Author: Liz Forster
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Tuesday’s traffic: Southbound I-25 between Colorado City and New Mexico state line closed
Southern Colorado roads are in what the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is calling “treacherous” conditions. First responders and the Colorado Department of Transportation are advising people to stay off the roads. As of 9:45 a.m., the following roads are closed: – U.S. 24 in both directions from Colorado Springs to Limon – I-25 between…
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Storm snarls Colorado Springs roads, closes schools, possibly claims man’s life
Frigid weather is expected to stick around this week after a snowstorm hit the Pikes Peak region, bringing high winds with up to a half-foot of snow, snarling roads, prompting dozens of closures and possibly claiming a life. A man covered in a blanket was found dead just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on a bus…
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Environmental educator identified as man killed in avalanche near Aspen
A 48-year-old environmental educator was killed Monday near Aspen in what was the second avalanche fatality of 2018/2019 ski season in Colorado and the eighth in the U.S. Arin Trook of Aspen was caught in an unintentionally triggered slide that happened near the Markley Hut outside the town of Ashcroft. It broke 2 feet deep…
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Three men rob Colorado Springs hotel guest
A guest at a Colorado Springs hotel was pistol-whipped and robbed by three men early Tuesday, police said. The victim heard a knock at his door at the Baymont by Wyndham hotel, 1055 Kelly Johnson Blvd. just after midnight. Three armed men barged into his room and demanded money. One of the robbers hit the…
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Pair robs Colorado Springs Walgreens
Two men robbed a Walgreens in northeast Colorado Springs Monday night, police said. The men entered the Walgreens 7390 Rangewood Drive near Woodmen Road about 8:45 p.m., pointed guns at two of the clerks and demanded money. They left with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police said the men were wearing masks. No further description was…
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Authorities believe landfill may have evidence in Kelsey Berreth case, according to report
Investigators apparently believe a landfill south of Colorado Springs could contain evidence or the body of a missing Woodland Park mother who authorities say was killed by her fiance, according to ABC News. A spokeswoman for Midway Landfill in Fountain said investigators contacted the operator about a possible search related to the disappearance and presumed…
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Driver killed after multiple crashes in northeast Colorado Springs
The driver of a pickup survived hitting a light pole, going the wrong way on Briargate Boulevard and crashing into a car before dying after slamming into a building Friday night, Colorado Springs police reported. The pinball-like series of crashes happened just before 8:30 p.m. at Briargate and North Union boulevards, police said. The truck…
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Colorado Springs Womxn’s March draws smaller crowd with message of unity
Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding delivers a speech during the 2019 Womxn’s March in downtown Colorado Springs. (Video by Katie Klann) Divisiveness is what catalyzed the first Women’s March in 2017, and unity is what will keep it alive, said Melinda Hall. “We need to be united and understand the reasons why people of different identities…
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Child in critical condition after serious crash shuts down Union at Hancock
A child is in critical condition after a crash involving a semi-truck near the intersection of Union Boulevard and Hancock Avenue Saturday. Several people have been transported to the hospital, including a mother and three children, according to gazette news partner KKTV. Both lanes of Union at Hancock are closed. The crash occurred at about…
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Authorities believe landfill may have evidence in Kelsey Berreth case, according to report
Investigators apparently believe a landfill south of Colorado Springs could contain evidence or the body of a missing Woodland Park mother who authorities say was killed by her fiance, according to ABC News. A spokeswoman for Midway Landfill in Fountain said investigators contacted the operator about a possible search related to the disappearance and presumed…