Jerry Schnabel News Today

Sixteen years after the first slide at the PikeView Quarry, owner Ron Gidwitz planted a Ponderosa Pine on the site, a ceremonial start of the final phase of the reclamation of this land.

Rainfall in May of this year measured seven inches of precipitation. Historically, water making its way through the mountain has reached the quarry about six months later and caused a landslide.

The final phase is nearly underway at the PikeView Quarry to cover the scar above Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs City Council unanimously approved an $8.9 million land purchase intended to fund the reclamation of Pikeview Quarry after hearing concerns that proposed plans to restore the hillside might

The company responsible for reclaiming Pikeview Quarry will be allowed to take 150,000 dump trucks of dirt from open space recently purchased by Colorado Springs for $6.8 million — a