Tag: ellicott
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Teen killed in dirt bike crash near Ellicott on Christmas Eve
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a fatal dirt bike crash that killed a teenager outside Ellicott on Wednesday evening. According to police, troopers responded to a call around 5 p.m. on December 24 about a crash near the intersection of South Ellicott Highway and Jayhawk Avenue. The crash involved a 15-year-old male and a…
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Wagon Trail Mercantile, east of Colorado Springs, serves up hodgepodge of goods and connects the community
A charming little red wooden structure sits alongside a rural dirt road just off the corner of U.S. 94 and North Ellicott Highway, in the unincorporated community of Ellicott east of Colorado Springs. Reminiscent of an Old West mercantile shop, Wagon Trail Mercantile advertises a hodgepodge of products: U-Haul rentals. Barns and sheds for sale.…
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The Classical Academy earns 4A’s top seed in inaugural flag football playoff bracket
The first-ever flag football postseason is here and The Classical Academy, as it has been all season, has rose above its competition. In the 20-team, 4A playoff bracket, the Titans earned the No. 1 seed in the single-elimination tournament that begins with the first round on Tuesday. The top 12 seeds will receive a first-round…
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CHSAA Legislative Council will vote Tuesday whether to add girls flag football as sanctioned fall sport
CHSAA’s Legislative Council will meet Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Lone Tree at the DCSD Legacy Campus and will vote whether to add girls flag football as a sanctioned sport. Should the Legislative Council approve girls flag football, play will begin this fall and Colorado would become the 11th state to sanction the sport. Following…
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Dozens of ‘hoax’ school bomb threats hit Colorado schools, synagogues
Dozens of schools across Colorado received bomb threats Tuesday morning, which prompted many of them to evacuate, the Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Synagogues in the Denver and Boulder also received threats, according to reports from Denver Gazette news partner KUSA. Spokesperson Vikki Migoya with the FBI Denver field office on…
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LIFE | Harley’s Haven Ranch
Jess Sandoval is the owner of Harley’s Haven Ranch, a non-profit animal rescue named after her first rescue dog and great companion the late Harley. The ranch on the plains east of Colorado Springs is home to dozens of chickens, sheep, goats, donkeys, dogs, alpacas and llamas. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)
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Proposed new master plan for El Paso County: Problems and questions | Cronin & Loevy
The proposed new El Paso County master plan is now awaiting adoption by the county commissioners. The planning process involved a thoughtful review of present conditions in the county, which includes the city of Colorado Springs. The planning consultants preparing the plan, Houseal Lavigne Associates, issued an existing conditions report on planning challenges facing the…