Author: Nathan Vail
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Where’s the rodeo? Horses evacuated from wildfire zone fill fairgrounds
CRIPPLE CREEK — The Teller County Fairgrounds appeared to be read for a rodeo Monday but the horses there were not bucking broncs. They were gentle trail-riding horses and working steeds from area ranches that were brought to the fairgrounds to escape the smoke and fire of the Springer Fire, which erupted Sunday south of…
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Where’s the rodeo? Horses evacuated from wildfire zone fill fairgrounds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CRIPPLE CREEK — The Teller County Fairgrounds appeared to be read for a rodeo Monday but the horses there were not bucking broncs. They were gentle trail-riding horses and working steeds from area ranches that…
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Heavy rain lashes downtown Springs ahead of Sunday scorcher
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Heavy rain lashed Colorado Springs Saturday afternoon as Thunderstorms rolled in from the mountains. Temperatures topped out at 75 degrees in the city before the afternoon thunderstorms hit, dumping a downpour on events including Springs…
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Springs Spree draws crowds despite rain
The 35th annual Springs Spree at Memorial Park kicked off Saturday to sunny skies. Marines Danced to LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” while coercing passers-by into attempting pull-ups on their bar; colorful custom, classic, and antique cars were on display. Crowds dug into delicious, if fatty, foods and people screamed on amusement rides. The event that…
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Heavy rain lashes downtown Springs ahead of Sunday scorcher
Heavy rain lashed Colorado Springs Saturday afternoon as Thunderstorms rolled in from the mountains. Temperatures topped out at 75 degrees in the city before the afternoon thunderstorms hit, dumping a downpour on events including Springs Spree. Forecasters said some areas got dime-sized hail from the storm, which was quickly losing strength and moving east. Tonight…
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Springs Spree draws crowds despite rain
The 35th annual Springs Spree at Memorial Park kicked off Saturday to sunny skies. Marines Danced to LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” while coercing passers-by into attempting pull-ups on their bar; colorful custom, classic, and antique cars were on display. Crowds dug into delicious, if fatty, foods and people screamed on amusement rides. The event that…
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Police: Teen crashes car into house, no injuries
An 18-year-old drove a white Chevrolet Trailblazer into a house 3 a.m. Saturday, Colorado Springs police said. The car was on Chelton Road approaching Fairmont Street when it made a sudden right turn and hit a house, officers said in a news release. Neither the driver nor the two occupants of the house were injured.…
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Guardsmen dazzle live audience with simulated combat
It started with a bang. Colorado National Guard troops fired rockets, shot howitzers, blasted away with machine guns and blazed overhead in F-16 fighters at Fort Carson Saturday during a training exercise. And, unlike most military training, this one came with a live studio audience. Scores of fans cheered the destruction. “We use this event…
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Guardsmen dazzle live audience with simulated combat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It started with a bang. Colorado National Guard troops fired rockets, shot howitzers, blasted away with machine guns and blazed overhead in F-16 fighters at Fort Carson Saturday during a training exercise. And, unlike most…
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Doherty students head to Peru on medical mission
Iquitos, Peru and the surrounding Loreto region has been devastated by the largest and strongest floods in the region since 1986. The rivers started swelling in February and are finally receding. And that’s where a group of Doherty High School students are going next week. They’ll work in conjunction with Adopt a Village International, a…