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‘The case has to move forward’: Judge reluctantly grants delay as DA, Fort Carson grapple for control of child sexual abuse charges against soldier
A Fort Carson soldier facing 64 charges related to sexually assaulting a child under 15 and possessing thousands of illegal images of children will wait until May for a preliminary hearing in the case. Judge Samuel Evig reluctantly granted the motion to delay again made by an attorney representing Sgt. 1st Class Marquez Parker following…
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‘A game changer’: Fort Carson opens new campus-style dining venue
Fort Carson officials called the grand opening Wednesday of a new dining facility a significant step in the ongoing effort to enhance the quality of life for its soldiers. The Stack House Bistro, a renovated venue formerly named the Stack Ivy Warrior Restaurant, is the Army’s second campus-style dining venue, designed to provide soldiers with…
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Fort Carson soldier killed in Saudi Arabia memorialized Thursday
Soldiers filled a chapel on Fort Carson on Thursday to remember Staff. Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, one of the 13 American service members killed so far in the Iran War. Scenes of the 26-year-old at the gym, at church, with dogs and in his Army garb played across the screen ahead of the service, highlighting his…
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Hegseth features Fort Carson soldiers after returning from Middle East, gives warning on Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would intensify if it did not make a deal. Hegseth also highlighted his trip to the Middle East on Saturday, noting he was heartened to meet with troops he called the “best…
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Penrose residents criticize communication on 24 fire as crews reach some containment
PENROSE — Macy May has anxiously slept half awake at night in her rural Penrose home as she awaited a pre-evacuation warning to possibly be upgraded to an evacuation order for the 24 fire that began on Wednesday. She and her four children, ages 7 to 15, live with their three dogs and 40 birds,…
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Wednesday 24 fire update: Crews make ‘great’ progress on containment; cause released
After a week of battling the 24 fire along Colorado 115, more than 200 firefighters have managed to get the blaze to 44% containment, according to a news release Wednesday morning. The 24 fire, which started March 18, has burned 7,385 acres on Fort Carson land between Penrose and Colorado Springs. Colorado 115 remains closed…
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Fire danger high ahead of May artillery training at Piñon Canyon
Fort Carson officials expect soldiers to fire training artillery for the first time in May across the expansive Piñon Canyon Maneuver Training Site northeast of Trinidad, sparking concerns about fire amid drought conditions. “I think it’s dangerously dry,” said Doug Holdread, a Trinidad resident, who noted southern Colorado has felt like spring for much of…
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Evacuation orders lifted, wildfire along Colorado 115 grows to nearly 7,400 acres
The 24 fire, burning along Colorado 115 between Colorado Springs and Penrose, has scorched 7,385 acres and is at zero percent containment, according to a Fort Carson spokesperson. The blaze, which started Wednesday morning along the east side of the highway before jumping onto Fort Carson land, was reported at 4,600 acres as of Sunday…
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Wildfire burning along Colorado 115 grows to 4,605 acres with 0% containment
About 170 firefighters from more than a dozen agencies were working Sunday to contain a wildfire burning along Colorado 115 between Colorado Springs and Penrose, according to fire officials. The blaze, dubbed the 24 fire for the mile marker where it started, had scorched more than 4,605 acres and was at zero percent containment as…
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Fort Carson soldier’s remains to return home to Kentucky Friday
Fort Carson Staff Sgt. Benjamin Pennington’s remains will return home to Kentucky Friday. Community members are planning a procession Friday afternoon to honor his homecoming from Fort Knox to downtown Elizabethtown, a news release said. His funeral is planned for Saturday. Across Colorado, flags will fly at half-staff from sunrise on Friday to Saturday to…