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Going to a Super Bowl party? Colorado law enforcement is watching
It’s no New Year’s Eve, especially since there’s no local stake this year, but the Super Bowl brings rowdy parties, fills bars and increases the risk for drunken drivers on the roads. Law enforcement agencies will be on alert and have asked people to arrange designated drivers or to have a taxi at the ready…
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Colorado Springs high schoolers protest firing of Sierra coach, teacher
Instead of attending the last hour of Friday classes, dozens of Sierra High School students dashed across Jet Wing Drive to ask questions their school officials won’t answer. They wanted to know why Stallions head football coach Phil Jackson was fired this week and why their principal, Aaron Griffen, hasn’t given them an explanation. Jackson…
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Man arrested after leading police on chase through northwest Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 24-year-old man was arrested after a lengthy foot chase Thursday afternoon after Colorado Springs police responded to a report of an assault. Jonathan Hall was arrested on suspicion of multiple unspecified felony charges around…
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Ute Valley open space grows thanks to conservation effort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ute Valley Gateway Open space has grown by 110 acres, the city of Colorado Springs announced Friday. The newly-conserved tract makes a 203-acre open space on the border of Ute Valley Park, which is 300…
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Colorado State Patrol DUI stats for 2014 show nearly 20 percent involved marijuana
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The legalization of marijuana in Colorado brought with it a “new era” of impaired driving, the Colorado State Patrol said Thursday. Of more than 5,500 drug- and alcohol-related tickets served to impaired drivers in 2014,…
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Pueblo woman convicted in Fountain-area crash that killed 3
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A woman who killed three people while driving under the influence was convicted Wednesday on 10 charges, including eight felonies. Jade Courtney Valdez, 24, of Pueblo was found guilty on three charges each of vehicular…
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Pueblo woman convicted in Fountain-area crash that killed 3
A woman who killed three people while driving under the influence was convicted Wednesday on 10 charges, including eight felonies. Jade Courtney Valdez, 24, of Pueblo was found guilty on three charges each of vehicular homicide involving DUI, vehicular homicide resulting from reckless driving and careless driving resulting in death. The October 2013 crash was…
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Man arrested after leading police on chase through northwest Colorado Springs
A 24-year-old man was arrested after a lengthy foot chase Thursday afternoon after Colorado Springs police responded to a report of an assault. Jonathan Hall was arrested on suspicion of multiple unspecified felony charges around 4 p.m. after leading officers on a chase through a hilly part of northwest Colorado Springs. A woman told police…
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Colorado State Patrol DUI stats for 2014 show nearly 20 percent involved marijuana
The legalization of marijuana in Colorado brought with it a “new era” of impaired driving, the Colorado State Patrol said Thursday. Of more than 5,500 drug- and alcohol-related tickets served to impaired drivers in 2014, 354 of them involved only marijuana. CSP released statewide data late Thursday; no county or city breakdown was available. Overall,…
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Ute Valley open space grows thanks to conservation effort
Ute Valley Gateway Open space has grown by 110 acres, the city of Colorado Springs announced Friday. The newly-conserved tract makes a 203-acre open space on the border of Ute Valley Park, which is 300 acres. The addition allows the city to complete the Ute Valley Trail. The property was purchased from Hewlett Packard in…