Gas leak in Fountain prompts road closure, shelter in place
A road closure has been issued as the Fountain Fire Department responds to a gas leak early Tuesday afternoon, according to a social media announcement.
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El Paso County schools receive BEST grant funding for renovations
Three school districts across El Paso County are among this year’s recipients of the Colorado Department of Education’s annual Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) Grant funding.
Nursing homes go dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted living and skilled nursing facility.
Monument places town manager on leave in ‘best interests of community’
Monument town manager Mike Foreman is on paid administrative leave after a special Town Council meeting Wednesday.
Wolves in Colorado can be hunted under specific conditions, says wildlife commission
A divided Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission on Thursday voted to allow for the lethal management of wolves under certain situations, a move that ranchers in Grand and Jackson counties have sought for months.
Campaign complaint dismissed against El Paso County commissioner running for state office
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office has officially dismissed a complaint against current El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf for comments made about his state Senate run in a May 9 Board of County Commissioners meeting.
Colorado Republicans call Biden’s asylum order ‘too little, too late,’ Dems say it’s ‘people over politics’
President Joe Biden’s sweeping executive action Tuesday to ban asylum seekers when illegal border crossings reach a certain threshold expectedly divided Colorado leaders along partisan lines, with Republicans calling the action “too little, too late” and Democrats describing the move as putting “people over politics.”
Candidate conflict unfolds at Congressional District 5 debate hosted by The Gazette, KOAA
Debate rules momentarily broke down at a Congressional District 5 debate Monday evening hosted by The Gazette, KOAA and the El Pomar Foundation, as the intraparty conflict between Republicans Jeff Crank and Dave Williams came to a boil onstage.
El Paso County commissioner candidate accused of violating fair campaign practices
El Paso County commissioner candidate David Leinweber faces accusations he has violated Colorado fair campaign practices in his bid for county office.
El Paso, Teller counties to get $66 million in grants to address opioid epidemic
El Paso and Teller counties are expected to receive $66 million through 2038 to address the opioid epidemic, a scourge that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives nationally.