Elbert County News

VIEW SLIDESHOW ELBERT COUNTY - Eighteen Denver middle school students spent the weekend in a place that some didn't even know existed.

Elbert Road unfurled like a black ribbon over hills offering views of weather-beaten barns, pristinely painted homes and lush green pastures where beautiful quarter horses and cattle browsed lazily.

The Elizabeth area with its rolling hills of pine trees and the creek running with water was a big attraction for the early settlers.

Six rabid skunks have been found in El Paso County this summer, the first such discoveries since 1970.

Customers shopping at the new Elbert County Wal-Mart are in for a surprise -- they will be paying more than the 3.9 percent sales tax for all purchases.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 522 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES NORTH OF LIMON.

Share + Jul 24, 2009 5:54 pm US/Mountain Reporting Michelle Griego ELBERT COUNTY, Colo.

A pilot was killed in the crash of an aerobatic plane near Simla. Elbert County Coroner Sandy Graeff says the victim was burned in the crash around 12:55 p.m. Thursday, and it could be Monday or Tuesday before the victim is positively identified.

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... southeastern Elbert County in east central Colorado * until 515 PM MDT * at 413 PM MDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one inch diameter hail.

At least one person is dead after a fiery plane crash near the town of Kiowa on Thursday afternoon.

A single engine plane crashed and burst into flames near Kiowa in Elbert County Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot.

A single engine plane crashed and burst into flames early Thursday afternoon near Kiowa in Elbert County, killing the pilot.

Elbert County and federal investigators are going through the remains of a fiery, fatal plane crash north of Simla Thursday afternoon.

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.