Author: ryan maye handy ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Security guard arrested after gun accidentally fires during Colorado Springs church service
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A security guard was arrested Sunday after his gun accidentally fired during a church service, Colorado Springs police said. Edward Ziegs was working as an armed security guard for a church having a service at…
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El Paso County residents should receive annual tax notice soon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County residents can expect to get their annual tax notices in the mail in the next few days, according to a news release from the county. The office of the El Paso County…
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Colorado Springs wants input on disaster preparedness plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Landslides, hail storms, wildfires and floods have all changed how Colorado Springs officials think of local natural disasters, and that’s reflected in the city’s new hazard mitigation plan. While those hazards have been well known…
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El Paso County commissioners review plan to transform ‘No Man’s Land’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At least $20 million in local tax dollars will be spent over the next few years reclaiming “No Man’s Land,” a stretch of west Colorado Avenue long plagued by poor drainage, no sidewalks and general…
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Powers Boulevard reopens after crash investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A motorcycle crash on Powers Boulevard prompted police to shut down the road between Airport Road and Platte Avenue for two hours on Sunday. Colorado Springs police said that two motorcycles were likely racing down…
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Gov. Hickenlooper initiative a victory for Ring the Peak trail advocates
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Ring the Peak Trail, a 70-mile loop planned to circle Pikes Peak, has been placed on a state list of priority trail projects for 2016, thanks to local champions who have been pushing the…
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Landslide danger on west side prompts Colorado Springs officials to seek buyout money
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Landslides on Colorado Springs’ west side have prompted city officials to seek federal funding to buy out at least 20 damaged homes that sit on moving land. In May, record-breaking rainfall aggravated an infamous problem…
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Combat veteran beat paralysis to become hotshot recruit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kenny Bower stood on a steep, grassy hillside overlooking the Waldo Canyon burn scar with his ear cocked toward his radio. His firefighting tool was still by his side while he listened to the transmission…
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Utilities’ crews to spend months burning slash piles around south Catamount Reservoir
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Utilities’ firefighting crews will spend the next three months burning hundreds of piles of slash around South Catamount Reservoir. Weather and other conditions permitting, the burning will start Friday and run through March,…
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Cabin destroyed by fire in Pike National Forest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This story has been updated to reflect that the U.S. Forest Service does not respond to structure fires. A cabin fire in the Pike National Forest sent up a black smoke plume that could be…