Author: Lance Benzel
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3 deaths in 2 days: ‘Worst year’ since 2012 for avalanche risk in Colorado, experts warn
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Authorities Sunday warned of unstable snow across the Rocky Mountains after Western Slope avalanches killed three backcountry skiers in two days. North of Silverton, crews on Sunday recovered the bodies of two people who went…
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8 deputies at Colorado jail test positive for COVID-19; virus ‘likely’ to spread to inmates
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A day after announcing that an El Paso County jail deputy died of COVID-19, the Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that two other deputies who work at the jail have tested positive for the virus. The…
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Courts in Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek to postpone trials, prune dockets
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso and Teller counties are postponing new trials and preparing to clear their dockets of all but “essential” matters through the end of March, the Pikes Peak Region’s top judge said Monday. Details of…
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Season 4 of Colorado Cold Case examines 1985 Valentine’s Day triple homicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Valentine’s Day 1985, Cassandra Rundle and her two children were found slaughtered inside their Ivywild home. After a vicious crime that reverberated through Colorado Springs and beyond, police focused their investigation on personal ads…
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Trail stabbing suspect in Colorado charged with 41 counts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prosecutors on Thursday filed 41 counts against a man accused of stabbing eight people during a mile-and-a-half rampage in Colorado Springs. Rene Miller, 38, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, menacing and lesser…
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Multiple horses die in ‘knee-deep manure,’ Colorado man avoids jail
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Peyton man who let a dozen horses starve — two of them until they died in knee-deep manure — avoided jail Tuesday. Prosecutors instead brokered a plea deal allowing Brian Holloway, 53, to serve…
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Five classic backpacking trips to try in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You’ve inventoried your gear, cleaned your water filter and replaced your boot laces. And now that the snow is melting from the high country, it’s all about to pay off. Here are five suggested backpacking…
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Colorado mushroom festival seeks ‘funga-friendly world’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a straw-covered pile framed by distant summits, mushroom-laced wood chips are resolving into dark, rich mulch. The fragrant, fungal mix could one day revive mining-depleted soils throughout this scenic valley, says ecologist Leif Olson,…
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Grisly account of murder of Kelsey Berreth provided by Idaho nurse
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Idaho nurse Krystal Jean Kenney provided investigators with a blow-by-blow account of the murder of Woodland Park mother Kelsey Berreth and the grisly disposal of her body, a Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent testified Tuesday…
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Colorado’s Ludlow Massacre: Death, Impact, and Legacy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On a windswept prairie near Trinidad, nestled in a grove of trees, a little-seen roadside memorial still preserves a place remembered as the “death pit.” It’s where two women and 11 children suffered fiery deaths…