Author: Joanna Bean
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Circle Drive open after water pipe repair
Circle Drive in central Colorado Springs has reopened after being closed in the 1500 and 1600 blocks because of a broken water pipe, a Colorado Springs Utilities spokeswoman said. An aging water line broke before 6 a.m. Saturday, said Utilities spokeswoman Natalie Eckhart. About 15 customers were without water until about 2 p.m. Saturday. Crews…
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GOP gubernatorial candidates come to town
Melissa Loucks didn’t pay much attention to politics for most of this decade, focusing instead on her family and work.But new state taxes, including one on software downloads, and other issues, drew Loucks back in.She started researching Colorado’s gubernatorial candidates several weeks ago, and on Saturday, Loucks co-hosted one of Scott McInnis’ four stops in…
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City government plans another early retirement offer
Colorado Springs city government plans to make another early retirement offer to city employees, Human Resources Director Ann Crossey said to the Colorado Springs City Council during its informal meeting today. She said the early retirement offer will be made in the fall. Click here for Gazette reporter Daniel J. Chacón’s coverage of the meeting.…
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Streetcar study meeting tonight
The Streetcar Feasibility Study will host its next public meeting tonight (April 26, 2010) to hear input from residents, business people, UCCS students and faculty and others about a possible streetcar system in Colorado Springs. Study backers will present information about expansion of possible routes to include neighborhoods to the north, south, east and west…
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Group wins grant to build public pool in Calhan
A non-profit group hopes to build an outdoor public pool in Calhan using, in part, a $697,909 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, officials said Thursday. The aquatic center would be built on the El Paso County Fairgrounds and would feature lap lanes, slides, a current channel and pool house. Organizers hope to open the center…
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UCCS tuition to rise 7 percent
In-state undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will pay 7 percent more in tuition starting this fall. The Board of Regents approved the increase Monday on an 8-1 vote. “We recognize the financial difficulties that many students and their families face,” UCCS Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said in a news release. “We are…
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Springs offers streetlight adoption program
For a price, Colorado Springs residents can restore power to some of the 8,000 to 10,000 streetlights being turned off by the city to save money. The city today announced a streetlight adoption program “to help interested citizens reactivate streetlights that have been turned off over the past six weeks as part of a $1.2…
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Next streetcar study meeting set for tonight
The next meeting of the Colorado Springs Streetcar Feasibility Study will be tonight, March 16. The study, a private-sector effort, is evaluating the economic feasibility and cost of building a modern electric streetcar system in and near downtown Colorado Springs. The study also is gauging community interest. Tonight’s meeting will continue discussions about potential routes,…
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County commissioners OK settlement in foster-care death
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $300,000 out-of-court settlement with the estate of Alizé Vick, a 2-year-old killed while in foster care. The settlement clears the El Paso County Department of Human Services of all claims in a suit brought by the estate of Vick, who died of a…
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Council votes 6-3 on ordinance to implement Issue 300
The Colorado Springs City Council approved on a 6-3 vote today an ordinance that will implement Issue 300, the city ballot measure that, approved last fall, effectively ended the Stormwater Enterprise. Council members Darryl Glenn, Tom Gallagher and Sean Paige opposed the measure. “This has pending lawsuits written all over it,” Glenn said. In January,…