Tag: Monument
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Fire reported 10 miles northwest of Monument
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fire, reported at under an acre in size, has been spotted in the hills north and west of Monument. The U.S. Forest Service announced the fire, named the Metz fire, on social media Tuesday…
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New trails to complete vision for open space north of Colorado Springs
At a tucked-away open space north of Colorado Springs, the trail additions will be small — but big in the context of a vision going back years. “This is a great feeling,” said Ross Williams, the El Paso County park planner who has overseen development at Santa Fe Open Space since its public acquisition in 2017.…
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Monument high school student dies in crash at ski resort
A Palmer Ridge High School student died Monday night from injuries suffered while snowboarding at Keystone Resort. Levi Inama, 14, from Monument hit a tree near the beginner trail Two Sled on Dercum Mountain about 9:20 a.m. Saturday. He was later transported to the Keystone Medical Center by ski patrol. A bystander witnessed the crash…
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Fentanyl inferno: Monument dad talks about drug epidemic that took 2 sons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Matt Riviere can hear his sons’ voices in his head saying, “That was really stupid, Dad.” But Andrew and Stephen Riviere aren’t around anymore to talk to their father about the worst decision they ever made, let alone watch a movie, toss a football or…
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2 lotto winners in Monument, Pueblo to split Colorado’s largest jackpot in decades
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Coloradans won the $25 million Colorado Lotto+ jackpot on Wednesday. The winning tickets were purchased at a Safeway Fuel in Monument and at a Winners Corner in Pueblo, according to Colorado Lottery. The two winners…
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Classic Happy Trails: Summit between Colorado Springs and Denver offers wilderness spoils
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mount Herman is the hulkish backdrop to Monument, like a mound suddenly rising from the flats where the town sits and Interstate 25 runs onward. If you’re a savvy hiker and keep skipping the mountain…
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New metro district gains approval, tax rate will double
El Paso County commissioners approved a new special district that would nearly double the tax rate on about 150 homes built inside a new subdivision near Monument to fund it. The commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to form the new Cloverleaf Metropolitan District that proposes issuing $8 million in debt over 30 years to build…
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Colorado music students to get nearly $800,000 for canceled trip
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wheat Ridge-based travel agency Voyageurs International Ltd. will refund nearly $800,000 to 400 Colorado high school music students and chaperones for trips to Europe the company canceled last summer due to the pandemic, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Monday. “Companies should not be withholding…
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Interchange, wildlife underpasses nearing completion in I-25 ‘Gap’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Transportation will end 2020 by bringing the Interstate Highway 25 South Gap project closer to completion with the addition of a highway interchange and two wildlife crossings, department officials said Friday. The Greenland Road and I-25 interchange has been transformed from…
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Dylan Redwine case: Trial date rescheduled in 2012 slaying of Monument boy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new trial date has been set for a southwestern Colorado man accused in the 2012 slaying of his 13-year-old son, Dylan Redwine of Monument. A 6th Judicial District judge on Friday rescheduled the trial date for Jan. 25. The rescheduling followed a mistrial ruling…