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Rainbow Falls project granted lottery money

Colorado Springs Gazette — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:15:00 +0000

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 to…

Commissioner addresses mistrust at townhall meetings

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:17:00 +0000

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 county…

Douglas County launches tax calculator

Colorado Community Newspapers — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:05:56 +0000

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 January.

This meteorologist is all about predicting epic snow days

Colorado Springs Gazette — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:54:00 +0000

“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 are…

Gray wolf that died was illegally poisoned

Colorado Springs Gazette — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:08:00 +0000

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 the…

Video of 20-car pile-up in the Springs becomes a YouTube hit

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:30:00 +0000

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 on…

EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Injury on job strains family resources

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:07:00 +0000

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 double-whammy…

EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Family escapes fire, loses home

Colorado Springs Gazette — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:18:00 +0000

The fire came in the dead of night and robbed a Palmer Lake family of its home, three weeks before Christmas.
“We got out of the house with the three kids and that’s the most important thing,” said Nazario, who is being identified by only his…

Stolen vehicle found off Lower Gold Camp Road

Colorado Springs Gazette — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:10:00 +0000

Colorado Springs police are investigating a stolen vehicle that slid about 300 feet off Lower Gold Camp Road on Tuesday afternoon.
Police were notified about 3:20 p.m. that a vehicle had gone off a cliff near Lower Gold Camp Road and Bear Creek Road….

State’s road conditions website goes down when drivers need it most

Colorado Springs Gazette — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:27:00 +0000

The day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year, John Henry was less than thankful for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s road conditions website.
The popular site, cotrip.org, was down much of the day, as Henry…