If you want to smoke outdoors or have a campfire or barbecue cookout, head to the forest. However, until further notice, no puffing is permitted in unincorporated Teller County, unless you want to hang out in your car. Despite the action of the U.S. Forest Service, Teller elected authorities are hanging firm with their Stage…
Summer Events and Activities in the Greater Pikes Peak Region
This summer, many communities in and around the Pikes Peak area are pulling out all the stops with events and activities that will appeal to visitors and locals alike. Next weekend, on Saturday, Feb 23, the little town of Florissant will be celebrating Heritage Day. The town was founded in the 1800s with the help…
Teller officials investigate first homicide in years
The Teller County Sheriff’s Office still hasn’t named any suspects regarding the agency’s first significant murder investigation in years, with the alleged killing occurring in a remote area between Woodland Park and Divide near North Catamount Reservoir. After a week of silence, officials late last week confirmed that the death of 25-year-old John Byron Hogan…
Bar owner selected as new councilman; New police chief takes the oath
Chris Hazlett, the owner of Ralf’s Bar and Grill and the town’s former police chief, has received the nod as Cripple Creek’s new Ward Five representative. Hazlett replaces Gary Ledford, who was forced to resign by the gaming division due to a potential conflict with his role as a landlord for the new Big Jim’s…
Hospital Clinic Performs First Ever Cornea Transplant PPRMC
For Divide resident Peggy King, the high country scenery often consisted of a black curtain, a blank wall, and many blurry mirages, with the prospects of seeing getting worse. In essence, the right eye of the 81-year-old woman was incurring a state of near blindness. And unfortunately, most specialists gave her little positive prognosis and…
Police Blotter
7/1/11 Tresa Grice 56 of Pueblo was cited for No Insurance and Limitations on Backing 7/1/11 Rachel Warrick 30 of Cripple Creek was cited for Dog Running at Large 7/2/11 Sadie Boffman 18 of Cripple Creek was booked into the Teller County Jail on an outstanding Warrant 7/3/11 Elvera Soba 71 of Florence was cited…
Almanac: Local Events
Wednesday, July 20 The Ute Pass/Woodland Park Kiwanis Club meets at 6:45 a.m. at the Mangia Mangia restaurant in Woodland Park. Call 687-5534 for more information. The Timberline Artists meet at 10 am every Wednesday of each month, upstairs at the Aspen Mine Senior Center in Cripple Creek. Everyone with an interest in art is…
Green Mountain Falls gets their economic marching orders
After months of public meetings, Green Mountain Falls town leaders and residents have received their economic marching orders And they must follow a tall list, capped by possible suggestions for property and sales tax hike increases, ways to rebrand the town, do more aggressive marketing, and have more events and revenue-generating activities. But ultimately, the…