El Paso County News

The 52-year-old wife and 33-year-old daughter of a Colorado Springs man allegedly conspired with an acquaintance to kill the 47-year-old man, officials say.

On the Schmuck of the Week beat, figuring out who's the schmuck turns out to be more of a challenge than it might seem at first blush.

Colorado sheriffs upset with new state gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings are trying to invalidate the regulations with a federal lawsuit filed Friday that argues the measures violate the Second Amendment.

Shane Garrett, 36, and 39-year-old Belinda Wells-Yates, were convicted in February of second-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit second-degree burglary, theft, identity theft and methamphetamine possession.

Fountain police officer posted bail from the El Paso County jail Wednesday morning after his arrest on suspicion of stalking, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

On Tuesday, El Paso County commissioners were expected to approve a deal to buy warehouse facilities located at 3755, 3815, 3825 and 3845 N. Mark Dabling Blvd., for use as the El Paso County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Management.

Bach: 'You know, El Paso County ... has already banned [marijuana stores]; talked to Marc Snyder, the mayor of Manitou, I think they're considering the same.' While Mayor Steve Bach didn't exactly come right out, at his monthly press conference , and say he plans to push for a ban on recreational marijuana, he did make it clear that he not only ... (more)

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has placed main five rain gauges throughout the Waldo Canyon burn scar to measure rainfall.

The center's "deaf chat" will feature officials from the city of Colorado Springs and El Paso County, who will discuss how to prepare for a disaster-namely, a flood or a fire.

John Morse, President of the Colorado State Senate and a Democrat from Colorado Springs, is facing an effort to recall him.

The Drug Enforcement Administration collected 742,497 pounds - or 371 tons - of prescription medications nationwide during its sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day last month.

Authorities have identified a man wounded in a shootout with Manitou Springs police at the historic La Fon Motel early Saturday morning.

A Colorado Springs man is in jail Monday after police said he assaulted a female and tried to set a mobile home on fire during a standoff with officers.

After a week of rains that offered the first spring test of the Waldo Canyon burn scar, no serious flooding occurred and there has been no big shifting of debris in the forest, according to the National Weather Service office in Pueblo.

State troopers tried pulling over a 1996 Acura sedan near the Briargate exit . The couple in the car refused to stop and led pursuing authorities up I-25 past the county line and into Douglas County.

Sgt. Joe Roybal of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said a suspect was taken to a local hospital with at least one gunshot wound.

El Paso County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Ives checks on the welfare of a person who has set up camp in the last week on the westside of Colorado Springs on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

The catwalk used by Teddy soon will be no more. Spence, who uses only one name, and Martha Spence say they will not appeal to the homeowners association.

Colorado Springs City Council will be briefed Monday on the ins and outs of retail marijuana as a first step toward deciding whether the city will allow or prohibit retail marijuana sales.

Colorado has wrapped up a historic session that saw ruling Democrats pass sweeping legislation on gun control and same-sex civil unions, regulation of recreational marijuana and in-state college tuition for immigrants in the country illegally.