Author: Tribune News Service
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Monument road closures and lane shifts due to utility work Dec. 20-April 5
MONUMENT • El Paso County has announced some road closures and traffic changes for the next few months as Woodmoor Water & Sanitation District installs underground utilities along Deer Creek Road, Woodmoor Drive, Willow Park Way and Lake Woodmoor Drive, according to a news release from El Paso County Department of Public Works. Planned road…
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Santa, tree-lighting and caroling all part of A Black Forest Christmas
The holiday spirit is sure to abound at A Black Forest Christmas — an event that will feature Christmas carols, cookies, a tree lighting and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. Set from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Black Forest Community Center, the open-to-the-public celebration starts outdoors with music from Bare Bones Trombone…
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Lewis-Palmer High School Theatre presents ‘Matilda The Musical’ Nov. 4-6
The Lewis-Palmer High School Theater presents “Matilda the Musical,” based on the 1988 children’s novel by Roald Dahl, Nov. 4-6. From the Nov. 3 dress rehearsal of “Matilda The Musical.” The Lewis-Palmer High School Theater presents “Matilda the Musical” Nov. 4-6. Tickets are $10 and may be bought online at showtix4u.com/event-details/57587. LAURA DOMINGUE The musical follows…
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Janie Fricke’s “A Cowgirl Country Christmas” coming to Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts
PALMER LAKE • The Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts’ December line-up will feature a Billboard Top Country female vocalist with 23 albums and 36 hit singles, including 10 that went to No. 1. Janie Fricke and her “A Cowgirl Country Christmas” live show will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 18, with doors opening at 6…
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Thousands fleeing Afghanistan could be ‘terrorists,’ Trump says
While the U.S. military works furiously to airlift Americans and Afghan allies from Kabul, former President Donald Trump suggested that “thousands” of terrorists could be among the evacuees in Afghanistan. “You can be sure the Taliban, who are now in complete control, didn’t allow the best and brightest to board these evacuation flights,” Trump said…
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Annual Tri-Lakes Cruisers car show in downtown Monument to benefit Tri-Lakes Cares
The Tri-Lakes Cruisers will hold its 18th annual Benefit Car Show on Aug. 29 on Second Street in Historic Downtown Monument. The show, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., will benefit Tri-Lakes Cares, a community-based, volunteer-supported resource center whose purpose is to improve people’s lives through emergency, self-sufficiency and relief programs.…
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Monument Boy Scout Troop 9 visits camp in South Dakota
Monument Boy Scout Troop 9 recently visited Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota during a trip to Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch in Custer, S.D. photos Courtesy of Kevin Flesher Boy Scout Troop 9 of Monument took a trip to Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch in Custer, South Dakota, from July 18-24. While there, the group…
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NASA chief announces 2 new Venus missions after agency’s $25B request
ORLANDO, Fla. — New NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gave his first State of NASA address on Wednesday plotting out the agency’s plans to continue the Artemis program to return humans to the moon as well as new Earth-centric missions as part of the largest science budget ask ever for the agency. At the end of…
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Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennett slams ‘pattern of predatory behavior’
ALBANY, N..Y. • Charlotte Bennett, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who has accused him of sexual misconduct, says the detailed allegations reported this week by a current staffer who says the governor groped her demonstrate “clear-cut and abhorrent” predatory behavior. Bennett, 25, issued a scathing statement Thursday after an unnamed Cuomo…
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Mayor wants another Cuomo probe into adviser’s vaccine talks with local leaders
NEW YORK • New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is demanding yet another probe into Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration. Cuomo is facing an attorney general’s investigation into sexual harassment claims, a federal probe into his withholding the release of data on COVID-19 nursing home deaths and a state Assembly impeachment inquiry — not…