Author: KOAA
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Attorney for Colorado Springs family of Boulder bomb attack suspect demands they be released from ICE custody
By Brett Forrest, KOAA An attorney for the family of Boulder’s Pearl Street attack suspect is demanding the release of the family from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, where they’ve been held for four months. Mohamed Soliman was arrested after throwing makeshift Molotov cocktails, or firebombs, at peaceful demonstrators on Boulder’s popular Pearl Street…
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District 49 staff members on leave after allegedly expressing approval of Charlie Kirk assassination
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two staff members at School District 49 are on administrative leave following reports that they approved of the Charlie Kirk assassination. Kirk, a conservative activist, was shot and killed Wednesday during a speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem. The suspect, identified as Tyler…
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1 dead after train hits car in Security-Widefield Monday afternoon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One person is dead after a train hit a car in Security-Widefield, according to the Colorado State Patrol. It happened Monday afternoon, around 3:30 p.m. at the Main Street Crossing, which is located west of the Highway 85 and Main Street interchange. According to CSP,…
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Colorado Springs weather: Sunny and brisk weekend ahead
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You’ll need all your layers out the door this morning in the Pikes Peak Region with morning temperatures in the teens and 20s — and wind chills making it feel even cooler. A weak cold…
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Colorado Springs weather: Partly cloudy skies, highs in the 60s for Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A pleasant fall day is ahead for Colorado Springs, with partly sunny skies and a highs in the 60s expected Saturday for the region. It’ll be a nice day for holiday shopping, a bike ride,…
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Teller County plow driver buried in snow slide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dozens of people are unaccounted for in Teller County a week after a deadly snowstorm. Teller County leaders are driving around to check on people. One commissioner expects to have everyone accounted for by this weekend. Many people across the county still can’t get out…
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ACLU sues Children’s Hospital Colorado over gender-affirming surgeries for adults
DENVER — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Children’s Hospital Colorado after it stopped gender-affirming surgeries on patients over 18, the organization announced on Wednesday. ACLU Colorado said that it filed the lawsuit on behalf of an 18-year-old transgender patient because it claims the hospital’s policy violates Colorado anti-discrimination laws. The hospital announced in…
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Suspect dead after officer involved shooting in the Security-Widefield area overnight
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A suspect is dead after an officer involved shooting in the Security-Widefield area overnight. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office told KOAA that just after 12:30 Saturday morning a call came in for the area of Security Boulevard and Crawford Avenue where deputies and members of the Fountain Police Department encountered a suspect with a…
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Arrest papers allege former D-70 teacher inappropriately touched student
Arrest papers allege a Pueblo County School District 70 art teacher had a month-long inappropriate relationship with a student inside his classroom at Skyview Middle School in Pueblo West. As reported by Gazette news partner KOAA, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office arrested 48-year-old Russell Davis last week for sexual assault on a child. The arrest papers…
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Colorado Springs collected nearly $1 million in bag fees in 2023
The streets and roadways in Colorado Springs will look even cleaner in 2024 thanks to all of those $0.10 fees shoppers paid last year at the grocery story. Colorado lawmakers passed a single-use plastic ban in 2021. The legislation prohibits restaurants from using Styrofoam containers for carry-out orders this year. Retailers must discontinue providing plastic…