Tag: Manitou Springs
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Shuttles return to Rainbow Falls this summer as officials consider expanding Creek Walk for access
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Shuttles are running again to a scenic waterfall west of Colorado Springs while officials continue to mull the future of access. Site-managing El Paso County recently announced the seasonal opening of Rainbow Falls. It’s an officially designated historic site with a recent history of various…
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New tour introduces wonder, thrill of Colorado caving
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Before the entrance to a cave amid the canyons west of Colorado Springs, small groups have gathered around a burly, bearded man. “I tell them the goal is simple,” Dusten St. Germaine says. “’I’m here to help you push some boundaries.’” He’s here at Cave…
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‘Rare chance’ to marvel at frozen waterfall in Colorado Springs area
A Colorado Springs area waterfall is annually closed during the winter. That will change for two Saturdays coming up. Reads the billing from El Paso County, the land manager of Rainbow Falls: “Witness the falls transformed into a glittering cascade of ice — a rare chance to marvel at a frozen masterpiece.” The chance comes…
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New addition coming to long-dreamed trail west of Colorado Springs
El Paso County is moving ahead on a long-dreamed trail touring the hills west of Colorado Springs. Ute Pass Regional Trail has been more than a decade in the making, predating a master plan published in 2015. The plan maps the 11-mile trail running from Manitou Springs up through Cascade and Green Mountain Falls, ending…
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‘New phase’ of reclamation celebrated at Colorado Springs’ Pikeview Quarry — but challenges remain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the foothills of northwest Colorado Springs, along the Pikeview Quarry scar seen from afar over the past century, two men knelt down to plant a young pine. They were David Isbell and Gary Bradley, two among a small crowd that gathered Thursday morning to…
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Manitou resident Bob Jackson, who captured iconic photo of Lee Harvey Oswald shooting, turns 90
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Correction: Bob Jackson worked at The Gazette until his retirement in 1999. When Bob Jackson told his parents that he wanted to pursue photography as a career, they initially tried to steer him toward a business-oriented profession. “They thought photography would be a nice hobby,” said…
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Third annual Veterans Hike for Suicide works to bring awareness, remember those lost
Families and friends gathered at Schryver Park in Manitou Springs Saturday morning for Twenty-Two Until None’s third annual Veterans Hike for Suicide, just one of the organization’s many chapters participating in the event around the world. “It’s all about raising awareness for suicide,” event founder and program director of the Colorado Springs chapter, Chris Ruble…
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Manitou Springs becoming first municipal pollinator district
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Manitou Springs is taking the “save the bees” conservation movement very seriously, becoming the first municipality to be certified as a Pollinator District. Butterfly Pavilion, a Westminster-based nonprofit invertebrate zoo that runs the Pollinator District program, has worked closely with the city for nearly five…
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Affidavit: Victim gave suspect a ride before being stabbed near Manitou Incline
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 24-year-old man is accused of stabbing a Cripple Creek man possibly more than 20 times in a truck at the Barr Trail parking lot near the Manitou Incline Monday night after the victim offered his attacker a ride, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by…