Author: Emery Cowan
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Plenty of beer, barbecue and music at Colorado Springs festivals
Jesse Francomano and Amber Sage consider themselves seasoned beer festival attendees. As they sipped their favorite craft brews in downtown Colorado Springs at the 4th Annual Springs Beer Fest on Saturday, they agreed that spending an afternoon tasting beer was the perfect summer activity. Farther west on Colorado Avenue at the Old Town Showdown,…
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McInnis, supporters shrug off controversy in Springs visit
The plagiarism controversy surrounding Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis seemed to be a thing of the past for most of his supporters during campaign stops in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. McInnis reiterated the importance of job creation, limited government spending and a crackdown on illegal immigration as he made the rounds at local downtown businesses…
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Thursday at the El Paso County Fair: Bloodless Bullfighting
Long before its current lineup of rough-stock rodeos, demolition derbies and bloodless bull fighting, the El Paso County Fair was just a big potato bake, remembers 87-year-old Calhan resident John Lewis “Nap” Pieper. Everyone would gather on a hill west of town to eat baked potatoes and watch locals participate in horse and wagon…
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Developing at UCCS: a support group in a smartphone
Terry Boult knows a Breathalyzer can be beaten. He knows because his brother had done it numerous times. Rory Lewis knows recovering addicts need a support network. He knows because he lost his daughter to heroin. He has no idea where she is. Working together at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, the two…
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El Paso County Fair: ‘A lot like coming home for Christmas’
Long before its current lineup of rough-stock rodeos, demolition derbies and bloodless bull fighting, the El Paso County Fair was just a big potato bake, remembers 87-year-old Calhan resident John Lewis “Nap” Pieper. Everyone would gather on a hill west of town to eat baked potatoes and watch locals participate in horse and wagon…
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Board OKs restaurant sale, transfer of liquor license
A Mexican restaurant caught up in a narcotics investigation will be sold as part of a stipulation approved by the city’s liquor board Friday. The agreement mandated that the owners of Las Palmitas restaurant in north Colorado Springs must transfer their liquor license to a new owner within 60 days. Las Palmitas owner Martin Arceo…
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Primary preview: Sheriff, two other races contests in Teller County
Six Republican candidates are running in three contested primary races this year in Teller County, for the offices of sheriff, assessor and clerk and recorder. In the race for sheriff, the candidates say it’s a battle over who has the best experience for the job. Mike Ensminger said his educational background and managerial experience make…
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Fate of defendant in disabled man’s killing goes to jury
A jury considering the case of a man accused of murdering a developmentally disabled man and dumping his body in North Cheyenne Canyon went home Wednesday after an afternoon of deliberation. Jurors will resume deliberations at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in the first-degree murder trial of Kyle Sebastian Stott. After hearing closing arguments in the week-long…
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Council seeks ideas that could stretch excess funds
City departments will have a chance to make their best case for why they could use the $600,000 in “excess” revenue the city collected in 2009. That’s what a majority of Colorado Springs City Council members supported at an informal council meeting on Monday. Interim City Manager Steven Cox will compile proposals from various…
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Volunteers pitch in for parks, but mayor says help is coming
When the city of Colorado Springs removed 396 trash cans from 198 parks and open spaces in March, the situation for the city’s recreational areas began to go downhill. Making matters worse, the number of park maintenance workers was slashed by two-thirds because of budget cuts. In the wake of the cuts, individuals and organizations…