Tag: custer county sheriff’s office
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At least 11 homes in Beulah, San Isabel damaged in Aspen Acres burn scar flash flooding
Several homes in or near the Aspen Acres fire burn scar were damaged during flash flooding caused by severe thunderstorms on Wednesday, according to local officials. Residents along County Road 378, or Spruce Lane, were ordered to evacuate by the Custer County Sheriff and Rye Fire Department chief on Thursday because the flooding caused the…
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400 more firefighters, Alaska incident command team to combat Colorado’s Aspen Acres fire
Hundreds of firefighters from across the country will descend upon Pueblo and Custer counties for weeks to combat the 28,362-acre Aspen Acres fire that broke out Monday morning. The fire injured one Westcliffe firefighter and claimed 55 structures in Custer County and more than 100 in Pueblo County as of Tuesday afternoon, incident commander Phil…
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Wildfire evacuation centers established as orders expand to I-25 in Pueblo County
Thousands of acres are within the Aspen Acres fire perimeter in Pueblo County, prompting officials to issue evacuation orders from Custer County to Interstate 25. Residents of Beulah, Rye and along Colorado 165 to Old San Isabel Road in Custer County were ordered to evacuate because of the Aspen Acres fire, which has grown to…
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Custer County commissioner suspected of tax evasion
Bill Canda, a Custer County commissioner, was arrested Friday on suspicion of tax evasion following an investigation by state authorities. Canda turned himself in at the Custer County Sheriff’s Office in Westcliffe, according to a social media post by the Sheriff’s Office. He faces a charge of one count of tax evasion, a class 6…
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Evacuations, road closures prompted by southern Colorado wildfires
A Fremont County wildfire on Wednesday caused a closure on Colorado 115 south of Colorado Springs, while a Custer County wildfire prompted evacuation notices near Westcliffe. The Custer County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media around 3 p.m. that deputies were going “house to house” to check for occupancy near a growing 20-acre fire near…
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WATCH: Police dog bites student at Custer Schools basketball game
A Custer County Sheriff’s Office K-9 is quarantining after biting a student during a basketball game at Custer Schools on Thursday, according to a news release by the office. The Sheriff’s Office was providing routine security at the event when several students ran near the K-9 team, startling K-9 Zara and causing her to bite…
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Colorado Springs man arrested after driving stolen vehicle 100 mph in Custer County
Custer County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Colorado Springs man traveling at an estimated 100 mph in the county on Tuesday, according to a news release by the office. Deputies responded from Mackenzie Junction and Westcliffe to locate a vehicle that was reported stolen around 12:22 p.m. on Tuesday from the Westcliffe and Silver Cliff area.…