Author: Liz Forster
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1 dead after police shooting, fire at Colorado Springs apartment complex
A person possibly involved in a disturbance, fire and police shooting at a southeast Colorado Springs apartment complex has died, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. The shooting and fire happened about 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Arbor Pointe Apartments, 2475 Hancock Expressway. No information about the shooting or the person who died…
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Forecast: Slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs could see back-to-back days with afternoon thunderstorms at the end of this week, meteorologists say. The National Weather Service predicted a high of 64 degrees Thursday with partly sunny skies in the morning followed by a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. Winds in the early half of the…
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Barricaded burglar taken into custody with the help of K9
A 32-year-old man who broke into a downtown Colorado Springs apartment Thursday night was captured by a police dog, police said. Justin Wederquist was found by officers just before 7 p.m. barricaded in an apartment unit in the 400 block of Cascade Avenue. Police rammed down the door and let the dog loose to take…
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Colorado Springs gets $2 million in electric buses from VW settlement
Three Colorado Springs buses are going green with a $2 million injection from the Volkswagen settlement, the Colorado Department of Transportation has announced. In all, the lawsuit money will pay for two dozen electric buses in Colorado. The state is getting more than $78.7 million from the $14.7 billion nationwide settlement of federal claims against…
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Alcohol suspected in crash off Gold Camp Road that injured 2
Two men were injured after one drove off Gold Camp Road into the bottom of a canyon late Friday, Colorado State Patrol said. The crash occurred about 10 p.m. Friday. The driver, Kiefer Tomlinson, lost control of his Jeep and drove off the side of the road, State Patrol said. The car turned multiple times…
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Forecast: A wet end to the weekend forecast for Colorado Springs
Meteorologists are expecting a soggy end to the weekend and start to the work week in Colorado Springs. The National Weather Service forecast a 30 to 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and midnight Sunday and after noon Monday. Most areas will see less than a tenth of an inch of rain,…
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Lecture on Colorado Springs’ love affair with bicycles seeks to change tone of city debate
Wheelmen, as bicyclists were known in the 1800s, have been at home in Colorado Springs since its founding. That interpretation of the city’s culture was presented Saturday by Claire Swinford, Downtown Colorado Springs’s director of urban engagement. She gave a lecture at the Pioneers Museum titled “A Celebration of Bicycling from Past to Present” in…
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Thousands turn out for joint Earth Day at Garden of the Gods, Motorless Morning
Earth Day according to those who know, is in the eye of the beholder. “Each person has their own meaning for Earth Day,” Bret Tennis, Colorado Springs’ city parks administrator, said during Saturday’s 22nd annual Garden of the Gods Earth Day celebration. “That’s why we want to showcase a variety of government organizations, nonprofits and…
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Grass fire reported in east El Paso County
UPDATE 12:18 p.m. The reported grass fire is further east in El Paso County. — Crews are working to stomp out a grass fire at Marksheffel Road and Colorado 94, the Cimarron Hills Fire Department tweeted Saturday afternoon. The fire was reported just before noon. Cimarron Hills and the Colorado Springs Fire Department are responding.…
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Saturday’s traffic: North Academy at Austin Bluffs opens after motorcycle crash
1:05 p.m. All lanes of Academy are open at Austin Bluffs. — 12:40 p.m. Two lanes of northbound Interstate 25 between mile markers 159 and 161 are blocked by a crash. The left lane of southbound I-25 at exit 167 in Greenland is blocked by a crash. — 12:00 p.m. A motorcycle crash has closed…