Out-of-control vehicle crashes into house in east Colorado Springs, police say
Several Colorado Springs properties were damaged on Saturday when a driver lost control of a vehicle and plowed through multiple yards before colliding with a house, police officials said.
The incident took place about 10:25 p.m. in the 2400 block of Sierra Springs Drive, just east of South Academy Boulevard, police said. No injuries were reported, and the house did not sustain any significant structural damage.
The driver, whose name was not released, was cited for careless driving.
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Artist Edward Aldrich: Wild for Colorado wildlife
Colleen Smith
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Updated 50 minutes ago
As Denver set a record for the most days without snowfall, in a menagerie of paintings by Edward (Ned) Aldrich, Colorado wildlife lives forever surrounded by the white stuff. Aldrich paints owls, wolves, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, rabbits and other...
Colleen Smith
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Aurora homicide suspect arrested in Utah after multi-agency search
Kyla Pearce
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Updated 1 hour ago
Aurora police announced the arrest of an Aurora homicide suspect in Utah Thursday after a multi-agency search, according to a press release from the Aurora Police Department Friday. Members of the Salt Lake City FBI Field Office and the U.S....
Kyla Pearce
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Colorado residents face high energy bills after regulators turn away from natural gas, experts say
Mark Samuelson
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Updated 3 hours ago
Colorado residents could be paying a lot more for home energy, following the state’s decision last week to turn away from natural gas as a home cooking and heating fuel, experts said. Some 1.9 million Colorado households warm their homes...
Mark Samuelson
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Lakewood burglary, murder suspect arrested
Sage Kelley
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Updated 1 hour ago
The Lakewood Police Department arrested a man in connection to the burglary-turned-homicide of an elderly woman last week. Arthur Joseph Maestas IV, 41, appeared in front of Jefferson County Judge Jennifer Melton Friday morning, rubbing his temples and looking downward...
Sage Kelley
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Aurora detention officer facing felony assault charge for breaking detainee’s arm
Michael Braithwaite
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Updated 2 hours ago
An Aurora Detention Center officer is facing a felony assault charge after he was accused of using excessive force against a inmate in October. Christopher Freitas, 41, allegedly pinned and pulled the right arm of Austin Young, 28, around a...
Michael Braithwaite
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2025 Holiday Events in and around Denver
Carlotta Olson
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Updated 4 hours ago
MUSIC Through Dec. 20: Strolling Holiday Carolers — Weekends, The Shops at Northfield, 8340 Northfield Blvd., Denver; shopsatnorthfield.com/events. Dec. 12: Air Force Academy Band – Holly & Ivy — 7 p.m., Pueblo Memorial Hall, 1 City Hall Place, Pueblo. Tickets:...
Carlotta Olson
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Colorado’s largest wilderness area growing, popular trails protected
Seth Boster
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Updated 3 days ago
Colorado’s biggest wilderness area is getting bigger, and popular trails are gaining protections. That was the message of a recent announcement by The Wilderness Trust, which has long worked to acquire privately owned pockets within the nation’s most protected landscapes....
Seth Boster
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Gas price drop could increase holiday spending, experts say
Michael Braithwaite
michael.braithwaite@gazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The average price of gas in Colorado dipped to $2.52 per gallon this week, the third-lowest rate of any state in the country, according to AAA. That trend was part of a nationwide decline, with the U.S. average dropping below...
Michael Braithwaite
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OMB directs AI vendors seeking government contracts to measure their model’s political bias
NAOMI LIM Washington Examiner
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Updated 4 hours ago
The White House Office of Management and Budget has amplified President Donald Trump‘s actions regarding artificial intelligence by directing AI vendors to measure and disclose political bias in their models when seeking contracts with the federal government. OMB Director Russell...
NAOMI LIM Washington Examiner
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E. Jean Carroll’s DNA refusal tainted verdict against Trump, allies tell Supreme Court
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Updated 4 hours ago
E. Jean Carroll‘s civil judgments against President Donald Trump should be vacated because she declined to pursue or permit DNA testing at trial that could have answered questions about what really happened decades ago, Trump allies argued in a new...
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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