Calhan News

A former small-town police chief and police officer at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs was found guilty in an internet sex case involving a woman and her 13-year-old daughter.

SEDALIA- Rick Welle's tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive.

A trip to the library will be as easy as going to the store for people in Falcon and beyond.

Area legislators held a town hall meeting Oct. 31. Although it was Halloween, nothing too scary jumped out at the meeting.

Colorado ranks in the top five states for its military and overseas voting policies.

Falcon businesses and organizations rallied for charities with three different October events.

All incumbents running for re-election in Pikes Peak area school board races appeared headed for re-election late Tuesday - except for James Tyler of Hanover School District 28.

While the snow piled up in Teller County and Northern El Paso County it was a much different story in some places of the city that barely even saw any snow.

A working list of changes and cancellations in the Sterling area due to a winter storm moving across the area: Sterling Regional MedCenter's volunteer jewelry sale scheduled for Thursday and Friday has been cancelled.

Half a dozen employees at an east Colorado Springs Taco Bell were rounded up by armed robbers while the store's manager was forced to fork over cash, according to police.

A stretch of Interstate 70 east of Denver and Highway 24 from Calhan to Limon has been closed because of blowing snow.

Colorado State Patrol says Highway 24 is being closed at the El Paso County line in Calhan at milemarker 339, east to I-70. Font Size: Colorado State Patrol says Highway 24 is being closed at the El Paso County line in Calhan at milemarker 339, east to I-70. The closure is due to poor visibility, blowing snow and icy roads.

Rick Welle's tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive.

H1N1 flu vaccine will be available to members of the public beginning in late October as part of a large-scale effort involving physician offices, pharmacies and other agencies, coordinated by the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture is encouraging livestock owners to discuss animal health concerns with their local veterinarian after two rabies cases have been confirmed in livestock.

Back-to-back cases of a rabid mountain lion and a cow in eastern El Paso County have provided the latest evidence of the fatal disease's sudden resurgence in the area in recent months.

Areas from Trinidad to Colorado Springs to Calhan saw penny to nickle size hail and wind gusts of 60mph today.

More than a foot of hail accumulated in some areas of Colorado last night as severe thunderstorms tore through the state, according to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network of Colorado.

Health care co-ops could help It is obvious that some kind of federal health reform legislation will be enacted before the next election.

One place to gauge the effect of El Paso County's cutback in animal control is Saint Animal Rescue in Calhan.