, the non-profit Coalition for the Upper South Platte, suggested that a quick-fix be made to the…
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2016 El Paso County budget approved
El Paso County commissioners approved their first budget of more than $300 million on Tuesday to help with disaster recovery improvements to county facilities. The 2016 budget, which the commissioners approved unanimously, is $301,968,123, according to a news release. The budget is split in two segments – $108 million of unrestricted revenue for county services…
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Fountain police officer cleared in fatal shooting of teen
A Fountain police officer’s killing of a teenager in September was ruled justified, according to a 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office news release sent Monday afternoon. An investigation by the DA’s Office and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office cleared Fountain Police Department Officer John Kay of any wrongdoing when he used deadly force against…
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Power restored after brief outage in northeastern Colorado Springs
More than 6,000 homes in northeastern Colorado Springs were without power for 30 minutes on Sunday night, according to Colorado Springs Utilities. The outage was reported around 8 p.m., and started due to equipment trouble, Utilities said. Briefly, 6,272 customers were out of power in an area that stretched from North Academy Boulevard east just…
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8 people displaced in apartment fire near Quail Lake Sunday
A fast-moving apartment fire displaced four adults and four children on Sunday, and reduced at least one apartment in a southwest Colorado Springs complex to a smoldering, charcoal-filled hole. Firefighters rushed to the Bonterra Lakeside Apartments, 850 Bayfield Way near Quail Lake, around 1 p.m. on Sunday, when residents in a third floor apartment building…
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Donation page for family of Planned Parenthood shooting victim removed
The main gofundme.com page for Ke’Arre Stewart, who was killed Friday in a shooting at Planned Parenthood, has been taken down by the page’s creator, who said Thursday she had concerns about where the money was going. Amburh White, a friend of Stewart’s, said she created the page for his family and two children in…