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• Fiscal cliff would cost local seniors meals, transportation Play Video

  December 14, 2012 5:51 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - The inability of Congress to reach a deal to avoid automatic sequestration spending cuts could end up hurting the elderly in our community. Guy Dutra-Silveira, executive director of the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging, is anticipating a loss in funding for up... more »

• UPDATE: evacuations and road closures while crews fight fire near Lake George

  June 17, 2012 5:19 PM

  Update: Springer Fire has burned 200 acres. Update: News 5 crews responding to the Springer Fire say County Roads 96 and 92 are closed at Highway 24 while crews fight the fire. Our crews have also been told by the Park county Sheriff's office that along with 11 Mile... more »

• Crews fighting fast growing fire near Lake George

  June 17, 2012 4:35 PM

  Crews are responding to a wildfire in Park County near the Teller County line. It was originally called in around noon Sunday, about two miles north of 11 Mile Reservoir; about three miles south of Lake George. 11 Mile Canyon Recreation Area and some homes are being evacuated. Other areas... more »

• Park County horses seized over lack of care

  February 24, 2012 4:42 PM

  FAIRPLAY, Colo. (AP) - The owners of six horses are facing animal cruelty charges after the horses were seized by authorities for lack of care. The Park County Sheriff's Office says it got a complaint that a horse had died at the Echo Valley Ranch. The cause of death was... more »

• CDOT gears up for storm

  February 2, 2012 1:00 PM

  CDOT is gearing up for the impending storm, scheduled to hit the Pikes Peak region later this afternoon and continue through Friday. CDOT maintenance crews are scheduled to begin snow-shift in El Paso, Teller and Park counties at 4 p.m. today, according to spokesman Bob Wilson. Snow shift... more »

• Park County rollover kills one

  November 13, 2011 11:05 AM

  A father of two is dead after a rollover accident in Park County Saturday afternoon. State Troopers say a family hit an ice patch on Highway 9, outside of Hartsel. 24 year-old Joy Springer was driving; she lost control, and the truck she was driving rolled. She was... more »

• Prescribed burns planned for Eleven Mile Reservoir

  October 11, 2011 12:29 PM

  The state forest service is planning to conduct prescribed burns starting as early as next week along the north shore of Eleven Mile Reservoir in Park County. The burns are intended to reduce risk of a high-intensity wildfire. Forest managers also want to encourage grass growth through the dense ponderosa... more »

• Body on Bison Peak believed to be missing teacher

  August 21, 2011 11:07 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A body discovered Saturday on Bison Peak in Park County is believed to be a missing teacher from Englewood. The Denver Post reports that relatives of 44-year-old Frank Stanley were told Saturday of the discovery. Stanley set out to climb the 12,431-foot peak on July 25.... more »

• Coroner: Fisherman had heart attack, fell in river

  July 10, 2011 2:44 PM

  FAIRPLAY, Colo. (AP) - The Park County coroner says a fisherman visiting from New Jersey suffered a heart attack and fell into the South Platte River Friday. Sixty-five-year-old Robert Chilstrom's body was recovered about 100 yards downstream in the Eleven Mile Canyon. Coroner David Kintz Jr. told The (Colorado... more »

• Body recovered from Eleven Mile Reservoir

  May 22, 2011 9:00 PM

  State park employees have confirmed to News First 5 that a body has been recovered from Eleven Mile Reservoir. Park officials responded to the reservoir around 1 this afternoon after a boat was reported capsized. They tell high winds have been prevalent all day. When a search team entered this... more »

• Berm set up to catch fuel

  March 31, 2011 1:57 PM

  A berm has now been set up near a tanker truck that is leaking fuel in Park County. The tanker truck is now reported to be carrying around 7,000 gallons of fuel. This happened a couple of miles from the town of Jefferson on County Road 77. There... more »

• Hazmat crews respond to leaking fuel in Park County

  March 31, 2011 1:13 PM

  Hazardous materials crews have been called to Park County where a tanker truck is leaking fuel. The initial report says about 6,000 gallons of fuel is leaking into a water way a couple of miles from Highway 285 on Park County Road 77. This is near the town... more »

• Woman gets probation in dog abuse case

  October 19, 2010 11:27 PM

  Recently an animal abuse case involving 28 different charges against Diane Walker was plead down to one misdemeanor count that will give her 2 years probation. She and her Husband Samuel Walker were arrested in December 2009 after about a hundred dogs were found at their property near Hartsel. Eight... more »

• Crash kills one in Park County

  October 4, 2010 1:53 PM

  A motorcycle driver died Sunday in Park County when his motorcycle ran head-on into an SUV on Highway 285. The Colorado State Patrol said the driver of the motorcycle driver failed to stay in his lane on a right-hand curve and went into the oncoming lane. The driver... more »

• Grass fire burning near Lake George

  September 24, 2010 7:38 PM

  A grass fire is burning right now near Lake George, west of Divide. Forest Service firefighters say it should be contained by 10 p.m. It's grown to nearly 18 acres since it started at 2 p.m. There are no structures threatened. more »

• Park County institutes fire ban

  September 16, 2010 2:41 PM

  Going camping this weekend? Add Park County to the list of places that have banned fires. Park joins El Paso and Fremont counties in banning outdoor fires, following the devastating wildfires in Boulder and Loveland. more »

• Eleven Mile drowning victim identified

  August 30, 2010 4:21 PM

  The Park County Coroner has identified the man who drowned in Eleven Mile Reservoir over the weekend. The body of Clifford Carrano, 49, was pulled from the reservoir Sunday night. The coroner ruled the death a drowning. Witnesses say Carrano was sitting on the shore of the reservoir when... more »

• Park County man facing charges in cattle cruelty case

  May 26, 2010 3:57 PM

  A Park County judge declared a Park County man "unfit to own livestock" after the Department of Agriculture seized hundreds of his cattle. Vernon E. Wagner is being investigated after authorities found at least 140 cows dead on his ranch . 400 cattle were gathered on May 14 th... more »

• Cattle owner found to be "unfit"

  May 25, 2010 7:22 PM

  A Park County judge has declared Vernon E. Wagner, of Park County, to be unfit to own livestock seized by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. Last week, representatives from the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Animal Protection, with help from the Park County Sheriff's Office, gathered nearly 400... more »

• More than 100 cows perish in Park County

  April 27, 2010 9:08 AM

  The Park County Sheriff's Office says it is investigating why more than 100 cows have perished on grazing land outside of Hartsel. Investigators say dead cows have been found over thousands of acres of land owned and leased out for grazing by the U.S. Forest Service. Undersheriff Monte Gore says... more »

• Authorities investigate rancher after 24 cows die

  April 3, 2010 9:57 AM

  Authorities are investigating a Park County rancher after animal control officers found two dozen of his cows dead on grazing land. No one has been arrested and the Park County Sheriff's Office says investigators will decide Monday whether animal neglect charges are warranted. Park County Animal Control spokeswoman Bobbi Priestly... more »

• Park County couple formally charged in animal abuse case

  March 22, 2010 7:58 PM

  Felony animal cruelty charges were filed today in Fairplay against the Park County couple accused of starving nearly a hundred of sled dogs. A Park County Court Clerk tells us Samuel and Diane Walker appeared in court today and they both face 28 counts.....including six for felony aggravated cruelty to... more »

• Couple accused of animal abuse in court tomorrow

  January 25, 2010 4:27 PM

  A couple accused of starving sled dogs at a kennel in Park County are scheduled to be in court tomorrow. Samuel and Diane Walker are scheduled to be formally charged at the Park County Courthouse in Fairplay at 1:15pm. The walkers face dozens of animal cruelty charges including two... more »

• Colorado arrests for SD attack

  January 21, 2010 2:30 PM

  Authorities in Park County have arrested a South Dakota woman who allegedly stabbed her father and shot her mother last month. South Dakota's Pennington County Sheriff's Office says 22-year-old Casey Eleeson of Rapid City was arrested without incident about 11 p.m. Wednesday at a remote cabin in the Lake... more »

• Sled dog owner has history of animal neglect

  December 29, 2009 8:51 PM

  The man accused of animal cruelty involving nearly 100 dogs in Park County has a history of animal abuse, according to court records. Samuel and Diane Walker face two felony and 30 misdemeanor animal cruelty charges, after Park County Sheriff's officials took several husky sled dogs and husky mixes... more »

• Dozens of starving dogs found in Park County

  December 17, 2009 6:57 PM

  More than 100 dogs were found dead or dying at a sled dog facilitiy Tuesday afternoon south of Hartsel in Park County. The call came in as an anonymous tip. When Sheriff's Deputies arrived with a search warrant they found eight dogs dead and more than 100 in "extremely poor"... more »