El Paso County News

Colorado Springs police said Essie Garner was arrested Saturday after he stole money from the Good Samaritan who tried to help him.

According to the Denver Post, eight sheriffs from Colorado attended the "Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association's inaugural convention" in Las Vegas sponsored by "the John Birch Society, the Gun Owners of America and the Front Sight Firearms Training Institute," and attracting advertisers including survivalists, tax protesters, and ... (more)

On one hot July day, our nation's forefathers convened in secret and in treason to bring forth a government that would shatter the world's idea of a nation - a nation based on liberty, equality, and prosperity.

I am writing to the citizens of Colorado Springs as well as the citizens of El Paso County and surrounding areas in support of University of Colorado Health's proposal to lease operation of Memorial Health System .

It happened at the store on McLaughlin Road at about 4:30 Saturday afternoon. A spokesperson from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said a man in a ski mask flashed a gun and demanded drugs from the pharmacist.

Free radon home test kits By Kandi Buckland, R.N., M.P.A. Executive director, El Paso County Public Health In an effort to raise awareness and encourage families to test their homes for radon, El Paso County Public Health is offering vouchers for free radon test kits.

Low-cost tickets on Frontier Airlines from four new destinations beginning in May mean that Pikes Peak-area tourism will get a jump start.

The mess that is the Fillmore-Interstate 25 interchange may be on the fast track for a makeover, thanks to a push from the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments to land about $10 million through a federal grant program that has bypassed previous Colorado proposals.

Detra Farries' decision to drive away after realizing her vehicle was about to be towed is what led an El Paso County coroner to rule that a tow truck driver's dragging-death was a homicide , he testified Friday.

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The retailer paid $1.65 million Jan. 20 for the former King Soopers grocery northeast of Platte Avenue and Murray Boulevard on the Springs' east side, according to El Paso County Clerk's Office records.

The slogan featured prominently on attorney Nicholas Athanasiou's website reads, "When Everything Seems Against You, Call Us!" Well, Athanasiou may want to give himself a ring about now.

El Paso County commissioners unanimously approved a plan Thursday to give a break to developers in hopes that they'll build at least a portion of residential housing projects approved before 2010 but sidelined because of the economy.

Police investigating reports of a backyard prowler Wednesday morning stopped a vehicle to question the driver -- and arrested him on a burglary warrant.

For all the attention paid to the clout of fiscally focused tea party conservatives and of the primacy of jobs in the 2012 election, Rick Santorum's trifecta victories Tuesday night are a good reminder of the powerful role religious conservatives play in the GOP.

A program that made it feasible for judges to release people on a personal recognizance bond is about to return to the scene after an absence of nearly four years.

The Attorney General's Office, acting on behalf of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, today sent El Paso County a letter raising concerns with the county's newly adopted oil and gas regulations .

Last Friday, the El Paso County Democratic Party thought it had secured national TV talker Ed Schultz for its upcoming fundraiser.

A stroll through the Colorado electoral map from Tuesday night shows Rick Santorum cleaning up in all the rural counties and in San Juan County, home to conservative-and heavily evangelical-Colorado Springs.

How bad was Romney's night? His press bus took out a traffic sign in the parking lot.