Author: Eric Young
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Local teacher surprised with cash prize, national honor at assembly
When Mountain Vista Community School learned that one of its teachers was the recipient of nationwide recognition and a $25,000 cash prize during a morning assembly, the teacher in question seemed among the least enthused by the news on Thursday. While her students and colleagues erupted in cheers around her in the packed gymnasium, the…
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Lewis-Palmer D-38 board approves capital financing agreement
Lewis-Palmer D-38’s board of education unanimously approved new capital lease financing for its ongoing projects during a special meeting Tuesday morning. The vote comes after the board approved a partnership between the district and Eastern Colorado Bank to establish a deposit account at their last regular meeting in December. Eastern Colorado was chosen because of…
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Lewis-Palmer D-38 board approves capital financing agreement
Lewis-Palmer D-38’s board of education unanimously approved new capital lease financing for its ongoing projects during a special meeting Tuesday morning. The vote comes after the board approved a partnership between the district and Eastern Colorado Bank to establish a deposit account at their last regular meeting in December. Eastern Colorado was chosen because of…
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UCCS students traveling to Africa to bring clean water, career aspirations to local communities
Real-world applications and hands-on work are nothing new to the senior engineering students at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). In fact, such work is a requirement to graduate. However, not content with simply earning their required credits, this semester’s cohort will take their work one step further as they ring in the new…
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Colorado Springs bucks typical weather patterns with warm start to year
Colorado Springs ended 2025 on a hot streak and that doesn’t look to cease anytime soon. After tying the warmest mean temperature on record for December, the city recorded a record high for the first day of the year at 65 degrees Fahrenheit. For December, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that Colorado Springs averaged…
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Colorado Springs experienced record-high December weather
Colorado Springs ended 2025 on a high note, when it came to temperatures. Data from the National Weather Service reported that the city averaged a high of 55.4 degrees throughout December, which is 10.8 degrees higher than the monthly average. Low temperatures last month averaged 26.6 degrees, 7.9 degrees above the monthly average. According to…
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3 arrested in connection to November smash-and-grab
The Colorado Springs Police Department has arrested two juveniles and one adult linked to a smash-and-grab that occurred in late November. On Nov. 23, two juveniles stole and subsequently crashed a vehicle into one of the businesses along the 3600 block of Galley Road, according to a police blotter entry. The two then stole nearly…
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Suspects sought in connection with fire near Dragonman’s shooting range in El Paso County
The Dragonman’s shooting range and the Ellicott Fire Department are asking the public for help in identifying two people believed to have caused a fire on the first day of 2026. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office briefly issued an evacuation order north of the Schriever Space Force Base around 1 p.m. Thursday due to…
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Local students fundraising to build a library in Kenya
As the fall semester was winding down and the Horizon Middle School gymnasium was blasting tunes for a school dance, a small group of students was still hard at work in Benjamin Honeycutt’s classroom after school on Dec. 12. Members of the club, the Kenya Read Project, were brainstorming different products to create with their…
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Students fundraise to build library in Kenya
Former Woodland Park teacher’s nonprofit provides educational resources across the world As the fall semester was winding down and the Horizon Middle School gymnasium in southeastern Colorado Springs was blasting tunes for a school dance, a small group of students was still hard at work in Benjamin Honeycutt’s classroom after school on Dec. 12. Members…