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RAMBLIN' MAN: Time for a Colorado brothel tour
Wanna see a brothel? Well, heck. Who doesn't? It's in Victor. Or was. The old Fortune Club has been transformed into a diner and soda fountain. It's among the highlights of a backroad trip to Cripple Creek and its casinos. In the 1890s, the lower level of the Fortune Club was a gentlemen's club, the upstairs a soft spot for ladies of...
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Colorado Springs mayor hopes airport marketing plan takes off
A new Colorado Springs Airport marketing strategy aimed at attracting more locals to fly in and out of the city began Monday with a cup of coffee. Mayor Steve Bach offered free coffee, pastries and newspapers to flyers arriving at the airport between 4:30 and 6 a.m. to board the day's first flights. "We want to thank people for using the...
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Dad of missing Monument boy criticizes search for son missing since November
DURANGO - The father of a Monument boy missing for six months is criticizing how missing children's cases are handled by authorities, saying they should have issued an Amber Alert once they learned his son had disappeared. Mark Redwine said the public was not notified by authorities when Dylan Redwine first went missing Nov. 19 from the...
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Snow still falling in parts of Colorado, Wyoming
DENVER - Memorial Day weekend is approaching, but the snow is still coming. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center reported a 24-hour snowfall total of 1.5 inches near Gothic in Gunnison County, as of 7 a.m. Monday. The Arapahoe Basin ski area reported seven inches of snow in the last 24 hours as of Monday afternoon. In southeastern...
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UPDATE: Fatal crash victim identified
Colorado Springs police say James Wiezorek, 31, of Colorado Springs, died in a car crash Sunday in the 1900 block of Wildwood Drive, near North Academy Boulevard and East Woodmen Road. The car crashed into a tree about 11:45 p.m. and caught on fire, police said. Police said the circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation....
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Hazmat crews respond to acid leak
Colorado Springs Fire Department hazardous materials crews are at the scene of a sulfuric acid leak at Rampart Plumbing Supply at 1801 N. Union Blvd. Fire and hazmat crews discovered a 55-gallon drum on the back of a semi truck was punctured in the 9:30 a.m. incident, and nearly 20 gallons of sulfuric acid had spilled onto the parking lot at...
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Officials: CU-Boulder student naked, high on mushrooms rescued from Flatirons
Boulder rangers rescued a University of Colorado student over the weekend after she got high on mushrooms and took off all her clothes while climbing the Third Flatiron, according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office. The student, 21-year-old Taylor Powers, was climbing with her roommates at around 5:24 p.m. Sunday when they called police...
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Angry mob pelts Pueblo man thought to be sex attacker
Residents angry that Pueblo police had not warned them about sex assaults took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face. Pueblo police later released the man because of lack of evidence. Alex Pacheco, one of the pursuers, says neighborhood...
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SUNRISE: Colorado College graduation ceremony shuts down streets
Expect some traffic disruptions Monday morning in downtown Colorado Springs because of the 8:30 a.m. commencement ceremony at Colorado College. Cascade Avenue will be closed from Uintah to Cache La Poudre from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.for CC's graduation at Armstrong Quad. Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children's Defense...
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Colorado Springs revelers celebrate Portuguese heritage
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday to celebrate the Portuguese celebration of the Holy Spirit Festival, a tradition dating back to the 13th century. Members of the United Portuguese of Colorado Divino Espirito Santo attended mass at Holy Apostles Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, took part in a procession led by the Knights of Columbus and...
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