Provides the latest RSS feeds for Colorado Springs News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Colorado Springs News.net http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/cat/b4ccecf6e97f1566/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 14:51:01 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:51:01 -0400 30 Water, or the lack of it, has been a problem for years for residents living in the Cherokee Metropolitan District. It's a small enclave of homes and businesses on the eastern edge of Colorado Springs. Cherokee Metro has a new water source, but it's going to impact neighbors in the Black Forest neighborhood in northern El Paso County. A battle is growing between homeowners there, and ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214720349/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:05 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214720349/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 More rain is possible along the Southern Front Range today, but unlike the past couple of days the afternoon should be mostly quiet. Our Thursday will begin with clouds and perhaps some spotty areas of light rain. Temperatures will hold steady under the clouds in the 50's for most of us throughout the first half or the day. After the noon hour, the clouds will break up and finally start the ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214720350/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:04 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214720350/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Winston Smith, a homeless man originally from Phoenix who has been in Boulder for three years, hangs out near the library and Boulder Creek on Wednesday. More than half the people who sought help at a new resource center for the homeless had lived in Boulder less than six months, according to new data. ( CLIFF GRASSMICK ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214718782/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:00 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214718782/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Colorado Springs - On Tuesday afternoon, May 21, at approximately 4:26pm Colorado Springs police officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Rainier Dr regarding a domestic disturbance involving a gun. Several witnesses told the officers a man had assaulted and pistol whipped a woman outside a home in the area. The witnesses said the female was bloody when she left the area in a vehicle with ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214717191/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:13:14 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214717191/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 DENVER-In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses-not just the currently exempted religious ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214717192/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:48 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214717192/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Investigators on scene at the Nederland police station after two victims in a double stabbing were transported there by fellow campers. Officials made an arrest early this morning (James ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214717193/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:47 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214717193/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 A snowblower attached to the front of a Colorado Department of Transportation loader chews an 8-foot-wide swath through the 5-foot-high snowpack 2 miles from the summit of Independence Pass. Officials expressed confidence that crews will have the road to the summit cleared by May 23. IPTC: A snow blower attached to the front of a Colorado Department of Transportation loader chews an ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214717194/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:46 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214717194/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 COLORADO SPRINGS -A company headed by Texas investor John Bushman has purchased the financially troubled Crowne Plaza Hotel for $14 million, with plans to switch it to his MCM Hotels chain and begin a major renovation.The 500-room hotel at 2886 S. Circle Drive will become the Hotel Elegante Conference and Event Center and will undergo a "multi-million-dollar renovation" starting with ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214715665/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:20 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214715665/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 NEDERLAND, Colo.-Boulder County authorities have arrested a man suspected of stabbing two people at a campground near Nederland. Search dogs found the suspect hiding behind a garbage container in Boulder early Thursday. Sgt. Jayson Heathman tells KMGH-TV ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214714271/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:46 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214714271/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Nathan Dunlap will remain in administrative segregation unless a future governor decides to proceed with the execution. IPTC: CENTENNIAL, CO - MAY 1: Convicted killer Nathan Dunlap arrives back in court after a short recess. Judge William Sylvester set an execution date for Dunlap for the week of August 18th 2013. The hearing held today was to set a date for the execution of convicted murderer ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708587/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:43 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708587/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Bob Crowell listens to a conference call in which Gov. John Hickenlooper announces he granted the death row inmate a "temporary reprieve." IPTC: AURORA, CO. - May 22: Bob Crowell in his Aurora home listens as Governor John Hickenlooper on a conference call with other family members of Nathan Dunlap's crimes announces he granted the death row inmate a "temporary reprieve" ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708588/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:42 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708588/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Colorado wildlife officials say they are determined to make new pickups powered by compressed natural gas work in their fleets, despite operational and logistical hurdles."I realize we are now putting some pieces together so there is going to be some trial and error," Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission chairman John Singletary said. "I'm sure there was a quandary when ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708589/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:42 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708589/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 BOULDER - The former Boulder DUI officer arrested on suspicion of driving drunk in Thornton last year was sentenced to 10 days of electronic home monitoring and one year of probation after taking a plea deal today, according to Adams County District Court officials.Elizabeth Ward, 46, also was fined $400 and ordered to perform 24 hours of community service. She pleaded guilty to one count of DUI ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708590/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:41 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708590/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 LONGMONT - Detectives seized multiple guns and boxes of ammunition during an afternoon search of the home of a man suspected of firing an AR-15 at a Longmont police officer who pulled him over early Wednesday.The officer returned fire and hit 28-year-old Jonathan Shank at least three times, leaving him critically injured. The police officer, whose name has not been released, was not injured, ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708836/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:23:02 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214708836/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 There's been a lot of reaction to Governor Hickenlooper's decision to spare convicted killer Nathan Dunlap's life. "The decision has weighed heavily on me for over a year now," Hickenlooper said during a news conference Wednesday in Denver. In the end, Hickenlooper decided to save Dunlap from lethal injection this August. "This is a conclusion I have come to on ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214707648/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:50:39 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214707648/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 On Monday, May 27, Evergreen Cemetery (1005 Hancock Expressway, 80903) will host its annual Memorial Day Celebration. Beginning at 11 a.m., the U.S. Calvary Buffalo Soldiers will perform a short ceremony honoring a Buffalo Soldier buried in Block 29. At 12 p.m., there will be a balloon release near the Historic Chapel to remember all those that have passed before us. This event is free and open ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214699583/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:48 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214699583/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 PUEBLO - Pueblo City Schools has placed the following schools on secured perimeter: Heaton Middle School, Belmont Elementary School and Haaff Elementary School, as they cooperate with a local law enforcement investigation. Bus transportation is currently delayed and we are asking that parents not to go to schools at this ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214699584/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:37 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214699584/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 FILE -- Nathan Dunlap at a May 1, 2013 court hearing at the Arapahoe County Court in Division court room 408 in Centennial. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214698223/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:47 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214698223/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Jim Monaghan III, right, hugs Jim Monaghan's widow, Lisa Gilford, after giving a eulogy at the Holy Ghost Church in downtown Denver May 22, 2013. (THE DENVER POST | Andy ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214696826/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:09:03 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214696826/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Boulder will move forward with a number of new requirements for people who walk their dogs off-leash on open space, but City Council members said they want to see more distinction made between violations by humans -- like not picking up waste or walking into a seasonal wildlife closure area -- and violations by dogs like chasing wildlife.The Open Space and Mountain Parks department came before ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214696827/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:09:00 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214696827/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 FILE -- Nathan Dunlap at a May 1, 2013 court hearing at the Arapahoe County Court in Division court room 408 in Centennial. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214696828/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:56 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214696828/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 You could be living in a former meth lab right now and not even know it. A News 5 investigation recently uncovered a Colorado Springs family who unknowingly rented out a former meth lab that was never cleaned up. News 5's Jacqui Heinrich stayed on top of that story and discovered hundreds of families could be in the same situation. Three hundred and nine: that's how many meth labs were ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214695265/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:54 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214695265/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 PUEBLO - A district wide phone outage for all of Pueblo City Schools has been restored. Spokesman Scott Jones says the service was restored as of 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. A local utility contractor reportedly severed the main line for the school district sometime just before ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214693615/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:07 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214693615/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 https://donate.salvationarmyusa.org Mayor Steve Bach has personally contacted Mayor Lewis of Moore, OK to express his sadness at Moore’s loss. Colorado Springs’ Emergency Management Director, Fire Chief and Police Chief have all made similar calls to Mayor Lewis offering their support. Together, the City and Colorado Springs Utilities will make a difference in the lives of those ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214692017/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:52 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214692017/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 fairway and have one shot to "hole out" and potentially win $1 million, paid in a 40-year annuity. This year, 20% of the net proceeds from the Mayor’s Golf Cup will be donated to The First Tee of Pikes Peak. All other proceeds will benefit the City’s Spirit of the Springs initiatives to cultivate future City government leadership and encourage citizen involvement. The ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214692018/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:52 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214692018/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Boulder lawyer John Pineau is photographed in his office next to a video that he took while getting a deposition for a client. That video is posted on YouTube and helped Pineau win the case. He has started using YouTube and other social media as tools in lawsuits. He calls it a new and upcoming "hammer of justice." IPTC: BOULDER, CO - MAY 15: Boulder lawyer John Pineau, P.C., is ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214690307/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:06 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214690307/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 LONGMONT -- A Longmont police officer was uninjured and a suspect is in critical condition after the two exchanged gunfire overnight, according to Longmont Cmdr. Jeff Satur. He said the officer initiated a traffic stop at about 2:12 a.m. because the car did not have its headlines on. The suspect, a 28-year-old Longmont man, got out of his vehicle with an AR-15-style assault rifle, and advanced ... http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214688836/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:36 -0400 http://www.coloradospringsnews.net/index.php/sid/214688836/scat/b4ccecf6e97f1566