October 15, 2020- El Paso County’s Bear Creek Nature Center has found ways to continue offering quality educational programs while adhering to Covid-19 guidelines and best practices. They also continually strive to create programming that is innovative and engaging. Boo! At Bear Creek is their newest special event offering. Boo! At Bear Creek, to…
October 15, 2020 – El Paso County Department of Public Works has contracted with Avery Asphalt for the 2020 Pavement Crack Sealing Contract. Beginning Monday, October 19, 6:30 PM – 12:00 AM, Avert Asphalt will begin crack sealing operations on Las Vegas Street within El Paso County maintained sections, B Street and Academy Blvd from…
October 14, 2020- The County’s first solar-powered ballot drop box is now available for voters in the city’s south-central area. The 24/7 secure drop box is located at Broadmoor Towne Center at Southgate, in the westside parking area. It brings the total to 37 locations where voters can easily drop off their ballot. A…
October 13, 2020 – El Paso County Parks will host the annual Ghouls and Stools Day on Saturday, October 31, to cleanup Bear Creek Dog Park. Ghouls and Stools Day offers park users and volunteers an opportunity to give back by picking up dog waste in Bear Creek Dog Park. Pet waste that remains on trails…
October 13, 2020 – The El Paso County Board of Commissioners is seeking community-minded citizen volunteers to serve on the El Paso County Community Corrections Board. Applications for the open position are due by October 30, 2020. The Community Corrections Board determines which offenders can safely be placed in the community, who can operate a community…
October 9, 2020– The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office has mailed nearly 427,000 ballots to all eligible, active registered voters for the 2020 General Election. The ballots should arrive in voters’ mailboxes by Friday of next week, October 16. “Coloradans are fortunate to have a mail ballot system considered to be the gold…
October 8, 2020 – An El Paso County construction project is currently underway, which will require intermittent closures of the playground, surrounding sidewalks, and a portion of the main parking lot within Widefield Community Park. This project includes: Replacing the sidewalk from the main parking lot to the restroom Construction of two new pavilions near…
October 7, 2020 – El Paso County’s Economic Development Department awarded $13,858,527 in grants to 864 local small businesses and nonprofits as part of the El Paso County Regional Business Relief Fund program, making it one of the largest COVID-19 relief programs in the nation led by a local County government. The program was initiated…
Friday, October 2, 2020 – Starting on October 6th, the traffic pattern at the Struthers Road/Gleneagle Drive Intersection will be altered. El Paso County Department of Public Works’ contractor, Olgoonik Enterprises, will close the outer lane south of the roundabout to work on extending the right turn lane accessing Gleneagle Gate View and addressing pedestrian…
September 30, 2020 – Beginning on Friday, October 2, Bradley Road will be closed to through traffic between Cody Drive and Hancock Expressway for work on the Security Drinking Water Mitigation System project. The project is being complete to mitigate groundwater contamination. Work is being conducted by Wildcat Construction Company under the direction of…