Teller County News

Ita s been a little over four months since the stakes went up for gamblers in Cripple Creek.

For the first time in quite awhile, the Rocky Mountain Alliance has started to grow again.

Bo is an exquisitely well-bred black and tan coon hound so handsome that people literally stop in their tracks to stare.

"Cash, credit card or cell phone?" That's what nearly three dozen merchants in Woodland Park are asking their customers as part of a trailblazing 3-week-old program designed to reward residents of the Teller County city who shop with local retailers.

Should the owner of a lined retention pond, in a pit that has trapped animals, be responsible for keeping neighbors' pets out? Yes No Mining mill retention pond prompts debate in Victor Comments 0 Recommend 0 One dog drowns, and the owner fights for safety measures November 01, 2009 8:00 AM R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE VICTOR For two days, Micki ...

"She was my princess," said dog owner Micki Cain. "She's not here anymore. She's gone." Micki was referring to her border collie mix, D.D. Two of Micki's dogs recently snuck out and wandered out a little too far.

While the snow piled up in Teller County and Northern El Paso County it was a much different story in some places of the city that barely even saw any snow.

Steady snow in Woodland Park, Divide and most of Teller County will have snow plow crews working the main roads and bus routes before your residential streets get touched.

Snow continues to fall Wednesday in Teller County. Drivers will deal with some snowpack and occasional slick areas on streets, roads and highways as roads refreeze overnight.

Snow will start early this morning locally, especially from Highway 50 northward.

Picture it.... You're fast asleep, suddenly, your car alarm goes off in the middle of the night.

A deputy found 30-year-old Ieva B MacDonald's body floating face down in Burgess Lake on Monday night.

A cold, snowy day is in the forecast today. The National Weather Service predicts snow today in Colorado Springs before 2 p.m., rain until about 5 p.m. and then snow through the evening.

Teller County sheriff's investigators are probing the mysterious death of a Divide-area woman whose body was found floating in a retaining pond a quarter-mile from her boyfriend's home.

The Teller County Sheriff's Office confirms to 11 News that they are investigating a death after a woman was found Tuesday face down in a lake in the spring valley subdivision, a residential area about five miles north of Divide.

A woman was found dead near Divide Monday night. The woman, whose identity was not released, was found around 10 p.m. near a lake in the Spring Valley Subdivision.

Most people in Colorado know enough to try and avoid bears. Even when they are by the side of the road, you usually have the comfort that your car windshield is between you and the animal.

Planting the seeds of a cooperative idea Thursday afternoon, a Teller County Commissioner explained a joint wildfire mitigation program that easily could be adapted locally.

The young bear that got trapped in a car near Florrisant. As the bear rummaged around the car causing extensive damage, the door closed and it couldn't figure how to get out.

What would you do if you want to your car and saw that a bear had already called a shotgun'? Take a look at the pictures to the right.