Tag: el paso county
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3 new Pikes Peak region superintendents set to begin tenures
The Pikes Peak region will see new superintendents in three of its local school districts this fall. Susan Field will head the Pikes Peak region’s largest school district, Academy District 20, for one year on an interim basis, Ginger Slocum will lead Woodland Park District RE-2 after serving one interim year and Steffanie Howell will…
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El Paso County will repay state $1.24M in expended pandemic funds to stop penalties against other agencies
In giving unanimous approval Tuesday to an eight-page resolution to repay the state $1.24 million in expended federal pandemic relief funding for workforce training that had been funneled through the Pikes Peak Workforce Center to a now-defunct nonprofit, the five-member board of El Paso County commissioners said the decision will remedy part of an unintended…
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Monument places moratorium on data centers, following decision in Woodland Park
The Monument town council voted Monday night to place a six-month ban on new data center applications. While no applicable projects have yet come to the town for approval, planning director Dan Ungerleider said the moratorium was a “proactive” way to give Monument time to consider how to regulate data centers in the future. “This…
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Federal judge dismisses lawyer’s disability discrimination claims against judge
A federal judge dismissed a lawyer’s discrimination claims last month against a judge in El Paso County who allegedly failed to provide reasonable accommodations for her long COVID disability. Andrea M. Hall sued District Court Judge Chad Miller and his judicial district, which encompasses El Paso and Teller counties, based on an April 2023 criminal…
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El Paso County fair returns this weekend with livestock, carnival rides and more
Now celebrating its 121st year, the fair traces its roots back to 1905, when farmers gathered in a Calhan schoolyard to celebrate a successful potato harvest The El Paso County Fair has a little bit of everything. Need a funnel cake? Done. Want to pet livestock? Easy. Prefer watching trucks smash into each other until…
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Buc-ee’s location plan set for public meeting
After months outside of the public hearing process, the plan for a 74,000-square-foot Buc-ee’s location is expected to be on a future agenda of the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners. The issue at hand will not be whether to approve the construction plan, but instead to determine a code issue. Earlier this month,…
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Palmer Lake trustees discuss ‘unprecedented’ employee attrition
In response to losing another contractor in early July, Palmer Lake trustee Tony Beltran told colleagues at a public meeting Thursday that the town needs to address how it can retain employees. “It seems unprecedented right now how many employees we’re losing,” he said. Since last year, the town has cycled through multiple high-profile leaders…
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Appeals court clarifies meaning of ‘at-risk’ victim based on breathing disability
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last month that victims qualify as “at-risk” under state law if they required mechanical assistance to breathe on the date of the offense against them. El Paso County prosecutors charged Jon Claude Crow with third-degree assault, which is ordinarily a misdemeanor. It becomes a felony if the assault is on an…
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Colorado Supreme Court accepts child neglect, unlawful search appeals
The Colorado Supreme Court recently announced that it will decide whether a series of missteps led an El Paso County judge to improperly terminate a father’s parental rights, and whether a police officer defendant bears the burden of proving that his warrantless vehicle search was legally justified. At least three of the court’s seven members…
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Buc-ee’s location plan set for public meeting
After months outside of the public hearing process, the plan for a 74,000-square-foot Bucee’s location is expected to be on a future agenda of the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners. The issue at hand will not be whether to approve the construction plan, but instead to determine a code issue. Earlier this month,…