Author: Ellie Mulder; The Colorado Springs Gazette
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Man involved in Bookcliffs shootout had violent past
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Grand Junction man shot to death by a federal officer Sunday had killed two people and wounded five in 1993 after bursting into a Colorado Springs bar in a flak jacket with an AK-47…
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Two Rattlesnake Bites in Three Days in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wandering delirious with her dog through the groves of Ute Valley Park, a woman pale and sweating came across a group of people on a path. They would be her saviors. Her ankle was swollen…
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Twin Sisters Found Dead Near Royal Gorge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twin sisters – the first in Colorado to receive a pioneering surgery to treat their obsessive compulsive disorder – were found fatally shot Friday in a vehicle near Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, the Fremont…
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Newborn Puppies Found in Storm Drain Determined to Be Something Quite Different
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Licensed wildlife rehabilitators are caring for eight newborn red fox kits, which were thought to be puppies when they were rescued from a storm drain in Colorado Springs. Five of the kits are at The…
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Remains Found Near Pikes Peak IDed as Missing Colorado Springs Woman
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Human remains found near a hiking trail on Pike’s Peak have been identified as those of a missing Colorado Springs woman who is believed to have committed suicide, the Teller County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.…
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Firefighters Battle Grass Fire in Eastern El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Flames and smoke were visible Wednesday afternoon from a grass fire near U.S. 24 and Garret Road, the Falcon Fire Department tweeted at 2:48 p.m. “Please avoid the area and watch for responding apparatus,” the tweet says.…
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City to Relocate Bighorn Sheep in Garden of the Gods Area
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About 20 bighorn sheep living near Garden of the Gods soon will have a new home. A Colorado Parks and Wildlife team in recent days hoisted a 50-by-50-foot net up on poles – part of…
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Colorado Cyclist Dies Nearly Two Weeks After Being Hit by Vehicle
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tymen Schreuder, 40, died Tuesday, nearly two weeks after he was hit by a vehicle while cycling across a south Colorado Springs intersection, police said. He was cycling on Cheyenne Meadows Road at Colorado 115…
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How to See the “Unique” Super Blue Blood Moon in Certain Parts of Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Head outside early Wednesday for a rare lunar treat: a simultaneous supermoon, blue moon and total lunar eclipse. The moon will be completely bathed in Earth’s shadow during the peak of the eclipse, called a…
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Anti-Personnel Mine Near Colorado Springs was Real
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An explosive device found Saturday near Fountain Creek was a real Claymore anti-personnel mine, Fountain police said Monday. A citizen found the device shortly after 6 PM and brought it to the police. After it…