Fremont County News

Fremont County officials said the fires happened on State Highway 9 about four miles north of U.S. 50 at about 6:30 p.m. Both fires were contained by 11 p.m. One fire burned about a quarter of an acre northeast of State Highway 9 before firefighters were able to contain it.

The Board of Fremont County Commissioners will consider the request for a Temporary Use Permit to allow a farmer's market this summer in Cotopaxi when it meets for its regular meeting at 9:30 a.m. today at the County Administration Building, 615 Macon Ave.

The couple moved to Canon City in 1978 and has lived here since. Harold, an Army veteran, is retired with a masters in social work.

A District Court judge Thursday granted a defense motion for a competency evaluation of a man accused of an armed burglary April 15 in Florence.

The Canon City Recreation District will host a Kids Fishing Derby this Saturday at the Pathfinder Park Pond on Colo.

A Canon City teen was sentenced Wednesday in three cases of burglary, in what the prosecution and defense both called a crime spree.

On Wednesday, the Canon City General Government Committee heard an update on the Department of Human Services mentoring program from Special Projects Coordinator James Berg.

Fremont County Sheriff's deputies captured Matthew Lee Boyd, 36, Tuesday afternoon a week after his escape from a halfway house in Pueblo County.

Machine Gun Preacher Sam Childers will speak to the public at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Veterans Park.

The Fremont County Planning Commission, during its regular monthly meeting today, will consider a Special Review Use Permit for Captain Zipline in the Wellsville area.

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A Canon City teen has entered a plea agreement in four burglary and theft cases, including the burglary of the Fremont County Administration Building and Kountry Korner in January.

Across the nation Thursday, many citizens will bow in praise and petition -- and Canon City residents are no exception.

After a weekend of fast-spreading grass fires, the National Weather Service issued a Red Flag warning for most of southern Colorado to take effect Tuesday.

A close call for a Fremont County woman, who is in stable condition Monday morning after falling during a rock slide.

In a linen closet on the 10th floor of the Antler's Hotel in Colorado Springs, Janet Conrad's body lay naked from the waist down, hands bound with a vacuum cleaner cord, mouth gagged with a washcloth.

The Fremont County coroner says the death of an inmate at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility in Canon City appears to be a homicide.

The cause of a reported explosion that rocked the area south of Florence at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday is unknown.

Holcim Inc. Portland Plant and Geocycle will host a tire collection day from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Holcim Cement Plant at 3500 Colo.

The Arkansas River and the Arkansas Riverwalk will be the focus of the 11th annual Clean Up / Green Up in Canon City.