Tag: colorado spring
-
50 displaced from overnight apartment fire in east Colorado Springs
A fire at an apartment complex in Colorado Springs displaced around 50 residents early Sunday morning, leaving two in critical condition, according to fire officials. A total of 21 engines from the Colorado Springs Fire Department were dispatched to a two-alarm structure fire around 1:30 a.m. at The Montecito Apartments on North Murray Boulevard, according…
-
Family-centric Monica’s Taco Shop adds fourth location in downtown Colorado Springs
Monica’s Taco Shop restaurants are a family affair, and the family is growing again. The nearly quarter-century old, Colorado Springs-based Mexican chain opened its fourth location last week at 331 S. Nevada Ave. on the south edge of downtown, taking over a building vacated by the closure of an Arby’s restaurant. Traditional mariachi musicians played…
-
‘Cowboy, great American cowboy’: Annual Western Street Breakfast returns to downtown Colorado Springs
The iconic Colorado Springs Western Street Breakfast returned to Tejon Street on Thursday morning, ringing in the summer and the exciting start of the Pikes Peak Rodeo season. Per tradition, Fort Carson soldiers worked late into the night Wednesday to ensure the event’s timely kick-off at 5:30 a.m., cooking up pancakes, eggs and sausage for…
-
Snow totals around Colorado after overnight storm
A whirlwind storm scattered snow across the Front Range and turned roads into ice sheets Monday night and into early Tuesday. Colorado Springs tracked 5.3 inches of snow so far this April, ahead of the normal 4.9 inches. The city is also well ahead of its seasonal snowfall average of 38.6 inches with 52.5 inches…