Author: Liz Forster
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Human remains found near Trinidad identified as those of missing 23-year-old Aurora woman
Human remains found Jan. 6 near Trinidad have been identified as those of a 23-year-old woman missing from Aurora, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reported. LeBrea Jackson’s death is being investigated as a homicide, Aurora police said. Her remains were found near a closed truck stop about 3 p.m. off Exit 34 on Interstate 25…
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Man sought in shooting death outside Colorado Springs nightclub
A 26-year-old man is being sought in the shooting death of another man early Saturday after a fight erupted outside a southeast Colorado Springs nightclub, police said. Edwin Figueroa is suspected in the death, police said on Facebook. The shooting was reported just after 1 a.m. in the 400 block of South Circle Drive near…
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Forecast: Snow to clear, cold weather to linger in Pikes Peak region
After a two-day snowstorm that dropped more than 10 inches of snow in areas of the Pikes Peak region, the clouds are forecast to clear. The National Weather Service in Pueblo predicted partly sunny skies and a high of 37 degrees Sunday. Temperatures are expected to gradually rise to above average throughout the week, hitting…
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Shelter-in-place order lifted for homes in northeast Colorado Springs
2:08 p.m. Residents near the 6200 block of Riverdale Drive are safe to leave their homes after police completed their search for a person wanted in a homicide. Police did not specify in tweets if anyone was arrested. KOAA reported that the wanted person was not home, but that police towed a white pick-up truck…
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Suspected car thief killed in struggle with police near Colorado Springs’ Motor City
A man was killed Saturday morning in a deadly confrontation with Colorado Springs police outside an apartment complex near Motor City south of downtown. No officers were injured in the shooting, police said. The name of the dead man has not been released. Officers were investigating a report of a suspicious male in a stolen…
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Snowstorm dumps 10+ inches in northern El Paso County
This weekend’s snowstorm blasted northern El Paso County with more than 10 inches of snow, the National Weather Service reported. Taking the crown for most inches was Monument just near the county line. Two weather stations between Interstate 25 and Furrow Road recorded 11.5 and 11 inches. Just west of the highway in Palmer Lake,…
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Friday’s traffic: Interstate 25 closed at Colorado-New Mexico border
Roundup of traffic and road conditions on Friday around Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. 9 p.m. All lanes of Interstate 25 are closed between mile markers 0 and 11, near the Colorado-New Mexico border and Raton Pass, because of bad weather, according to CDOT. Click here for more updates from CDOT. Click here for The Gazette’s…
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Wildfire preparedness in Colorado hurt by government shutdown
The impact of the longest government shutdown is beginning to snowball, having left hundreds of thousands of federal employees without paychecks, threatening to delay tax refunds and closing some national parks because of vandalism, piles of garbage and lack of staff. It also could raise the risk of yet another devastating wildfire season in Colorado…
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More than 4 inches of snow reported in north El Paso County, Teller County by midday Friday
School closings and delays in the Pikes Peak region Current traffic conditions Colorado Springs Airport delays Areas of the Pikes Peak region already have received upwards of nearly 5 inches, the weather service reported. Here are the reported totals as of 12 p.m.: Air Force Academy: 2.5 Black Forest: 2 to 3.8 inches Cascade: 5.5…
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Robberies of two east Colorado Springs Wingstops possible part of a pattern, police said
A pair of robbers hit two Wingstops Thursday night in east Colorado Springs in what police believe is a pattern of armed robberies in the area. Two men first targeted a business in the 1500 block of Space Center Drive about 9 p.m. While officers were investigating, they received reports of another robbery in the…