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Mesa Ridge Choir to Perform with Pros

Mesa Ridge Choir to Perform with Pros

Widefield School District 3 is proud to announce that the Mesa Ridge High School choir will be performing with professional singers from the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble (CVAE) in the upcoming Gateways program: Opening Doors to the Choral Arts on November 7, 2014. This performance is the culmination of CVAE’s acclaimed high school residency program,…

Fountain Creek Regional Park Volunteer Event

Please join us for an additional “Creek Week” clean-up day in one of our most popular neighborhood parks. We will be removing debris from the flood event last summer. Arrive at by 8 AM and get a continental breakfast and stay until Noon for a hot lunch! Fountain Creek needs your help! Please come join…

Hunters and Anglers Asked to Help Find Drowning Victim

Hunters and Anglers Asked to Help Find Drowning Victim

PUEBLO, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Pueblo Police Department are asking hunters and anglers for help in recovering a missing drowning victim. Christopher Lynn Frazier, 23, fell off an inflatable tube in the Arkansas River near Pueblo June 2. Water levels at the time were high, running around 4,900 cubic feet per…

Briargate YMCA Turkey Trot

Briargate YMCA Turkey Trot

This Thanksgiving invite your friends and family to help those less fortunate. For over 17 years, the YMCA Turkey Trot Run/ Walk has helped raise money to support and help provide opportunities for lower income families to participate in YMCA programs and membership. All funds raised stay right here in our community and will provide…

Reynolds Ranch Harvest Festival at Western Museum of Mining and Industry

Reynolds Ranch Harvest Festival at Western Museum of Mining and Industry

Join us for our annual Reynolds Ranch Harvest Festival, only at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry! The weekend’s festivities will include a pumpkin patch, hayrides, pioneer games, live music, food and drinks, a farmer’s market, animals, hands-on activities and crafts for the kids, operating outdoor and indoor steam powered machinery, “Spooky Histories” in…

Manitou Incline Trail Volunteer Workdays

Colorado Springs, CO – Are you having Incline Withdrawal?  Then come on up and help with the facelift!  The City of Colorado Springs has teamed up with the Incline Friends, the City of Manitou Springs, Friends of the Peak, REI, Rocky Mountain Field Institute, the Trails and Open Space Coalition, and YOU!  Although we will…

USA Cares Super Hero 5K Fun Run and Walk

USA Cares Super Hero 5K Fun Run and Walk

Do you have a Super Hero who you’d like to honor?  Possibly your Super Hero is active duty, retired, prior service, deployed, fighting cancer, battling an illness or waiting for you in Heaven.  Or, is your Super Hero dedicated to bringing awareness to an illness or a mission?  Maybe it is your child, mom, husband or best friend who…

Required 2015 Municipal Election Campaign Finance Filing Starts October 1

by Julie Smith COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— The City Clerk’s office notifies all individuals considering running for Mayor or At-Large City Council positions in the April 7, 2015 General Municipal Election that City campaign finance laws require candidates or committees to file the Report of Contributions and Expenditures, starting October 1, IF $20.00 or more has…

27th annual High Country Toy Run

27th annual High Country Toy Run

Colorado Springs, CO The biggest & best toy run making Christmas better for local kids.  Huge raffle and auction at the post run party at Cowboys nightclub.  Free USMC ride pin for every participant.  Admission: 1 new toy per person. Would YOU or YOUR COMPANY like to help make Christmas better for THOUSANDS of Kids…

Job Fair at Hotel Elegants

Pikes Peak Workforce Center Fall Job Fair, Wednesday October 8, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Hotel Elegante, 2886 S. Circle Drive, 80906.Veterans allowed early entry at 9:30 a.m. Over 100 hiring employers expected to attend. Job seekers with interest, training and/or certification in the following occupations are encouraged to attend due to…

Automated 911 Message

Colorado Springs, CO – BY  Catherine Buckley On September 11, 2014, the Colorado Springs Public Safety Communication Center activated an automated message on the 911 telephone system. This message states “You’ve reached Colorado Springs 911. Please don’t hand up. We are experiencing heavy call volume.  Your call will be answered by the next available emergency operator.” …

Traffic Accident Report for Bradley Road and Marksheffel Boulevard

Colorado Springs, CO Do to various inquiries, the following spreadsheet with traffic accident data since 2006 for the intersection of Bradley Road and Marksheffel Bl. is being released. Traffic accident data is from  2006 to 2014 for the Intersection of Bradley Road and Marksheffel Blvd.  Date was released by the City of Colorado Springs on…

Artists Sought to Portray WOod DUck for Waterfowl Competition

DENVER, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Wildlife Heritage Foundation requests original artwork entries for the 2015 Colorado Waterfowl Stamp Art Contest. This year’s species of focus is the wood duck, Aix sponsa. The deadline for artist submissions is 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24. “It is amazing every year to see what…

Great Pumpkin Run at Venetucci Farm

The Pikes Peak Community Foundation is excited to present the Annual Great Pumpkin Run at Venetucci Farm. Come out for a great morning and run, walk, jog or just cheer our runners on!There will be a 5K and 10K Run. First 600 entries will receive a race cap. We will once again offer the Little…

Turn in Unused Drugs at Fire Station

Turn in Unused Drugs at Fire Station

Turn in your unused or expired medications to the Fountain Police Department located at 222 N Sante Fe Avenue or to Fountain Fire Station 2 located at 8201 Fountain Mesa Road on Saturday, September 27th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Denver 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb

Denver 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb

Fountain firefighters were among the hundreds of firefighters who participated in the 2014 Denver 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at the Century Link Building in downtown Denver on September 11th. Firefighters climbed the 55 story building twice in full turnout gear, carrying a piece of equipment used for high-rise fires. The primary purpose of the Memorial…