Colorado Springs

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National Weather Service offices in Boulder and Pueblo are cautioning people in the eastern half of Colorado to be alert for potential flash flooding Sunday afternoon.

Authorities are investigating an incident that resulted in the death of a child in El Paso County.

Voters in Colorado Springs will decide this November whether to allow the sale and taxation of recreational marijuana within city limits.

Over 65 percent of Colorado's prison population comes from Denver, El Paso, Arapahoe, Jefferson, and Adams counties, which are the state's most populous counties, a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative shows. 

Homebuyers in the Colorado Springs and Denver markets could be overpaying for their homes, according to a new study by two universities in Florida.

Colorado Springs is the second-best U.S. city to live in for 2022, according to a new national ranking published Tuesday.

Helen Mae Starkweather

March 5, 1935 - December 16, 2021

A Celebration of Life for Helen Mae Starkweather will be held Saturday, March 5, beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the Sunrise United Methodist Church, 2655 Briargate Boulevard, in Colorado Springs.

Helen passed peacefully December 16, 2021, at Jackson Creek Senior Living Center in Monument surrounded by her beloved husband and family. Interment was held December 22, 2021 at the Kit Carson Cemetery in Kit Carson.

Mina Marie DeBusk

June 9, 1926 - January 23, 2022

A private family interment of ashes will be held at a later date for Eads Prairie Pines Assisted Living resident, Mina M. DeBusk.

Mrs. DeBusk was born June 9, 1926, in Fairview, Missouri, to Harvey Lee and Pearl May (Anderson) DeBusk, and passed away at Prairie Pines January 23, 2022 at the age of 95.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for portions of southeast Colorado Sunday.