Author: Colorado Springs Gazette
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Will El Niño impact Colorado snowfall this year?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the first sprinkles of snow fell on Western Slope mountains this week, meteorologists predicted an El Niño event to hit the United States this winter. That could mean anything and everything for Colorado. “Skiers and…
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Wildfire on western slope grows to 30,000 acres; Update on smoky haze
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fire burning near the Utah-Colorado border grew to more than 30,000 acres, fire officials say. The Bull Draw fire burning 12 miles northwest of Nucla was measured at 30,180 acres Tuesday morning. The fire…
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Hailstorm causes $172 million in damages in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Aug. 6 storm that battered southwest Colorado Springs and Fountain with up to softball-size hail caused $172.8 million in damage to vehicles, roofs, siding, windows, skylights and other parts of homes, an insurance trade…
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Gates installed at Garden of the Gods; Intended to keep out ‘mischief’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Five new gates are being installed in Garden of the Gods as city officials try to curb reckless driving, drug and alcohol use, vandalism and other criminal activity during the night. “After-hours mischief comes with…
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Does Climate Change Contribute to Severe Hailstorms in Colorado?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Monday’s hailstorm and two earlier this summer in Colorado Springs and southern El Paso County were part of what atmospheric scientists are calling an “active” but not unusual year for hail events. “This is a…
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5 Colorado Festivals You Can’t Miss This Weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s a look at some of the best festivals happening around Colorado this weekend, including Gold Rush Days in Buena Vista and Buskerfest in Denver. BrunchFest If your idea of heaven is endless mimosas, stacks…
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First Woman to Summit Pikes Peak Continues to Inspire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One hundred-sixty years ago, Julia Archibald Holmes made history when she became the first woman to climb to the top of Pikes Peak. Lured by the sense of adventure, she defied those who believed it…
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5 Colorado festivals not to miss this weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Dragon Boat Festival Quite a spectacle happens every year on Sloan’s Lake in Denver. Gigantic, picturesque dragon boats float on the water’s surface, filled with competitors who urge their floating contraption across the water…
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Flash flooding hits El Paso County hard; Warnings indicate more might be on the way
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County officials are warning the public to stay on high alert for flash flooding and debris flows Tuesday afternoon, as the previously-parched soils pummeled by rain and hail Monday have little room for…
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2 firefighters injured, 1 person airlifted after Colorado road collapses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two firefighters were hospitalized and another person was airlifted after a road collapsed near the Pikes Peak International Raceway early Tuesday. A person was driving over a culvert on Old Pueblo Road near Birdsall Road…