El Paso County’s Fountain Creek Nature Center and Bear Creek Nature Center announce the events and activities for October 2019 which includes: Creek Week Cleanup, owls, Harvest Festival, pumpkin carving, and a Jack-O-Lantern trail. Fountain Creek Nature Center 320 Pepper Grass Lane, Fountain, CO 80817 719-520-6745, www.ElPasoCountyNatureCenters.com Fountain Creek Nature Adventures: Outstanding Owls…
The Office of the Clerk and Recorder sent approximately 4,400 ballots for the Coordinated Election to voters classified under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) on Friday, September 20. This was ahead of the statutory requirement of September 21. These voters with special circumstances include military and their dependents living out of…
The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office joins the National Association of Secretaries of State and various other organizations in recognizing tomorrow, Tuesday, September 24, as National Voter Registration Day. The purpose of the day is to encourage people to register to vote or check their registration to ensure it is up to date.…
Due to scheduling conflicts the regularly scheduled Board of County Commissioners meetings for next Tuesday (September 17) and next Thursday (September 19) have been canceled. El Paso County Commissioners will be joining other business, civic and government leaders for meetings in Washington, D.C. next week for the annual “DC Fly-In,” organized by the Greater Colorado…
El Paso County Treasurer Mark Lowderman has been appointed as the County’s Public Trustee by Colorado Governor Jared Polis. As Public Trustee, Treasurer Lowderman will oversee an operation that serves County residents by protecting those who have borrowed money to buy property, as well as lienholders and lenders. Treasurer Lowderman’s appointment became necessary because the…
El Paso County Community Services Department will begin trail/sidewalk construction on Chipita Park Road from Ute Pass Elementary School to Winnemucca Road, approximately 0.6 miles, on Monday, Sept. 9. Work will generally consist of placing new concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk, roadway asphalt patching and ADA pedestrian ramps along the southern edge of Chipita Park…
El Paso County Department of Public Works will begin intersection improvements at the Marksheffel Road and Meadowbrook Parkway intersection on Monday, Sept. 9. Work will consist of installing new traffic signals at the intersection, adding turn lanes on Meadowbrook Parkway, pedestrian improvements, and some minor drainage modifications. Marksheffel Road will remain open to traffic during…
El Paso County’s Fountain Creek Nature Center and Bear Creek Nature Center announce the events and activities for September 2019 which includes: birds, bears, bugs, and Creek Week. Fountain Creek Nature Center 320 Pepper Grass Lane, Fountain, CO 80817 719-520-6745, www.ElPasoCountyNatureCenters.com Fountain Creek Nature Adventures: “Treemendous” Trees September 5, 9-10:30 a.m. Children ages…
The El Paso County administrative and elected administrative offices and affiliated agencies, including El Paso County Public Health, the Pikes Peak Workforce Center, CSU Extension, the offices of the 4th Judicial District Attorney, El Paso County Public Trustee and El Paso County Combined Courts will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of Labor Day.…
Last week, El Paso County Parks staff sent water samples from Bear Creek to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) in Denver for testing. The results for blue-green algae were negative. No cyanotoxins were detected.
