Tag: hoax
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Despite hoax letter, ornaments still banned at Manitou Incline
For a few hours, it seemed the ban announced last week on decorating a tree for the holidays at the top of the Manitou Incline had been reversed by the city of Colorado Springs. Now, city officials say hikers might have been taken in by a hoax. Early morning hikers on the popular endurance trail…
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Despite hoax letter, ornaments still banned at Manitou Incline
For a few hours Wednesday morning, it seemed the ban announced last week on decorating a tree for the holidays at the top of the Manitou Incline had been reversed by the city of Colorado Springs. Now, city officials say hikers might have been taken in by a hoax. Early morning hikers on the popular…
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Social media threat against multiple Colorado Springs schools believed to be a hoax, officials say
The Colorado Springs Police Department is investigating a social media post that threatens multiple schools at two local districts, but the early evidence suggests that the post is a hoax, according to law enforcement officials Tuesday. The post, which began circulating late Monday, listed several middle schools and high schools in Harrison District 2 and…
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Dozens of ‘hoax’ school bomb threats hit Colorado schools, synagogues
Dozens of schools across Colorado received bomb threats Tuesday morning, which prompted many of them to evacuate, the Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Synagogues in the Denver and Boulder also received threats, according to reports from Denver Gazette news partner KUSA. Spokesperson Vikki Migoya with the FBI Denver field office on…