Author: Kaitlin Durbin
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‘Anomalous’ blizzard to hit Colorado Springs area Wednesday, schools closed, flights canceled
An “anomalous” blizzard setting up across northern El Paso County into Denver on Wednesday is expected to plow through the state with the force of a category 1 or 2 hurricane, but it’s not shaping up to be quite the “bomb” some experts fear, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. –Click here for…
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What is a ‘bomb cyclone’ and will it hit the Pikes Peak region?
A major storm expected to hammer El Paso County and much of eastern Colorado on Wednesday has triggered questions about an alarming term: bomb cyclone. The official term is “bombogenesis,” and it’s used to described the rapid intensification of a storm, said Klint Skelly, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Click here for…
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It’s not the movies — El Paso County SWAT teams rarely use force
At an informal gathering with area media in January, El Paso County SWAT officer Jeremy Juhl described an increasingly dangerous job, but records of the team’s operations the last two years paint a much less threatening picture. SWAT teams are called to the highest risk situations, frequently involving weapons. Last year, Juhl was wounded by…
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‘Nobody … alive has seen anything like this,’ avalanche expert says of slides that shut down travel in Colorado
Even for Colorado’s world-renowned ski resorts, which send up hosannas whenever snow falls, there can be too much of a good thing. On Thursday, avalanche activity again shut down travel west of Denver and the danger is expected to continue unabated over the weekend with more snow falling in the high country of Summit and…
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Man jailed in stabbing last year in Dorchester Park also accused in a homicide occurring hours later
Jimmy Lee Neill is accused of fatally stabbing a man south of downtown Colorado Springs in August just hours after he allegedly stabbed a different man in the neck near the same intersection, court records show. Neill, 28, of Colorado Springs was already arrested and being held at the El Paso County jail in the…
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Two injured in home explosion in eastern El Paso County
Two construction workers were injured when a propane tank is believed to have exploded Thursday at a home that was being built in eastern El Paso County. Construction crews said they arrived to the house in the 24000 block of East Highway 24, between Peyton and Calhan, to install drywall, but when they opened the…
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Avalanche danger again wreaking havoc on Colorado high country, A-Basin closed
Avalanche concerns west of Denver again are forcing closures and delays Thursday, including some roads and ski resorts in Summit and Eagle counties. Several main thoroughfares will be shut down in the area for up to six hours, some as a precaution and others for avalanche mitigation, Colorado Department of Transportation officials said. The first…
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Survey: Coloradans happy with State Patrol, but not traffic safety
Traffic safety again topped the list of concerns among Coloradans surveyed by the Colorado State Patrol. Colorado State Patrol’s 2018 public opinion survey assessed attitudes and opinions related to the agency’s performance, community policing and trustworthiness.Courtesy Colorado State Patrol The agency’s 2018 performance survey of 3,200 respondents, released Monday, found that the State Patrol is…
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Colorado Springs Mexican restaurants accused in money laundering scheme with ties to ‘El Chapo’
A Colorado Springs food distribution company and at least six local Mexican restaurants are linked to the Sinoloa Cartel and drug lords Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán-Lorea and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada-Garcia, says a recently released federal complaint providing the first evidence of cartels operating in Colorado Springs. A cellphone of Jose Aguilar-Martinez, who purported to own…
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James Alan Neal to be extradited to California to face charges in 1973 murder
Monument resident James Alan Neal is heading back to California to face charges in the 1973 death of an 11-year-old girl. The 72-year-old waived extradition Thursday at a hearing in El Paso County Court, so he’ll face the murder charges filed against him this month. California authorities have until March 14 to transport him there,…