Black Forest News

At their May 14 meeting, the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution to form a stakeholder group to study groundwater contamination in the county.

Two north El Paso County fire districts soon will begin discussing consolidation.

Republican Tom McDowell aims to enlist 2,000 volunteers in his grassroots campaign to unseat Sen.

A head-on accident on Burgess Road in Black Forest is cleaned up after it closed the road for two hours.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 10:53 a.m. COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The Pikes Peak Range Riders will ride again this year in support of theA Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo A following the Colorado Springs Street Breakfast on June 24.A This is the 61st year that the Range Riders have ridden around the Pikes Peak region.A The Range Riders were established in ...

Do you know how close to your home emergency crews are stationed? Lightning from Thursday's severe weather may have caused an attic fire at a home in the new Forest Meadows subdivision northeast of Woodmen Road and Black Forest Road.

It started as a one-time event three years ago to raise money for the family of fallen officer Jared Jensen.

Florence, Italy, has the Ponte Vecchio ; where shops line the road bed as the bridge spans the Arno River.

AARP ElderWatch is sponsoring free document shredding events in both Colorado Springs and Pueblo on Saturday.

Tears of grief over leaving Benet Hill Monastery near Palmer Park have given way to tears of joy as the Benedictine sisters begin moving today to their new home in northeast Colorado Springs.

Music lore holds that a Mississippi blues man once sold his soul to master the guitar.

BLACK FORESTi 1 2? For neighbors Jeff Marten and Christopher Wyckoff, their trees do more than just break the ever-present wind.On the rolling plains of northeast El Paso County, the ponderosa pines block the snow, attract deer and other animals ... Click here to continue to the story your ad here Resource guide

La Foret Conference & Retreat Center, Black Forest. A new, all-day outdoor event featuring Magnolia Electric Co., Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, John-Alex Mason and more in a beautiful venue.

The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners voted April 30 to chip seal Eastonville Road to Falcon High School this summer.

Do you recycle? One northern El Paso County family thought they were until they discovered a mistake.

In recognition of County Government Week, May 3 -9 the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners has launched a season long "Greening Our Future" initiative to highlight programs and services which make it easier for local residents to clean up their property, dispose of household hazardous waste and reduce the threat of wildland fire.

Faced with the situation of losing power in the event of a wildfire, some area homeowners are wondering if cutting power to homes would help to fight a wildfire.

Security Fire Department is considering hiring its own ambulance company, raising concerns about whether that violates an agreement with American Medical Response that covers all of El Paso County.

Who doesn't like neighborhood gossip? Well, the people hurt by it, certainly. To see the impact of half-truths and innuendo, look no farther than Woodlake, a 30-year-old subdivision near Black Forest where 400 or so 5-acre ranchettes sit along the Kiowa Creek drainage -- a 92-acre hiking and equestrian green belt owned by El Paso County.

Lt. Col., Retired, U.S. Army Albert Charles Zimmerman was born April 7, 1919, to Fred W. and Pearl Zimmerman on a dairy farm in Easton Township, Marathon County, near Wausau.