Author: Daniel Chacon

El Paso County Assessor Mark Lowderman is warning residents in the Black Forest fire area that imposters posing as county employees are going after them for information. “Residents should not provide information to these individuals,” the county said in a press release. Lowderman said his appraisers were doing property inspections over the last two weeks…

Drinking and driving is always a risk, not only to yourself but to the innocent people on the road. The risk will be even greater over the long Fourth of July weekend in Colorado as police across the state crack down on impaired drivers. Nearly 100 law enforcement agencies and troopers throughout Colorado will be…

For the Redwine family, their friends and the thousands involved in the seven-month search for Dylan, the time to mourn has come. Human remains found along a rugged mountain road in southwest Colorado have been identified as those of 13-year-old Dylan Redwine of Monument, the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. Dylan, who attended…

Wildfires are no laughing matter. But there are moments of levity even in difficult times. Last year, during the Waldo Canyon Fire, it happened during a press conference when Colorado Springs resident Rita Ague asked whether weather control satellites could be used to fight the fire. “Weather? Weather control?” a perplexed Mayor Steve Bach asked…

CANON CITY – The Royal Gorge Bridge is so far believed to be undamaged and intact and firefighters have made some progress in battling the Royal Gorge Fire that continues to burn here outside the city, according to the Forest Service and local officials. At a 9 a.m. press conference Wednesday morning, Fire Information Officer…

A group of west-side residents and business owners will kick off a multimedia campaign Thursday that encourages people to give money to charities rather than to panhandlers. The Avenue Task Force has been working on the campaign for more than a year with El Paso County and the cities of Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs.…

Colorado Springs police arrested a suspected marijuana dealer Friday in Acacia Park with the aid of the city’s downtown surveillance cameras. Richard Heskett, 59, was arrested on suspicion of distribution of marijuana and other felony drug charges, police said. About 1 p.m., a police volunteer monitoring the surveillance cameras from the Gold Hill subdivision contacted…

The Drug Enforcement Administration collected 742,497 pounds — or 371 tons — of prescription medications nationwide during its sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day last month. New records were set for the amount of prescription drugs collected in the Denver Field Division’s four states of Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming, the DEA reported. In Colorado,…