Tag: Monument
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All lanes on I-25 South ‘Gap’ now open: Express yourself
Drivers along the 18-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock can get to their destinations quicker now that state transportation officials have opened new express lanes in each direction of the highway. The express lanes opened around midnight Friday morning for testing, about three weeks after state and local leaders celebrated the…
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Express lanes on I-25 South ‘Gap’ ready to open
Drivers along the 18-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock can get to their destinations quicker beginning Friday morning, when state transportation officials open new express lanes in each direction of the highway. The express lanes will open at 8 a.m. Friday for testing, about three weeks after state and local leaders…
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9 hospitalized in wrong-way head-on crash on I-25 near Monument; driver suspected of DUI
Nine people were hospitalized early Sunday morning after a Colorado Springs man suspected of driving while drunk crashed head-on into another vehicle while driving the wrong way on Interstate 25 near Monument, the Colorado State Patrol said. The head-on collision was reported just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday just south of the County Line Road exit.…
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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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Tri-Lakes area fire districts consider unification
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Andy Kovacs’ name and to clarify that either district could be included into the other through the merger-by-inclusion option. Unifying two northern El Paso County fire districts would increase available emergency resources, integrate procedures and establish uniformed training, operations and fire code enforcement…
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Colorado music students to get nearly $800,000 for canceled trip
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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’
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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
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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…
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High school musicians sue Colorado travel company for not fully refunding canceled summer tour fees
Colorado Springs-area high school students and 200 other teens and their parents in 14 states are awaiting a Denver County District Court judge’s ruling on whether they can force a consolidated arbitration hearing to determine whether they should be refunded all their money for a canceled European music tour. Students and parents are suing the…