Teller County News

The workers at the Teller County Regional Animal Shelter in Colorado stopped at nothing to revive a frozen kitty who came to them on the last legs of its nine lives.

The Pikes Peak Region saw a quick blast of winter Monday morning. Pockets of brief moderate to heavy snow developed from Colorado Springs northward to Denver this morning.

To the uninitiated, managing a feral colony may sound like something that slightly demented cat fanciers do in the privacy of their own homes - until animal-control officers show up to haul away scores of starving and diseased critters.

Faced with declining enrollment and state budget cuts, Woodland Park School District RE-2 staff soon will start looking at what can trim.

Colorado's budget woes could mean wage cuts for state workers, fewer tax breaks for businesses and less money for schools.

MOMUMENT - Road conditions Sunday vary from slushy to snowy to icy on many streets and roads in El Paso County.

Tonight: Increasing chances for snow with lows in the teens for the mountains and 20s in most spots on the plains.

Ita s been a little over four months since the stakes went up for gamblers in Cripple Creek.

For the first time in quite awhile, the Rocky Mountain Alliance has started to grow again.

Bo is an exquisitely well-bred black and tan coon hound so handsome that people literally stop in their tracks to stare.

"Cash, credit card or cell phone?" That's what nearly three dozen merchants in Woodland Park are asking their customers as part of a trailblazing 3-week-old program designed to reward residents of the Teller County city who shop with local retailers.

Should the owner of a lined retention pond, in a pit that has trapped animals, be responsible for keeping neighbors' pets out? Yes No Mining mill retention pond prompts debate in Victor Comments 0 Recommend 0 One dog drowns, and the owner fights for safety measures November 01, 2009 8:00 AM R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE VICTOR For two days, Micki ...

"She was my princess," said dog owner Micki Cain. "She's not here anymore. She's gone." Micki was referring to her border collie mix, D.D. Two of Micki's dogs recently snuck out and wandered out a little too far.

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.

Steady snow in Woodland Park, Divide and most of Teller County will have snow plow crews working the main roads and bus routes before your residential streets get touched.

Snow continues to fall Wednesday in Teller County. Drivers will deal with some snowpack and occasional slick areas on streets, roads and highways as roads refreeze overnight.

Snow will start early this morning locally, especially from Highway 50 northward.

Picture it.... You're fast asleep, suddenly, your car alarm goes off in the middle of the night.

A deputy found 30-year-old Ieva B MacDonald's body floating face down in Burgess Lake on Monday night.

A cold, snowy day is in the forecast today. The National Weather Service predicts snow today in Colorado Springs before 2 p.m., rain until about 5 p.m. and then snow through the evening.