Canon City News

Dennis and Nancy Marion are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristi Marion, to Ben DiOrio, the son of Randy and Donna DiOrio of Canon City, Colo.

Ronna was born July 21, 1965 in Canon City, Colorado to Ronald and Lucy Snyder. She graduated from Canon City High School in 1983 and Indiana University with degrees in Anthropology and Film Studies.

This weekend, the Canon City Music and Blossom Festival Board will host the 10th annual Chocolate Walk from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the downtown area.

Two people were arrested Tuesday after the Fremont County Combined Investigations Response Team conducted a drug-related search of a residence on Pine Avenue in Canon City.

Emma Alice Webster served as the towns first librarian, earning $14 per month for her out-of-home duties.

Operators of the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park made their second-highest lease payment ever to Canon City, amounting to $1.68 million, or down $200,000 from a year ago, The Pueblo Chieftain reports.

The Fremont County Commissioners are accepting additional written comment regarding the requested Temporary Use Permit for artist Christo's "Over The River" project through 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Canon City firefighters remove a charred mattress from a mobile home destroyed by fire Tuesday morning at the Maverick trailer Park on Raynolds Avenue.

During the Colorado Gold Diggers meeting Saturday, Marshall Rosenfeld points to a marker he found with his metal detector.

Justine Shepherd and Mason Brown, both juniors at the Sturm College of Law, filed the suit against the Bureau of Land Management ( plan to hang 5.9 miles of aluminum-coated fabric across the Arkansas River over a 42-mile stretch near Canon City.

Victor Fazzino, 89, passed away February 4, 2012 in Canon City, Colorado. He was born March 19, 1922 in Rockvale, CO to Ignacia and Francis Fazzino.

Fourteen-year-old Aaron Edwards cannot walk or talk because of injuries he suffered during birth at Lee Memorial's HealthPark Hospital.

OTR involves suspending silver translucent curtains over 5.9 miles of the Arkansas River in the Longhorn Sheep Canyon in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

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There's a search right now for a missing 9-year-old. She was last seen in the area of L Path and 24th Trail in Cotopaxi.

" the economy and health issues," said Don Bendell. "We closed it and expanded the one in Pueblo West." Also, he said he keeps busy with his writing career and his book tour, promoting "Tracks of Hope." He is writing a sequel to "Blood Feather," which takes place in this area.

Canon City interim city administrator Doug Dotson talks about his new duties Thursday in his office.

Fandies Candy Co. owner Debi Moore makes chocolates Wednesday in her kitchen. Fandies Candy Co.

The Over The River Corp., including the artist Christo, was joined by about 180 people who converged in Cotopaxi for the second leg of the Fremont County Board of Commissioner's public hearing for a temporary use permit.

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