Tag: penrose
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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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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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Carie Hallford gets nearly maximum prison sentence after Return to Nature ruse despite ‘scared and desperate’ explanation
DENVER — Carie Hallford, the former Return to Nature Funeral Home co-owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building in Penrose, was sentenced Monday to 18 years on a federal fraud charge, nearly the maximum allowed under the law. Carie Hallford, 48, faced up to 20 years in prison for taking over…
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Judge expected to decide Monday whether to accept latest plea agreements for Hallfords
An El Paso County judge is expected to decide Monday whether to accept new negotiations that would extend the prison sentence for Jon and Carie Hallford, coming on the heels of the court rejecting the original plea agreements for the owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home. The new agreements would see the Hallfords…
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Judge accepts new plea agreements for Return to Nature owners
Jon and Carie Hallford will not see 2026 trials after all, as an El Paso County judge ruled to accept the most recent plea agreements for the pair on Dec. 22, despite heavy opposition from families who used their funeral services. The Hallfords came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after an inquiry into their Penrose…
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Judge accepts new plea agreements for Return to Nature owners
Jon and Carie Hallford will not see 2026 trials after all, as an El Paso County judge ruled to accept the most recent plea agreements for the pair on Dec. 22, despite heavy opposition from families who used their funeral services. The Hallfords came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after an inquiry into their Penrose…
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Judge accepts new plea agreements for Return to Nature owners
Jon and Carie Hallford will not see 2026 trials after all, as an El Paso County judge ruled to accept the most recent plea agreements for the pair Monday, despite heavy opposition from families who used their funeral services. The Hallfords came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after an inquiry into their Penrose Return to…
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Return to Nature: Judge accepts Hallfords’ plea deals despite some families’ objections
Jon and Carie Hallford will not see 2026 trials as an El Paso County judge ruled to accept the most recent plea agreements for the pair Monday, despite heavy argument from the victims. The Hallfords came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after an investigation on their Penrose Return to Nature site 35 miles…
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2 injured in car crash near Penrose Saturday
A 17-year-old was seriously injured when her vehicle crossed the center yellow line and collided with another vehicle at about 7 p.m. Saturday on Highway 115 near Penrose, according to Colorado State Patrol. The teen, who lives in Penrose, was rushed to a hospital via helicopter. The driver of the other vehicle, a 55-year-old woman…