Author: Pam Zubeck
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City, county consider cooperation to help both entities save money
Imagine city of Colorado Springs mechanics maintaining El Paso County’s vehicles, or the county issuing city paychecks. City and county officials think such consolidation can reap savings for taxpayers. And, after talking about it for months, they set up a task force Tuesday that will look for ways to work together. While officials hailed the…
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Proposed detox center in peril
Plans for a new detoxification center in the Pikes Peak region appeared to be crumbling Tuesday evening after the city’s two hospital systems failed to meet a deadline in pledging their financial support. That means the dangerously or chronically drunk have no place to go but to emergency rooms because the area’s former detox center…
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Metex ends checkered story
Back then, Powers Boulevard was a two-lane blacktop, not a six-lane speedway flanked by a who’s who of national retailers. Back then, the sea of rooftops that’s come to define Colorado Springs’ suburban sprawl was cow pastures. That was the mid-1980s, and Colorado Springs and Powers Boulevard were on the cusp of change that would…
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Myers Road repairs ‘can’t be done’ for $750,000
Bids on improving an El Paso County road have revived debate over whether private contractors can do construction work cheaper than the government. Contracting out the chip seal of 13.2 miles of Myers Road would have cost 2.5 times the $750,000 budgeted. Chip seal is a thin layer of oil and gravel resembling asphalt. The…
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Search and Rescue called for hikers on Pikes Peak
El Paso County Search and Rescue was called about 3 p.m. to look for a pair of hikers in trouble on Pikes Peak. Within a couple of hours the hikers were located and the rescue mission called off, an El Paso County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher said.Spokesman Mel Druelinger said a man and a woman were…
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Suspects bring themselves to jail
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies have found a way to let the suspects come to them.On Sunday, during visiting hours about 4:15 p.m., a 25-year-old woman went to see a friend who’s an inmate at the Criminal Justice Center.Carrie Boggs soon was handcuffed and headed for jail for failing to appear in court last November…
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Moms treated to some history and pampering
Lori Ford’s husband is serving in Afghanistan, so she and her two daughters decided to splurge.They drove to Manitou Springs and sat down to a white linen-covered table, donned dress-up hats and treated themselves.The three were among a few dozen guests at the historic Miramont Castle for two seatings of a Mother’s Day high tea,…
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Sheriff’s report: Calls for service up 23 percent
Calls for service from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office increased 23 percent from 2007 to 2008, and deputies cleared more cases last year than in the two previous years.Those and other facts, ranging from volunteer hours to wildland firefighting, are contained in Sheriff Terry Maketa’s recently released 2008 annual report, a glossy 36-page booklet…
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Sheriff’s report shines light on 2008 accomplishments
Calls for service from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office increased 23 percent from 2007 to 2008, and deputies cleared more cases last year than in the two previous years. Those and other facts, ranging from volunteer hours to wildland firefighting, are contained in Sheriff Terry Maketa’s recently released 2008 annual report, a glossy 36-page…
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Bear Creek Dog Park still keeps ’em begging for more
Mana hangs out the window of his master’s silver Toyota 4Runner and lets out a whine of delight as they clear the hill on 21st Street. “He’s already saying, ‘Let me out the door,’” says the chocolate lab’s owner, Crystal Sagapolu. They’re within blocks of El Paso County’s Bear Creek Regional Dog Park, 25 acres…