Elbert County News

Late day storms prompt the National Weather Service to issue a tornado warning for Elbert County as weather spotters track a tornado near Matheson.

The past nine-day string of severe weather in Northern Colorado has produced the state's fifth-highest insured losses.

A tornado in Kiowa at about 1:50 p.m. today. Volatile afternoon weather continued today, with a tornado spotted southeast of Denver near the border of Elbert and Douglas counties.

It's time to clean up again as a tornado strikes the Front Range for the third time in one week.

At least two tornadoes cause significant damages to two isolated areas of Elbert County.

A "large and damaging" tornado touched down in Elbert County Monday afternoon. The Elbert County Sheriff's Office reports no injuries, although damage have been confirmed.

A twister danced on the plains Monday afternoon, leveling two barns and uprooting trees in Elbert County, as the Front Range endured its eighth consecutive day of tornadic weather.

At least two tornadoes touched down in Colorado on Monday, and forecasters called one "large and extremely dangerous," but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

A new Wal-Mart is set to open this summer in the small town of Elizabeth leaving some to wonder whether the big box retailer is destroying the fabric of main street America or making it stronger.

KIOWA, Colo. Construction of the new Elbert County Justice Center has been completed and court operations will begin May 4. To mark the occasion, a grand opening celebration has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 29 at 4:00 p.m. Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Eighteenth Judicial District Chief Judge William B. Sylvester and other ...

The new Elbert County courthouse will open Monday, more than three years after leaking water and mold forced the old building to close.

Charges have been filed against three men in connection with a burglary and house fire that destroyed an Elbert County home valued at more than $237,000. According to the Elbert County Sheriff's Office, the fire in the 7600 block of Shenandoah Drive in unincorporated Elbert County was intentionally set.

A tractor-trailer driver was arrested on charges including vehicular homicide after his rig slammed into the rear of a slow-moving vehicle, causing a chain-reaction accident that claimed two lives near Limon on Saturday.

A four car accident on I-70 near Limon kills two people. One man, 63-year-old Richard Widmier of Burleston, TX is facing felony charges for causing the accident.

Snow and wind gave way to sunny skies and warmer temperatures across Colorado on Sunday, but parts of the eastern plains were still dealing with the dicey conditions that contributed to a fatal traffic pile-up. Most of the highways closed Saturday by gusts of up to 60 mph that blew snow into drifts and cut visibility were reopened by late Sunday ...

Three goats and a goose died this morning in a barn fire in Douglas County. The fire started before 6 a.m. at 7777 N. Delbert Road, southeast of Parker near the Elbert County line, said Andy Lyon, a South Metro ...

Horses tails are being hacked off across America in a spate of mysterious thefts that have baffled owners and police.

Another horse has been fleeced of the hair from its tail in Elbert County, bringing the number of equine victims to at least four.

VIEW SLIDESHOW ELBERT COUNTY - Three Belgian draft horses from a ranch near Parker are missing their carefully-groomed tails and owners suspect thieves are to blame.

A Highlands Ranch pilot was killed Sunday when a single-engine aircraft nose-dived into the ground on a ranch two miles from Kiowa in Elbert County.