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The Cripple Creek City Council voted on May 6 to approve a final draft of the home rule charter which will be submitted to city voters in the Nov. 3 election.…

Discipline children in government It is time to discipline the children in charge of our government! Children have a wonderful sense of imagination, it is an inward-looking free-range mind game, accompanied by attempts to make the greater reality conform…

By Dennis Luttrell Today, the number one issue facing our county is wildfire. The recent local publications have been raising awareness regarding our regional threat. Teller County in the top one percent of our country facing this ever-growing threat.…

End of School BBQ This year’s End of School BBQ will be held on May 21 at Memorial Park from 2-4 p.m. “Join members of our local first responder community for food, drinks and games as we kick off Summer break and celebrate the end of the school year,”…

Lake George Fire Protection District helped knock down a slash pile fire on May 8. The LGFPD was paged out for a fire on Park County Road 98 in Pikes Peak National Forest at 4:23 a.m. Upon arrival, they found a machine-made slash pile fully engulfed.…

I dislike conspiracy theories. It’s not because I don’t believe any of them. Some may be true. I’m open to the idea of bigfoot being out there or aliens being up there or anything that might be down there.…

The Thunderbirds are set to arrive at the end of May, just ahead of the Air Force Academy graduation. The team of F-16 pilots is scheduled to practice their aerial acrobatics from noon to 5 p.m.…

The U.S. Drought Monitor has released their first report following a snowstorm that dropped 30-plus inches of snow on some parts of Colorado last week and it indicates all of that moisture didn’t do much to improve Colorado’s drought situation.…

Veteran of the United States Navy, Thaddeus Carter, DMD, recently joined Forest Edge Dental Care in Woodland Park. “In the Navy, I got exposed to all types of procedures, root canals and complicated care,” Carter said.…

The Ute Pass Library in Cascade expects to launch a hybrid system for broader access to materials in December. Speaking to around 50 library patrons May 11, Teona Schainidze-Krebs, chief executive officer of Pikes Peak Library District, talked about the…

A Democratic‑backed proposal to direct money to K‑12 schools using Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights dollars is headed to the ballot, setting up a major debate over taxpayer refunds and long‑term education funding.…

Call TCRAS at 719-686-7707 and make an appointment Pixie is an active young girl that has found her into TCRAS and is now looking forward to her next adventure.…

Last week saw the perfect dichotomy between fragility and perseverance. Visiting Windsor shattered Palmer Ridge girls soccer’s eight-game unbeaten streak and put an end to its 15-win season with a 3-0 victory to knock the top-seeded Bears out of the state…

Last week saw the perfect dichotomy between fragility and perseverance. Visiting Windsor shattered Palmer Ridge girls soccer’s eight-game unbeaten streak and put an end to its 15-win season with a 3-0 victory to knock the top-seeded Bears out of the state…

It’s hard for the year’s most looked-forward-to culinary event to keep getting better, but Taste of Tri-Lakes Cares keeps pulling it off. “We sold out early,” Tri-Lakes Cares Executive Director Haley Chapin said. The May 13 event drew over 400 attendees.…

It’s hard for the year’s most looked-forward-to culinary event to keep getting better, but Taste of Tri-Lakes Cares keeps pulling it off. “We sold out early,” Tri-Lakes Cares Executive Director Haley Chapin said. The May 13 event drew over 400 attendees.…

Older generations have always looked at those younger and wondered where things went wrong. Usually, this happens around middle age or later as one watches their grandkids navigate a world they don’t recognize.…

Cripple Creek Mayor Annie Durham and the city council unanimously approved accepting the donation of Jon Zimmer’s 16-foot totem. With public support from the fire chief Joe O’Conor and public works director Steve DiCamillo, who brought his staff to assess…

The proposed roundabout at the intersection of Colo. Hwy. 67 and U.S. Hwy. 24 in Divide has been scrapped. The proposal last month by the Colorado Department of Transportation caught Teller County commissioners by surprise.…

Vacant council seat Recent letters and opinion pieces in the Courier have reflected something many Woodland Park residents want right now: stability, professionalism, and leadership that respects the direction voters chose in the last election.…