Author: ryan maye handy ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Federal government to pay for majority of spring rain damage in El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After months of assessing damage, the federal government and El Paso County have come closer to a total cost of damage incurred during the spring rains. Initially, after a federal disaster was declared in May…
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Judge denies request to unseal arrest documents in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A judge on Wednesday denied a motion to unseal the arrest affidavits for Robert Lewis Dear, Jr., the accused Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter. In mid December, lawyers for several media organizations including The Gazette…
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Homeowners, El Paso County at impasse regarding road repairs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A group of Cascade homeowners has reached a stalemate with El Paso County and state officials over a project to fix their flood-damaged private road – a delay that could mean the road won’t be…
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2016 El Paso County budget approved
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County commissioners approved their first budget of more than $300 million on Tuesday to help with disaster recovery improvements to county facilities. The 2016 budget, which the commissioners approved unanimously, is $301,968,123, according…
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Fountain police officer cleared in fatal shooting of teen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Fountain police officer’s killing of a teenager in September was ruled justified, according to a 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office news release sent Monday afternoon. An investigation by the DA’s Office and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office cleared Fountain Police Department Officer John…
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Power restored after brief outage in northeastern Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 6,000 homes in northeastern Colorado Springs were without power for 30 minutes on Sunday night, according to Colorado Springs Utilities. The outage was reported around 8 p.m., and started due to equipment trouble,…
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8 people displaced in apartment fire near Quail Lake Sunday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fast-moving apartment fire displaced four adults and four children on Sunday, and reduced at least one apartment in a southwest Colorado Springs complex to a smoldering, charcoal-filled hole. Firefighters rushed to the Bonterra Lakeside…
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Donation page for family of Planned Parenthood shooting victim removed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The main gofundme.com page for Ke’Arre Stewart, who was killed Friday in a shooting at Planned Parenthood, has been taken down by the page’s creator, who said Thursday she had concerns about where the money…
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U.S. Honor Flag to be flown at funeral of slain UCCS officer Garrett Swasey
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the third time this year, the U.S. Honor Flag is headed to Colorado, this time for the funeral of UCCS police officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed on Nov. 27 in a shooting rampage…
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Funeral procession for victim of Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting is Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Note: Livestream video coverage of the funeral for Garrett Swasey will be available at gazettedev.gazette.com. Colorado Springs police will close several roads intermittently on Friday afternoon for the funeral procession for Officer Garrett Swasey, who…