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Education
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in ''baby boom''
Posted 6:16 PM 5/21/2013 by Joe Bevans
Four different kinds of animals are welcoming new babies at the Colorado Springs Mounatin Zoo. Over the past month, a new Red River Hog baby, a Porcupine, Lynx kittens, and two Joeys have been born. The zoo say's that this is an indication that they have healthy, happy animals. When animals reproduce in zoos, it means they feel comfortable with their surroundings.
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News
Phone lines repaired at Pueblo City Schools
Posted 4:24 PM 5/21/2013 by Andy Koen
PUEBLO - A district wide phone outage for all of Pueblo City Schools has been restored. Spokesman Scott Jones says the service was restored as of 4:00 p.m. Tuesday.
A local utility contractor reportedly severed the main line for the school district sometime just before noon.
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Accident
Motorcycle rider seriously injured in accident
Posted 3:59 PM 5/21/2013 by Elaine Sheridan and Jesse Cohen
A serious motorcycle accident closed a street in Colorado Springs for more than an hour Tuesday afternoon.
Police say a motorcycle was driving north on Chestnut St. at a high rate of speed around 2pm when it was hit by a car pulling out onto the street.
The driver of the motorcycle (More)
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News - Local
County facing $129,705 shortfall from new election laws, Morse recall
Posted 2:52 PM 5/21/2013 by Andy Koen
COLORADO SPRINGS - Last minute changes in state election laws and the potential recall of State Senator John Morse could leave the El Paso County Clerk and Recorders Office nearly $130,000 in the red.
Clerk Wayne Williams told the Board of County Commissioners today he estimates it will (More)
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News - Local
Graduation hat toss gets retro makeover
Posted 1:15 PM 5/21/2013 by Andy Koen
COLORADO SPRINGS - The graduates of United States Air Force Academy Class of 2013 may have to hold their hat a little longer for this year's flyover. Since the Air Force Thunderbirds have been grounded indefinitely by sequestration budget cuts, the Texas Flying Legends and WestPac Restorations (More)
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News - Local
Dealership owner donates trip to wounded warriors
Posted 1:06 PM 5/21/2013 by Andy Koen
COLORADO SPRINGS - The owner of the local Porsche dealership gave two wounded warriors and their wives a VIP trip to Hollywood to thank them for their service. Don Hicks of Porsche of Colorado Springs made the winning bid of $4,250 for the trip at a charity fundraiser auction for the Memorial (More)
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News - Local
District wide phone outage reported for Pueblo City Schools
Posted 12:18 PM 5/21/2013 by Andy Koen
PUEBLO - Pueblo City Schools reports a telephone outage due to a line being severed by a local utility contractor. Communications Director Scott Jones says the outage is effecting incoming and outgoing calls from all district buildings.
Jones says parents and teachers are encouraged to (More)
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News - Top Stories
CSPD arrests kidnapping suspect
Posted 10:47 AM 5/21/2013 by Patricia Collier
Colorado Springs, CO - On May 20, 2013 at about 11:00pm, the Colorado Springs Police received a call regarding a kidnapping situation. Police responded to an apartment in the Parkridge Apartments, located in the 2600 block of E. Serendipity Circle, where they contacted the victim. The victim (More)
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News - Local
Indy car sports stickers from Pueblo
Posted 10:17 AM 5/21/2013 by Andy Koen
PUEBLO - One of the racecars in this weekend's 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 will be sporting a little piece of Pueblo as it speeds around the Brickyard.
Panther Racing's National Guard Indy Car has two stickers bearing the logo of the Center for American Values (CAV) on the car's (More)
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News - Local
Veterinarians look for swine virus in Colorado
Posted 10:15 AM 5/21/2013 by Andy Koen
LAKEWOOD - Members of the Colorado Department of Agriculture's State Veterinarian's Office are investigating whether cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) virus have turned up in our state. The investigation follows the discovery of the virus last week in pigs in Iowa by the National (More)
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