by Rick Langenberg: (Related Cover Story) With catastrophic blazes raging across the Pikes Peak region and state, the Teller County Commissioners wasted little time last week in enacting a Stage One fire ban. This action is fairly consistent with burning prohibitions initiated by the U.S. Forest Service on public and private...
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by Rick Langenberg: Teller residents won’t face too many orange cone zones and construction delays this summer and fall, in the form of major paving and revamping work on county roads. Instead, the brunt of 2013 local transportation projects will deal with grappling with nearly 500 miles of gravel thoroughfares, repairing...
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by Rick Langenberg: Wild times in GMF In a wild, raucous meeting that brought several visits to the council table by the head police chief to cool tempers, the Green Mountain Falls Board of Trustees last week agreed to put a muzzle on their mayor. And in another controversial move, the...
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by Rick Langenberg: A federal lawsuit filed against two controversial gun control laws, passed by the Colorado General Assembly and expected to become official in early July, continues to gain ammunition, political support and money. The suit has been endorsed by 55 county sheriffs, including Mike Ensminger and Terry Maketa,...
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by Beth Dodd: Whenever a terrorist attack occurs, like the recent tragedy at the Boston Marathon, it is natural to wonder “Could it happen here?” You may not realize that in Teller County, it already happened before. Albert Horsley, remembered by his alias Harry Orchard, committed mass murder near Victor...
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Seeing the Forest Through the Burning Trees
By Square Peg I never fail to be amazed by the reckless disregard that some people have for the power of nature, for their own safety, and for the safety of others. This has been brought home to me again by the tragic loss of life and property in Black...
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