Tag: tri-lakes
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Inaugural Touch-a-Truck and Pancake Breakfast promises to be a popular community draw
A feast of family-friendly sights, sounds, treats and eats highlight the August community calendar. The events include a Touch-a-Truck and Pancake Breakfast, Art Hop, Monument Rebels Community Golf Outing, Food Truck Friday and the Tri-Lakes Cruisers Annual Benefit Car Show. Each event promises to delight hundreds of guests and foster a strong, local camaraderie. An…
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Tri-Lakes little leaguers’ Northwest Regional run ends with lasting lessons and ESPN+ exposure
The Tri-Lakes Little League softball team returned to Colorado from Southern California without a trip to the Little League Softball World Series, but with an experience organizers believe will shape the young players long after its final inning. Representing Colorado after winning the state’s Little League Softball championship for the fourth consecutive year, Tri-Lakes competed…
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Events offer community enhancement, camaraderie
Five local events designed to enhance community awareness and camaraderie begin Wednesday and continue through August. The events — Walking for Wellness Wednesday, Wildfire Ready: A Community Preparedness Event, The Dueling Pianos Official Road Show, Rock the Ridge at Palmer Ridge High School and Tri-Lakes Cruisers Car Show offer an opportunity to enhance community involvement.…
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Client appreciation event highlights Fletcher Team’s national real estate recognition
Boot Barn Hall became the site of a large-scale client appreciation celebration hosted by a Monument-based real estate group, of which the last two years has exponentially grown its outreach to the communities it serves. The group’s efforts have culminated into state and national rankings. More than 1,000 clients, friends and community supporters gathered June…
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Buc-ee’s affiliates buy land, may proceed with controversial Tri-Lakes location
A recent land transfer is sending signals that Buc-ee’s may be committed to building its second Colorado location at a controversial site near Monument Hill. The property on I-25 and County Line Road, at the northern border of unincorporated El Paso County, has long been eyed for the Texas chain of travel centers known for…
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Car owners to show pride in their ride at annual event
Car owners who take pride in their ride are invited to showcase their favorite four-wheeled transport in a popular automotive event. The 2026 annual Cars & Coffee show will be held from 8-11 a.m., April 12 in the parking lot at the VCA Front Range Animal Hospital at 487 CO 105 in Monument. This morning…
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Lack of Palmer Lake legal representation stalls Buc-ee’s decisions
Palmer Lake may be stuck when it comes to key decisions after the Board of Trustees terminated the town’s attorney at a meeting last month. “We as a staff will not be creating resolutions without an attorney,” said Glen Smith, the town’s interim administrator, at a meeting Friday night. The trustees voted to fire former…
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Lack of Palmer Lake legal representation stalls Buc-ee’s decisions
Palmer Lake may be stuck when it comes to key decisions after the board of trustees terminated the town’s attorney at a meeting last week. “We as a staff will not be creating resolutions without an attorney,” said the town’s interim administrator Glen Smith at a meeting Friday night. The trustees voted to fire former…
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Deck the halls, not wildlife, with Christmas lights, decorations
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is encouraging Tri-Lakes area residents to deck the halls, not wildlife, with Christmas tree lights and decorations this holiday season. That’s because wildlife, particularly deer, are drawn to and may become trapped or entangled in brightly-colored lights and dazzling decorations. Once entangled, the animal may be unable to free itself, and…
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Tri-Lakes news briefs
Dog rescue Crews with the Black Forest Fire Rescue and Monument Fire District rescued a dog after it got stuck in a drainage pipe on the evening of Oct. 24. Black Forest Fire Rescue said that it responded to the report of a dog stuck in an 18 inch drainage pipe at 6:12 p.m. on…