A busy County road will be closed for a couple weeks, so crews can make some important road and drainage improvements. El Paso County Public Works will be replacing two culverts along Elbert Road between Murphy and Hopper Roads which will require Elbert Road to be closed in two phases beginning Monday, October 8, 2018.…
It’s budget season, and El Paso County wants to invite everyone to several public hearings on the 2019 preliminary budget. The El Paso County Financial Services Department presented the Preliminary Balanced Budget at the Sept. 20, 2018 Board of County Commissioners meeting. The next budget hearings will be held Tuesday, Oct. 16 and Thursday, Oct.…
El Paso County is considering a ballot initiative that could renew the Public Safety Sales Tax. The Board of County Commissioners will discuss at regularly scheduled meetings on August 28, 2018 and September 4, 2018 a proposed question for the November 6, 2018 general election ballot that would continue the current $0.0023 (point two-three percent)…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has just issued Air Quality Health Advisory for Southeastern Colorado until 4:00 p.m. because of the Wildfire Smoke. Affected Area: southeastern Colorado, including Elbert, El Paso, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Pueblo, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Bent, Prowers, Las Animas, Baca, and eastern parts of Fremont and Huerfano Counties. Locations and…
El Paso County Assessor Steve Schleiker unveiled his office’s improved website at the County Commissioners regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 21. The upgrade includes more user-friendly tools to better serve citizens and professionals. A new “Property Record Card” and “Citizen Comper” have been added to the already robust portal. The Record Card and Comper will…
Repairs to a section of Old Pueblo Road that washed out during a torrential thunderstorm last month are in the works, but it will likely take longer than originally expected. El Paso County Public Works has procured two large concrete box culverts and is currently working with utilities providers to move underground lines to begin…
The Colorado State University Extension is offering another great workshop and this one could help you stock your pantry with your very own canned goods. The workshop is called Intro to Canning: Water Bath Canning. Learn how to safely can high acid foods in this hands-on workshop. The boiling water canning method can be used to…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just awarded El Paso County Public Health with a major award for it’s work with breastfeeding mothers. El Paso County Public Health is one of three Women, Infants and Children (WIC) agencies in Colorado among a select number of agencies in the nation to receive such an…
