Update: EPA confirms Colorado mine spill contains heavy metals
Federal environmental officials have confirmed the mustard-colored muck that surged into a river from a Colorado mine contained heavy metals…
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Waste from Colorado mine creeps toward New Mexico
Officials in New Mexico are blasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not informing them soon enough about a plume of mustard-colored…
Continue ReadingEPA confirms Colorado mine spill contains heavy metals
DENVER (AP) — Federal environmental officials have confirmed the mustard-colored muck that surged into a river from a Colorado mine contained heavy…
Continue ReadingSpecial Meeting Tonight on Monument Methadone Clinc
Monument;s Board of Trustees are holding a special meeting tonight on theestablishment of a Methadone facility in historic downtown Monument. The…
Continue ReadingEviction concerns in Calhan RV park
People in one El Paso County neighborhood say they’re being evicted with not enough notice. The RV park is on Independence Ranch in southern…
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Jury reaches decision on James Holmes’ sentence
Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting case have reached a decision on whether James Holmes should get life in prison or the death penalty. They…
Continue ReadingMan recovering in hospital after early morning stabbing
Colorado Springs police are investigating a stabbing that happened in the 5000 block of Bonita Village Road just before midnight Friday. Officers…
Continue ReadingBoth political parties watched GOP debates closely
As GOP candidates took to the stage Thursday night, people in El Paso County took to their television sets and the Internet to watch the first debate…
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place in el paso county … a predominantly republican county. but democrats were out in force too, watching the republican field square off with…
Continue ReadingLocal criminal profiler says theater attacks are likely copy-cat crimes
Three years after the Aurora theater shooting, a gunman opens fire in a Louisiana theater, then a man with a history of mental illness attacks people…
Continue ReadingPolice addressing growing distracted driving problem
Motor vehicle deaths and distracted driving are on the rise in Colorado Springs, and police are addressing the problems. Between 2010 and 2014, motor…
Continue ReadingInmate found hiding heroin in Pueblo jail
A Pueblo County jail inmate faces new charges after authorities say they found her hiding heroin in her body. The Sheriff’s Office reports the…
Continue ReadingArrest made in Pueblo homicide investigation
Pueblo Police say they have made an arrest in the city’s fifth homicide of 2015. Jeffrey Sylvia faces a second degree murder charge. Officers…
Continue ReadingSprouts expanding in northern Colorado Springs
The specialty grocery chain Sprouts Farmers Market may be expanding its presence in Colorado Springs from one store to three. The chain confirms to…
Continue ReadingRuptured gas line causes large explosion in northern Colorado
A worker digging a trench on a northern Colorado ranch hit a high-pressure gas line, sparking an explosion that sent flames several hundred feet into…
Continue ReadingTheater shooting deliberations resume Friday
Jurors deliberating the fate of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes have gone home for the day. The jury got the case Thursday afternoon after…
Continue ReadingReport: Man who murdered Aspen woman commits suicide at Caon City prison
A man who was convicted of murdering an Aspen woman last year has killed himself, The Denver Post reports. Ex-anesthesiologist William Styler pleaded…
Continue ReadingArrest made in Old Colorado City bank robbery
Colorado Springs police say their suspect in Wednesday morning’s robbery at Pikes Peak National Bank was arrested in Pueblo. The robbery…
Continue ReadingMine plug blows near Silverton, dumping 1M galls of waste
A mine waste spill has spewed about a million gallons of orange-colored discharge into a tributary of the Animas River. Environmental authorities are…
Continue ReadingPolice: Grenade dropped by man suspected of breaking into vehicle was not explosive
Pueblo Police say they were chasing a man who they suspected of breaking into a vehicle Thursday morning when he dropped what they thought was a live…
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