Tag: gov-local
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Monument trustees fire town manager, reappoint town clerk
MONUMENT – Town Manager Chris Lowe was fired Monday night in a unanimous vote by the town’s six trustees after they spent more than three hours in executive session. Lowe had been suspended in early February, placed on paid administrative leave for two weeks. But that suspension was extended for months amid apparent allegations of…
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Colorado Springs hosting meetings on flash flood, wildfire preparation
Colorado Springs representatives will host two community meetings this spring to educate residents about wildfires, flash floods and how to prepare for the disasters. Both natural disasters have hit the city in recent years and the meetings will address this year’s weather forecast, Waldo Canyon fire recovery and flood mitigation efforts and wildfire mitigation, city…
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Fountain councilman named to county health board
A Fountain City Council member has been appointed to the El Paso County Board of Health. Sam Gieck, 72, was named to the nine-member board by the El Paso County commissioners. He replaced Coreen Toll, who left the board at the end of her term on the Manitou Springs City Council. Gieck, a retired Colorado…
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New project to ameliorate Cottonwood Creek stormwater
Colorado Springs crews will start building a detention pond and culvert this fall, extending Tutt Boulevard north over Cottonwood Creek to mitigate floodwater that otherwise would flow downstream. The City Council approved a $346,506 appropriation Tuesday to kick-start the project. Property owners northeast of Powers Boulevard and East Woodmen Road generated that money with fees…
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Cost increases to revamp ‘No Man’s Land’ in Colorado Springs and Manitou
An enormous project revitalizing West Colorado Avenue from Colorado Springs into Manitou Springs will cost far more than predicted. The revamp of the stretch from 31st Street to U.S. 24, to be finished in December, will cost nearly $4 million more than the $30 million estimate given when crews broke ground in late 2016. But…
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El Paso County Republican assembly sets June primary races
El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder’s made it onto the June 26 Republican primary ballot along with challenger Mike Angley at Saturday’s Republican County Assembly. Elder received 64 percent of the delegate vote, with Angley getting 36 percent, said Cassandra Sebastian, El Paso County Republican Party executive director. To make it onto the ballot, candidates…
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Colorado Springs March For Our Lives draws large crowd
Colorado Springs marchers joined a nationwide protest of gun violence in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting last month. The March For Our Lives Colorado Springs protest began at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Acacia Park, according to organizers. Following speakers, marchers left the park at 12:30 p.m., headed north on Nevada Avenue, turned west…
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Colorado Springs marchers echo ‘Enough is enough,’ in protesting gun violence
Just over a month ago, Andrew Torgashev was leaving the gym in Coral Springs, Fla., when he found out a gunman armed with an AR-15 assault-style semi-automatic rifle had killed 14 former classmates, two coaches and a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Watching from his home across the street, he saw police, EMTs…
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El Paso County asked to join opioid lawsuit against pharmaceutical giants
El Paso County has been asked to join hundreds of cities and counties that are suing major pharmaceutical companies, blaming them for exacerbating a nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse and overdoses and demanding compensation for the costs. The proposition has left county officials with the difficult task of calculating the exact amount of taxpayer dollars…
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No water restrictions in Colorado Springs, despite warm, dry winter
Despite abnormally warm and dry conditions in the Pikes Peak region, Colorado Springs Utilities officials are not planning to impose restrictions on water usage this year. The area has seen slightly more than half of the average precipitation so far this year and temperatures are nearly two degrees above normal to date, said Abigail Ortega,…