Tag: Black Forest
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Pikes Pick: Farmers markets ring in summer in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nothing says summer in Colorado Springs quite like farmers markets. Many will be returning next month. A couple of favorites: the Old Colorado City market at Bancroft Park and the Backyard Market in Black Forest,…
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‘Tis the season: 5 holiday markets happening in Colorado this weekend and beyond
As the chill of winter arrives, so do the warmth of hot cocoa and the scent of pine. The holidays are on the horizon, and local artisans are ready to help with gift giving. This weekend, the Front Range will host plenty of holiday markets, including some with long histories and others that intend to…
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Colorado boosts funding to bolster fire investigation, identify cause of more fires across the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Investigators have never found the causes of some of the largest and most destructive fires in Colorado history, including the Black Forest fire, a trend state officials hope to change with more staff. Finding the cigarettes, shell casings or other telltale signs of a fire’s…
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A decade later, mitigation against new Black Forest inferno remains incomplete
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As fire erupted in a densely wooded bedroom community northeast of Colorado Springs on June 11, 2013, Laura Lollar was driving home from a working lunch where the lead communications officer for the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire talked about handling unexpected challenges. The coincidence for…
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‘Get over it,’ man said before being sentenced to prison in Black Forest traffic killings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who in 2020 stole a nursing home bus in Aurora and crashed it into oncoming traffic in Black Forest, killing two people, told victims’ family members to “get over it” Friday before he was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison. Daihauonzadre…
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Marlboro Man’s $8 million home on the market in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Marlboro Man’s $8 million home on the edge of Black Forest is up for grabs. Bob Norris, the nonsmoker who portrayed the archetypal cowboy in Marlboro cigarette ads in the 1950s and ’60s, found his ideal location north of Colorado Springs in 1961. It…
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Things to do this weekend in Denver and beyond
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FRIDAY-SATURDAY It’s time for the annual celebration in the forest that fell victim to Covid last year in the tree-filled area that survived a devastating 2013 wildfire. It’s the Black Forest Festival Weekend. Kicking off…