Friday 3rd September, 2010
More Labor Day travelers expected in mountains than '09
SUMMIT COUNTY — More travelers are expected in the mountains during Labor Day weekend this year than in 2009, and occupancy rates in Breckenridge are up 5 percent. “We're definitely seeing...
Job of the Day: Water Treatment Specialist
Posted : Sep 3, 2010 11:51 AM Colorado Springs Utilities has an opening for a Water Treatment Specialist. Education requirements are a high school diploma or a GED. Starting pay is $22 - $33 per h...
Another gas line break in Tri-Lakes area
A gas line has broken in the Tri-Lakes area, in the same place as yesterday, when school buses from Lewis Palmer High School in D-38 had to be rerouted. The Tri-Lakes Fire Department reports that gas...
Police searching for suspect in attempted murder
News First 5/30Posted : Sep 3, 2010 11:29 AM Colorado Springs police are searching for a suspect, in an overnight assault. Investigators say 41-year-old Stephen Archuleta is accused of hitting a man on the head ...
AFA teacher gets bronze star for Afghanistan work
News First 5/30An Air Force Academy instructor has received the Bronze Star medal for his work as an adviser in the Afghan government. Lt. Col. Patrick Donley spent a year working with the Afghan ministry of rural ...
Moose trampling likely a freak accident
News First 5/30Wildlife authorities say a run-in between a moose and a toddler in north-central Colorado appears to be a freak accident. The moose trampled the child as he played on the beach of Shadow Mountain Res...
Prosecutors: Cancer faker motivated by drug habit
News First 5/30Posted : Sep 3, 2010 10:43 AM A police officer's wife who is accused of eliciting sympathy and raising $60,000 in donations by lying about being diagnosed with cancer is due in court. Ann Crall, 3...
Rep. Salazar asks for tuition deal at Fort Lewis
News First 5/30U.S. Rep. John Salazar says the federal government should be responsible for covering the out-of-state tuition costs for Native American students at Fort Lewis College. Colorado has been paying the tu...
Douglas Bruce contempt hearing continues
News First 5/30Government lawyers are continuing to push for Colorado Springs tax-cutting activist Douglas Bruce to give information about his role in three ballot measures before voters this fall. The contempt-of-...
Balloon boy family moves to Florida
News First 5/30The family at the center of the balloon boy hoax has moved out of the house where the fateful trip began, leaving Colorado for Florida. Richard and Mayumi Heene and their three boys have moved to Bra...
Gov. Ritter could allow nurses to give anesthesia
News First 5/30Colorado could join 15 other states in allowing advanced-practice nurses to administer anesthesia without a doctor's supervision. The Denver Post reports Gov. Bill Ritter is leaning toward making the...
Friday deadline for setting Colorado ballot firm
News First 5/30Secretary of State Bernie Buescher says he will certify the November ballot by the close of business Friday, despite an ongoing campaign by the Colorado Republican Party to recruit a new gubernatorial...
Weapons Stolen During Colorado Springs Break-In
KKTV 11Colorado Springs police say a burglar got away with several weapons and even a police badge during a break-in Thursday evening. It happened at a home on E. Fountain Boulevard near Hancock Expressway.
Peterson AFB Police Officer Arrested
KKTV 11A Security Police Officer at Peterson Air Force Base has been arrested. Police say 22 year old Tyler Stringer was under the influence of alcohol while handling a gun which violates state statutes.
Man Beaten, Robbed In Apartment Complex Parking Lot
KKTV 11Colorado Springs police are investigating a robbery that happened outside the Mountain View Apartments Thursday night. That's in an neighborhood near S. Academy and Highway 115. Police say a 53-year-...
TRAFFIC ALERT: Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-25 Causing Delays
KKTV 11Colorado State Patrol says a multi-vehicle crash involving a semi is causing traffic delays on I-25 near S. Academy in Colorado Springs. The accident is blocking the left lane on northbound I-25 at m...
Pols await word from Maes, Tancredo
Denver PostColorado's political insiders and observers waited anxiously today to see if Republican candidate Dan Maes would drop out of the governor's race before the five o'clock deadline for ballot certificati...
Man's body found in Denver park
Denver PostA man's body was found face down in a Denver park this morning. Police received a call at 7 a.m. about the body, and the first officers on the scene determined that the man was dead, said Lt. Matt Mu...
Toddler home from hospital after moose trampled him
Denver PostThe 2-1/2-year-old boy trampled by a female moose yesterday at Shadow Mountain Reservoir in Grand County is "doing well" and has been released from Children's Hospital, his family said in a a statemen...
Man beaten by robbers at apartment complex
News First 5/30A man in his 50's was beaten by robbers in the parking lot of the Mountain View Apartments on Westmeadow Dr. in Colorado Springs. It happened at around 9:15 Thursday night. Police Officers say the v...
Final weekend at the Colorado State Fair
News First 5/30Posted : Sep 3, 2010 9:02 AM The final weekend of the 2010 Colorado State Fair promises plenty of fun--from Fiesta Day on Sunday, to Top skateboard and BMX pros of X Games fame putting on an impres...
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