Author: BY RYAN MAYE HANDY ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Return of prescribed burns to Colorado could be a lifesaver
Dragons from hell. Infernos. Ravenous monsters. These are all words that have been used to describe megafires in the West – wildfires that consume, wreak havoc and destroy. But for Jason Lawhon, a fire manager with The Nature Conservancy, there is another kind of fire, a prescribed burn, which he likes to think of as…
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3 Medal of Honor recipients from same Fort Carson brigade
The White House announced on Wednesday that Florent Groberg, formerly of the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, is the third Fort Carson soldier from the unit to receive the Army’s highest award, the Medal of Honor. Former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha and former Staff Sgt. Ty Carter received the award in…
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El Paso County trying online vote tracking system
Gone are the days of tossing an election ballot into the cosmic postal void, hoping the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder received and counted it. At least, those days are gone for this election cycle, thanks to a free promotional tool being offered to the county. It’s called BallotTrax, an online system that allows…
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FEMA offers early look at 2017 floodplain maps for Pikes Peak region
Jennifer Severski’s home is barely in the floodplain – just her garage – but that’s enough to bump her yearly insurance bill from $300 to $3,000 . Severski, who lives in the Shooks Run neighborhood, was one of more than 50 El Paso County residents who lined on up Wednesday night to learn about possible…
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Tardy audit could cost Green Mountain Falls its property tax money
Green Mountain Falls failed to submit its annual financial audit this summer, and unless the town does so in the next two weeks, its property taxes could be withheld, according to the Office of the State Auditor. The town contracts with an auditor, who has not explained to the town’s board of trustees why the…
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Church on the Ranch finds new home 3 years after Waldo Canyon fire
After more than three years of itinerant status, the Church on the Ranch has found a new home, although not on Flying W Ranch. Started in May 2008, the church called the beloved Flying W Ranch home until June 2012, when the Waldo Canyon fire destroyed the ranch. Since then, the church met for a…
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Mitchell High student arrested after found with gun while off-campus
A 15-year-old Mitchell High School student was arrested on Wednesday after the student was reported to be carrying a handgun in a holster while off campus, said Colorado Springs School District 11 spokeswoman Devra Ashby. The student, whose name and gender were not released, was spotted before school by a classmate, who reported to school…
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Powerball ticket sales soar in Colorado as jackpot rises
When the fateful Powerball drawing is made on Wednesday night, hundreds of thousands of Coloradans will be clutching their tickets, hoping to score some or all of an eye-popping jackpot sum of $301 million. As of noon on Tuesday, 320,194 Powerball tickets for Wednesday’s drawing had been sold, according to records kept by the Colorado…
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Colorado Supreme Court will not hear Bruce appeal on ballot language
The Colorado Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Douglas Bruce regarding a lawsuit against the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder in mid-September alleging that language on the November ballot was illegal. Bruce claimed that the two explanations offered for Colorado Springs ballot issues 2C, a proposed sales tax increase for road…
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U.S. Highway 24 reduced to one lane west of Hartsel for crash cleanup
An overnight semi-truck crash on U.S. Highway 24 will leave the highway partially shut down for around three hours on Monday, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Just after midnight on Monday morning, a semi carrying a load of trees went down an embankment. There were no injuries in the crash, but the semi was…