Author: Liz Forster
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At-risk teen missing from Fountain is found
Update 7:20 p.m. Julian Valentin was found by the Fountain Fire Department. — A teen with a severe mental handicap is missing out of Fountain, police said in an email. Julian Valentin, 14, was last seen about 1 p.m. in the area of Cumberland Green off of the Linkage Trail.He is five feet, two inches…
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Man assaults Colorado Springs police officers after confrontation over discarded cigarette
A man reportedly assaulted two police officers while he was being arrested for throwing a lit cigarette on the ground Friday night in downtown Colorado Springs. Police confronted Michael Gonzales, 29, after they allegedly saw him throw a lit cigarette on the sidewalk on Tejon Street about 7:30 p.m. Friday. After Gonzales gave officers multiple…
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Colorado Springs VA clinic receives Medal of Honor in memory of Pfc. Floyd Lindstrom
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Floyd Lindstrom Clinic overflowed Saturday with current and former service members as a Medal of Honor dedicated to the clinic’s namesake was delivered to the hospital. “I’m proud to have the medal displayed here so that the veterans that come through here know the history of the man that this…
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Southbound Academy closed at Airport for a crash involving multiple motorcycles
Roundup of Saturday’s traffic and road conditions around Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. 2:49 p.m. Southbound Academy is closed at Airport Road due to a crash involving multiple motorcycles, police tweeted. Avoid the area. 1:51 p.m. A crash that occurred just before 2 p.m. Saturday has snarled traffic on Interstate 25 between Tomah…
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Forecast: Colorado Springs getting spring break in February
Ditch the puffy coat this weekend and head outside as temperatures reach as high as 64 degrees in Colorado Springs. The National Weather Service in Pueblo predicted sunny skies and a high of 55 degrees Friday and 60 degrees Saturday. Temperatures will peak Sunday at a high of 64 degrees. Pikes Peak region forecast Winds…
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Crews battling house fire east of Memorial Park
Colorado Springs firefighters extinguished a house fire Friday afternoon that was burning just east of Memorial Park, the Fire Department tweeted. The fire was reported just after 1 p.m. at Michigan Avenue and Kenwood Circle. No injuries were reported, but a renter and his dog were displaced by the blaze, the Fire Department tweeted. The…
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Environment briefs
Rollbacks have ‘steep’ costs Rollbacks of fossil fuel regulations by the Trump administration have “steep” costs, according to an analysis by the Associated Press. These costs include up to 1,400 premature deaths due to a pending repeal of a rule to cut coal plant pollution, an increase of greenhouse gas emissions by about 1 billion…
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Colorado Springs police officers involved in shooting of menacing, assault suspect identified
The two Colorado Springs police officers involved in the shooting of a felony menacing and assault suspect have been identified as Max Nevarez and Mathew Waldera. Nevarez and Waldera went to the Mountain Ridge Apartments, 2605 Verde Drive, about 7:15 p.m. Jan. 23 to investigate a report of shots fired, the El Paso County Sheriff’s…
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3 Borriello Brothers locations close for failure to pay taxes
Three Borriello Brothers restaurants closed this week for failure to pay more than $120,000 in sales tax to the state. A sign in the window of the New York-style pizza restaurant at South Eighth and West Cimarron streets says the state seized the property Thursday. The branch had amassed a $121,570 debt to the state…
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Friday’s traffic: Crash on northbound I-25 north of Fillmore cleared
Roundup of Wednesday’s traffic and road conditions around Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. 7:56 a.m. The crash on I-25 north of Fillmore has been moved off the highway. All lanes are clear. — 7:46 a.m. A crash is blocking the left lane of northbound Interstate 25 north of Fillmore Street, Gazette news partner…