Author: Liz Forster
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Boy injured in drive-by shooting in Colorado Springs’ Knob Hill neighborhood
A boy was injured in a drive-by shooting Friday night east of downtown Colorado Springs, police reports said. The boy — whose age was not given — told police he was walking near the intersection of Bennett Avenue and Monument Street about 10:30 a.m. when a white Dodge Avenger or Charger pulled up alongside him. Someone inside…
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Colorado hit by hundreds of avalanches in past week; backcountry ski guide killed
A backcountry guide leading a group of skiers near Jones Pass died in one of the more than 30 avalanches reported in Colorado’s high country on Thursday. Powder Addiction employee Hans Berg, 48, was killed in an area where the avalanche risk was high Thursday and Friday and was under an avalanche warning until Saturday…
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Forecast: Avalanche warning issued for Pikes Peak; rain, snow possible in Colorado Springs
As snow continues to dump in the mountains, Colorado Springs may see some flurries Friday night, meteorologists say. The National Weather Weather Service predicted a high of 56 degrees and a low of 24 degrees Friday night. Showers are possible after 5 p.m., turning to snow as the temperature drops below freezing. The storm should…
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More than 200 avalanches in 1 week; what highways are open and what not in Colorado
Colorado mountain highways have been pummeled by avalanches this week during what avalanche forecasters are calling a historic cycle of slides. Parts of Interstate 70 have periodically closed, the Arapahoe Basin ski area was unable to spin its lifts and U.S. 550 over Red Mountain Pass has been blocked by snow and debris since Monday.…
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Dateline NBC to interview ex-girlfriend of Patrick Frazee
An interview with an ex-girlfriend of suspected killer Patrick Frazee will premiere on Dateline NBC Friday night. Vanessa Curie and her mother, Georgia, will talk to NBC about Vanessa’s three-year relationship with Frazee, who is charged with first-degree murder of Kelsey Berreth, 29, and three counts of solicitation of murder. Berreth disappeared from her Woodland…
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Colorado man, 48, killed in very large avalanche on Jones Pass ID’d
A backcountry skier killed in a huge avalanche Thursday on Jones Pass was an employee of an Empire backcountry ski guide company, a news release from the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office said. Hans Berg, 48, was guiding a group hired by his employer, Powder Addiction, near Jones Pass just before 2 p.m. when he…
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Driver survives collision with concrete pumping truck east of downtown Colorado Springs
The driver of a Toyota survived a serious T-bone collision with a concrete pumping truck Friday morning east of downtown Colorado Springs. The officer on scene told Gazette news partner KKTV that it is the “worst crash scene they’ve seen without fatalities.” The crash occurred at about 6 a.m. in the intersection of East Platte…
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Friday’s traffic: Lanes of Academy and Lehman blocked by crash
2:54 p.m. The right lane of southbound Academy and all lanes of Lehman west of Academy are blocked by a crash. — 10:14 a.m. All lanes of Platte and Union are open. — 9:50 a.m. All lanes of northbound Union and eastbound Platte are open. Southbound Union and westbound Platte remained closed. — 8:01 a.m.…
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Rocky Mountain National Park visitors up in January despite shutdown
Rocky Mountain National Park saw a 6 percent increase in the number of visitors in January compared with the same month a year ago despite the federal government being mired in the longest shutdown in U.S. history. The government shutdown furloughed 800,000 federal employees, including 149 at Rocky Mountain National Park, and precipitated a wave…
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Avalanches pound, close Colorado highways statewide, kill skier near Lizard Head Pass
Avalanches that hammered Colorado highways with up to 30 feet of snow prompted closures Tuesday of thoroughfares as far-flung as U.S. 550 and Interstate 70. Travelers on Interstate 70 west of Denver were stalled most of the day, as the interstate closed about 9 a.m. for avalanche blasting between Herman Gulch and Silverthorne. The Colorado Department of…