Author: Breeanna Jent
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Colorado city considers new safety program utilizing cameras and radar to catch speeders
Drivers exceeding speed limits in Colorado Springs could be caught on camera if the city implements a new system that uses radar technology to track and identify speeders. Police Chief Adrian Vasquez and city attorneys presented to the City Council a proposed speed safety camera program on Monday that Vasquez said will reduce traffic-related deaths…
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Colorado Springs police identify suspect arrested in connection to UCCS double homicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Police have arrested a suspect they say was involved in a double homicide on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus Friday morning. In a news release Monday afternoon, Colorado Springs police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Nicholas Jordan of Detroit, who was arrested on…
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UCCS healing walk honors 3 lives lost: ‘We’re going to come out stronger together’
A unity walk on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus Monday afternoon signaled the first step in the healing process for a community still reeling from the news that three people died on campus in the span of one week. “Healing will take time. Rebuilding the trust and safety of our campus will take…
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Plans for 2 new public parks on Colorado Springs’ east side moves ahead
Longtime plans to build two new public parks, both on Colorado Springs’ east side, are moving ahead after the projects on Tuesday received new city-approved zoning designations. The Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved two separate rezoning requests. The first was for the approximately 8-acre North Fork park site located northeast of Thunder…
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Snowpack lagging last year’s bounty, Colorado River negotiations intensify
After a blockbuster winter last year fended off tough decisions for the Colorado River basin, a Colorado River commissioner warned last week high snowpack levels may not bless the West again and states need to prepare. Becky Mitchell, the state of Colorado’s commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission, said the seven basin states of the…
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Bracing for the polar vortex: 4 tips for preparing your home as extreme cold hits Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Utilities officials have some tips for how residents can prepare their homes for extreme cold weather. The state is bracing for a cold snap that will bring freezing temperatures and subzero wind chills this weekend and early next week, prompting Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to verbally issue a disaster declaration officially activating the…
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Denver motorists traveling I-25 South Gap express lanes will soon pay toll
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Beginning Jan. 17, Denver motorists traveling along the 18-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Monument will have to pay to use the new express lanes built on the south- and northbound directions of the corridor. Denver drivers who use the I-25 South…
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Denver weather: Sunny skies and slightly warmer temperatures forecast for Thursday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sunny skies and highs near 45 degrees are forecast Thursday for Denver, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. “Skies will be sunny today. Temperatures will be a little warmer, though snow areas with…
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Colorado Springs Olympic museum adjusting business model to boost lagging visitor numbers
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum is planning a business model changeup to attract more repeat visitors locally and statewide. The museum, the first City for Champions project to be completed, opened during the early stages of the pandemic in summer 2020, which made attracting visitors to an indoor venue difficult. The venue has struggled…
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Longtime tourist attraction sues Colorado Springs over approval of disputed water tank
The Flying W Ranch is suing Colorado Springs, asking for “judicial review” of the City Council’s Nov. 14 decision allowing a controversial water tank built on the city’s northwest side to stand nearly 20 feet taller than originally approved. In the lawsuit filed Monday in El Paso County district court, attorneys for the Flying W…