Tag: elbert county
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Colorado Cost of Living: Low inventory, persistent demand drives up housing costs in Elbert County
For decades, Elbert County was a quiet, rural outpost east of the Denver metro, popular with farmers, ranchers and people looking for open land. Large rural parcels and relatively lower prices made it an alternative to the faster-growing suburbs in neighboring counties. That began to change about a decade ago, when the western part of…
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Federal judge allows disabled woman’s lawsuit to proceed against Elbert County sheriff
A federal judge rejected the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office’s attempt to dismiss a disability rights lawsuit against it on Tuesday, in which the plaintiff alleges she sustained further injuries after being forced to walk home 8.8 miles from the jail overnight. Amy McCraken has a prosthetic limb from a prior leg amputation. She alleged a…
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10th Circuit grants immunity to Elbert County sergeant for shooting unarmed man
The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Thursday that an Elbert County sheriff’s employee cannot be held liable for shooting an unarmed man who startled him. Joel Hernandez sued Sgt. Mike Skalisky for excessive force for shooting him at the Kiowa Industrial Park in March 2021. In response, Skalisky invoked qualified immunity, which…
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Pikes Peak State College announces new Native American scholarship: ‘action is meaningful’
To honor the land and history of Colorado Springs’ indigenous people, Pikes Peak State College brass began developing a land acknowledgment statement for the school over the past year, but quickly came to realize they could do more. “Frankly, I didn’t feel like standing up at events like our graduation, for example, and making a…
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Appeals court finds no connection to local government necessary to enforce open meetings law
For the first time, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that every person in the state may challenge governmental compliance with the open meetings law, regardless of whether they have a connection to the government body at issue. In 2014, state legislators amended the open meetings law to allow “any person” whose rights were denied…
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Mad Gravel race series in Elbert County, Colorado
The Mad Gravel race series takes place Memorial Day weekend at the McNeil Ranch at Peaceful Valley in Elbert County, Courtesy BeFeral Media and Mad Gravel