Author: Esteban Candelaria
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No gains made on Blodgett Peak fire, pre-evacuation orders for some Colorado Springs residents
Firefighters haven’t made gains in the Blodgett Peak fire, which flared up just west of the Air Force Academy, prompting a pre-evacuation order to go into effect Wednesday. A Type 3 helicopter dropped water on the Blodgett Peak fire Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (Courtesy Brian Perry) Colorado Springs firefighters responded to the fire around 5:30…
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2021 promises busy holiday travel season, weather to cooperate for some in Colorado
Coloradans can expect seasonably busy travel conditions and unseasonably clear weather in some parts of the state as they head into holiday festivities this weekend, transportation and weather officials say. Ski resorts have also joined in, bracing for another bustling holiday week and weekend. Luckily, some say, weather conditions are forecast to cooperate. Meteorologists for…
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Auto body garage fire reported in Colorado Springs
Firefighters on Wednesday extinguished a fire in an auto body garage, the Colorado Springs Fire Department tweeted. Firefighters responded to 319 Auburn Drive, just south of The Citadel mall, for a working structure fire, the Colorado Springs Fire Department tweeted just after noon. No one was injured in the fire, which Deputy Fire Marshal Mark…
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Denver weather: Sun expected for first full day of winter
Warmer temperatures are expected for Denver again Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. Denver residents can expect their first full day of winter to bring mostly sunny weather with a high around 65 degrees throughout the day, and eight to 13 mile-per-hour winds with gusts as high as 16 miles per hour,…
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Colorado Springs weather: Well above-average temperatures again predicted
Colorado Springs can expect “well above normal temperatures” Wednesday, the first full day of winter, the National Weather Service in Pueblo said. Residents can expect mostly sunny weather for their first full day of winter, with a temperature high around 60 degrees, the agency predicted. Winds ranging from 10 to 15 miles per hour are…
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Colorado Springs Utilities plus city, county begin recovery efforts after massive windstorm
Colorado Springs Utilities crews worked Thursday to get people back online after a windstorm Wednesday knocked out power to tens of thousands. At a press conference, Travas Deal, Utilities’ chief operating officer, updated the total number of customers affected during Wednesday’s wind storm to 40,000. As of 11 a.m., he said, that number had been…
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Colorado Springs-area windstorm downs power lines throughout Colorado Springs, damages vehicles, causes evacuation
Hurricane-force winds toppled trucks, downed power lines and uprooted trees throughout Colorado Springs and much of the state Wednesday. A windstorm with gusts over 90 mph plagued Colorado Springs and El Paso County throughout the day, causing multiple power and internet outages affecting a peak of 34,000 customers. List: Top wind speeds around Colorado Photos:…
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Colorado Springs shopping mall evacuated after ‘large’ gas leak, mall reopened
The Chapel Hills Mall in northern Colorado Springs was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a reported gas leak. The Colorado Springs Fire Department tweeted just after 2 p.m. that after a “large gas line break,” the mall was being fully evacuated. Department spokesman Capt. Mike Smaldino said around 2:20 p.m. the mall had been completely evacuated…
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Fountain man and woman booked in jail for identity theft, counterfeit currency
Fountain police on Wednesday announced the booking of two people accused of identity theft and counterfeiting U.S. currency. After officers with the Fountain Police Department pulled over a vehicle in the 5500 block of Travel Plaza Drive for an expired temporary registration tag, 30-year-old Kristine Chapman and 36-year-old James Champagne were booked into the El…
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Man enters pleas in shooting death of father; set for trial
A Colorado Springs man pleaded not guilty Monday morning to allegedly killing his father during a shooting accident in early May. After his father died in a Colorado Springs hospital in late July, prosecutors with the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s office added new charges of manslaughter and criminally-negligent homicide against 26-year-old John Ellis Fitzpatrick, roughly…