Past snowstorm allows Monarch Mountain to extend ski season
Monarch Ski Area
and last updated 2021-03-16 17:16:35-04
SALIDA â Monarch Mountain s ski season will be extended thanks to this past weekend s storm that dumped snow across Colorado, according to a release.
Monarch Mountain s ski season is now extended by one week and will wrap up on Sunday, April 11. This area of Colorado saw 2 feet of snow in this most recent storm cycle.
âAs always, we want to give our guests the most time on the snow that we can possibly give. The weather doesnât always cooperate with that ideal, but the recent snows have helped tremendously, said Monarch Mountain GM and COO Randy Stroud in a release. Itâs as if Mother Nature has given us a gift for all that our guests and staff have done to get through this unusual season. Iâll take it.â
One arrested following crash that sent 3 people to hospital in Colorado Springs
An 18-year-old man arrested was intoxicated at time of crash, police say
Patrick Godfrey
A two car crash closed both directions of Academy Blvd. between Village Rd. South and North Carefree Circle Sunday, March 14.
Posted at 1:27 PM, Mar 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-14 15:27:11-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â A two-vehicle crash sent three people, one of whom was ejected due to the crash impact, to the hospital early Sunday morning, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
The department responded to the crash at North Academy Boulevard and Rebecca Lane just before 2 a.m. Officers said one person from a red Nissan was ejected during the crash and two other people in the vehicle, including the driver, were trapped in the car and had to be extricated by the fire department.
Thousands receive second vaccine dose at Broadmoor World Arena
Erin Chapman
and last updated 2021-03-06 23:14:07-05
COLORADO SPRINGS â The Broadmoor World Arena hosted a second dose vaccination clinic on Saturday.
Starting at 9 am, thousands of folks lined up in their cars.
Centura Health and COVID Check Colorado hosted the clinic, while distributing almost 2,600 Pfizer vaccines.
There were a number of patients who had not returned to get their second dose, so director of the site, Terra Avilia, wants to remind people, the first dose alone is not 100% effective. Getting the second dose is what brings people up to the 95% efficacy.
The court case for Letecia Stauch, the El Paso County woman accused of murdering her 11-year-old stepson Gannon Stauch, has been delayed by at least two months as prosecutors work to provide her evidence in the El Paso County Jail.