06/14/11 Otero Junior College will award 15 students with Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (ADN) degrees in ceremonies on Saturday, June 18 at the Ed Stafford Theatre in the OJC Humanities Center. Pinning ceremonies will begin at 2 p.m. with a reception immediately following. Guest speaker will be Betty Salas, RN BSN, OJC nursing faculty member.
06/10/11 OBERLIN -- The United Rebel Sprint Series kicks into high gear this weekend in Colorado, kicking off that region's points battle. The Rebels take to the 1/4-mile dirt rack at El Paso County Speedway in Calhan, Colo., at 5 p.m. Mountain time Saturday.
06/01/11 For the 52nd annual year, the Abdallah Shrine Temple brought rodeo and several hundred cowboys and cowgirls to the Kansas City area.
05/12/11 The town of Calhan wants in on the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority, a 1-percent sales tax initiative that funds road projects in the region.On...
05/10/11 A strong storm capable of rain, snow, severe thunderstorms, and much colder temperatures is going to hit Colorado Wednesday through Thursday...
05/04/11 Troopers have released the name of a woman killed in a crash in eastern El Paso county early Wednesday afternoon.
05/04/11 The woman who was ejected from a car in a rollover accident has died. It happened on Wednesday afternoon on Judge Orr Road.
05/04/11 A 75-year-old Yoder woman has been identified as the person who died in a rollover crash Wednesday near Calhan.Shirley Leapley was partially ejected from the 1995 Ford Escape she was riding in shortly before noon on Judge Orr Road, about five miles south of Calhan, according to the Colorado State...
05/03/11 Commencement ceremonies for the Otero Junior College class of 2011 were held on Saturday in the McDivitt Center Gymnasium on the OJC campus.
04/23/11 Taylor Dugger was complaining late last year to his English teacher at Calhan High School that there wasn't enough arts programming for students. Living out on the prairie, he didn't get much chance to mingle with other young writers or get inspiration from creative writing experts.The...
04/12/11 LIMON -- The Lamar girls track team placed third in the Warren Mitchell Invitational track meet held on windy Saturday, April 9.
03/29/11 A round of heavy, wet snow brings beneficial moisture to parts of Southern Colorado.
03/22/11 Amanda Summers, 19, claims honor as El Paso County Fair queen for 2011.
03/22/11 Nineteen-year-old Amanda Summers has been crowned this year's El Paso County Fair Queen. The competition was held Saturday at the fairgrounds.Three candidates competed and were judged on their application, public speaking abilities, responses during a personal interview and horsemanship....
03/22/11 The La Junta High School baseball team lost all three of its games at the Hobbs Bash which took place over the past several days at the Runyon Sports Complex in Pueblo.
03/21/11 Autopsy reports released Monday paint a gruesome murder scene in the homicides of two people in Douglas County.
03/21/11 As the state's psychiatric center for the criminally insane, the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo serves as both a hospital and detention facility, employing about 80 people as police and security officers.
03/20/11 Editors note: Four candidates have filed for three open seats on the Chapman City Council. Those who receive the top three vote totals will be seated for two-year terms. Candidates are Tim Smith, Mike Brown and incumbents Jon Londeen and Travis Elliott, both elected to the council in 2009.
03/18/11 Four companies proposing major commercial wind-energy generation facilities and at least one commercial solar farm are interested in doing business in El Paso County.But the land development code is "onerous" and needs to be changed to better accommodate the renewable energy industry,...
02/26/11 The coroner has released the cause of death for the victims in the double homicide in a home near Castle Rock. The coroner says they were both stabbed, but has not said how long the bodies had been there before they were found. | 
