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The fireworks ban has been lifted for unincorporated El Paso County, the El Paso County Sherriff’s Office announced in a release Monday. The ban was originally put in to place on June 1. Although El Paso County has various topographical features where some terrain may experience large amounts of moisture and others remain dry, at…

A heatwave is expected to pass over parts of Colorado this week, with multiple days of record-breaking temperatures in the forecast. Colorado Springs reached 92 degrees on Monday, narrowly missing the record set in 2018 by just 2 degrees, according to Mark Wankowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo. “A ridge of…

A tornado damaged several structures Monday near Platteville, less than an hour from Denver, the Platteville Gilcrest Fire District said in a news release. The tornado, which touched down near county roads 26 and 19, traveled northward toward Fort Saint Vrain Generating Station near county roads 21 and 34, according to the fire district. At…

Lightning sparked a small grass fire above The Broadmoor near Gold Camp Road Monday afternoon, officials said. Crews responded to the fire, on the back side of Cheyenne Mountain, shortly after 2 p.m. The fire, which did not threaten structures, burned about an acre of land, according to officials. Both Colorado Springs Fire Department and the U.S.…