State Vibe :: Colorado

About $65,000 in funding has been secured to begin restoring Rainbow Falls, Tim Wolken, director of El Paso County’s community services department, said at Tuesday’s county commission meeting.The historic landmark west of Manitou Springs used ...

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Newly sworn in El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn got an earful during three townhall style meetings Saturday as his new constituents complained about last year’s term limits measure. Glenn also heard a lot about mistrust and how ...

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Douglas County unveiled a tax calculator for residents interested in where their money is being spent at the county level. The online feature launched just in time for the annual property tax bills, which begin arriving in the mail before the end of ...

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“If you don’t do it this year, you’ll be one year older when you do.” - Warren Miller, legendary ski filmmaker______ Joel Gratz was sick of doom-and-gloom winter weather forecasts. Dangerous highways, avalanches, traffic jams — these ...

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DENVER — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a gray wolf that strayed from the Yellowstone region into Colorado where it died in 2009 was illegally killed by the poison Compound 1080. The agency is seeking the public's help to pinpoint ...

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Recent Mitchell High School graduate Ian Smith got a crash course in fame when a video he shot of a 20-car pile-up on South Carefree Boulevard on Thursday night grew into the YouTube sensation of the weekend. Smith, 20, a college student home ...

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When Tina’s husband was injured on the job while driving tow trucks in Texas, it caused a series of bad-luck turns that nearly left the family homeless. Texas doesn’t require businesses to carry workers compensation insurance so the ...

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