Author: ryan maye handy ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Former sprinkler requirements would have impacted few homes rebuilt after Black Forest fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former El Paso County fire code requirement that homes of 3,600 square feet or more have interior sprinkler systems would have had little impact on rebuilding efforts after the 2013 Black Forest fire. The…
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Vandals, unleashed dogs force goat herder to flee El Paso County park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just days after they arrived in El Paso County to gobble up noxious weeds, 400 goats are leaving, fleeing hostile dog owners and vandals in Bear Creek Regional Park. Their owner, Lani Malmberg, is making…
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One person killed in eastern El Paso County crash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One person was killed and another taken to the hospital in a crash Monday evening near the intersection of Squirrel Creek and Milne roads in eastern El Paso County, according to the Colorado State Patrol.…
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Transforming into living dead all in a night’s work for employees of Ghouls Gulch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the sun set over eastern Colorado Springs and a large, waxing moon rose to take its place, the nightly inhabitants of Ghouls Gulch were getting ready for an evening for horror. With an hour…
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Return of prescribed burns to Colorado could be a lifesaver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dragons from hell. Infernos. Ravenous monsters. These are all words that have been used to describe megafires in the West – wildfires that consume, wreak havoc and destroy. But for Jason Lawhon, a fire manager…
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El Paso County trying online vote tracking system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gone are the days of tossing an election ballot into the cosmic postal void, hoping the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder received and counted it. At least, those days are gone for this election…
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Church on the Ranch finds new home 3 years after Waldo Canyon fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After more than three years of itinerant status, the Church on the Ranch has found a new home, although not on Flying W Ranch. Started in May 2008, the church called the beloved Flying W…
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Mitchell High student arrested after found with gun while off-campus
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 15-year-old Mitchell High School student was arrested on Wednesday after the student was reported to be carrying a handgun in a holster while off campus, said Colorado Springs School District 11 spokeswoman Devra Ashby.…
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Powerball ticket sales soar in Colorado as jackpot rises
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the fateful Powerball drawing is made on Wednesday night, hundreds of thousands of Coloradans will be clutching their tickets, hoping to score some or all of an eye-popping jackpot sum of $301 million. As…
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U.S. Highway 24 reduced to one lane west of Hartsel for crash cleanup
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An overnight semi-truck crash on U.S. Highway 24 will leave the highway partially shut down for around three hours on Monday, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Just after midnight on Monday morning, a semi…