We’re learning what caused an underground fire Monday morning near Kiowa and Nevada in the downtown area. Colorado Springs Utilities say the blaze was caused by a failed underground electrical vault and that there were no red flags indicating the underground transformer was in need of repair. Meanwhile, witnesses reported seeing manhole covers pop off…… MORE
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CITY WATER TANK IN COLORADO SPRINGS WILL CONTINUE DESPITE A STOP WORK ORDER FILED BY THE CITY. A NEW TANK IS BEING BUILT ON FLYING W RANCH. IT WILL REPLACE AN EXISTING ONE WHICH IS 40 FEET TALL. NEIGHBORS HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE TANK UNTIL THEY REALIZED IT WOULD…… MORE
THE COLORADO SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT MULTIPLE UNDERGROUND FIRES NEAR KIOWA AND NEVADA IN DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. AROUND 3 A.M FIREFIGHTERS SAY SEVERAL MANHOLE COVERS HAD BLOWN OFF AND FLAMES SHOT IN THE AIR. THIS CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE FROM SOUTH OF PLATTE TO PIKES PEAK IN BETWEEN TEJON AND WEBER. IT TOOK ABOUT…… MORE
OFFICIALS AT FORT CARSON HAVE STARTED PRESCRIBED BURNS ON THE MOUNTAIN POST IN THE HOPE TO CONTROL VEGATATION AND LIMIT THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES. THE BURNS WILL HAPPEN SPORADICALLY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR, WEATHR PERMITTING. SOME AREAS ON THE MOUNTAIN POST HAVE HEAVY VEGATATION, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE HEAVY RAIN THE…… MORE
A former Colorado Springs pastor is facing child sexual exploitation charges. Thirty-year-old Jonathan Shaheen was taken into custody Thursday in a neighborhood near Austin Bluffs and Templeton Gap. On Wednesday, authorities learned Shaheen had been communicating with a New Mexico couple exploiting children. Detectives obtained a search warrant, and Shaheen was arrested. No other details…… MORE
IN SCHOOL DISTRICT 49 A BOARD MEMBER WHO HAD TO GIVE UP HER SEAT BECAUSE OF RE ZONING, AND WHO IS NOW TRYING TO RUN FOR A SEAT IN ANOTHER AREA OF THE DISTRICT CLAIMS SCHOOL OFFICIALS HAVE DENIED HER A CHANCE TO GET ON THE BALLOT. IVY LEW SAYS SHE HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO…… MORE
THE TRIAL FOR AN EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT HAS BEEN DELAYED. DEPUTY DALTON BRIDGES WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER INVESTGATORS SAY HE MADE SEXUAL ADAVANCES TOWARDS A WOMAN. WHEN SHE REFUSED AND TRIED TO LEAVE, HE GRABBED AND DRAGGED HER BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE. ACCORDING TO THE…… MORE
Investigators have released the name of a man killed in an auto-pedestrian crash on August 31st. Authorities were called to Academy and Woodmen on reports of a crash. According to police, a vehicle was pulling into the King Soopers parking lot when 51-year-old Marcus Bogart was struck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities…… MORE
Authorities continue their search for a driver involved in a hit-and-run that left a bicyclist dead. Police say Wednesday night, the cyclist was heading in the wrong direction on Astrozon near Hancock Expressway when they were struck by a vehicle. The driver fled the scene, and by the time first responders arrived, the bicyclist was…… MORE
THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT IS SET TO KICK OFF ITS EFFORTS TO TRY AND MODERNIZE ITS 29-YEAR-OLD TERMINAL. THE “ELEVATECOS” PROJECT, HAS A GOAL TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND UPDATE ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVE THEIR AMENITIES. THE PROJECT IS SET TO BEGIN THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH AND WILL FINISH IN EARLY 2024. THE FIRST PHASE…… MORE
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