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Makayla Pithan Trumbo had been wearing a beautiful necklace containing her mother’s ashes for eight months when she received a frantic phone call last year from her sisters. Something was happening at Return to Nature funeral home, the Colorado funeral home they’d hired to make arrangements after their beloved mother’s February death, they told her. There was a big police presence at the property in Penrose, Makayla’s sisters continued, and reports of bodies that had been stored improperly.

Crime Challenges Across Colorado Cities – Insights into Theft and Violent Crime Trends Community Efforts to Enhance Safety – Crime Prevention Initiatives in Colorado’s Urban Areas According to the Southwest Journal, these cities in Colorado are all dealing with different kinds of crime issues, from theft to more serious violent crimes. People in each city […]

Daniel Knorn, age 76 of Canon City, Colo., formerly of Rib Lake, died April 8, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m., Friday, July 12, 2024 at Hemer-Pickerign Funeral Home in Medford. Burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery, Rib Lake. Visitation will be held from 2:30 p.m....

(COLORADO) – The High Mountain Hay Fever Festival Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing great bluegrass music to the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains while supporting children’s health charities. The volunteer board and festival volunteers contribute more than 2,000 hours each year, so your support through ticket sales, camping fees, sponsorships, and donations goes […]

A hearse and van sit outside the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Oct. 6, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. Prosecutors were set to lay out their case Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, against a former co-owner of the Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 bodies, some of them stacked and partially covered, were found last year in a building infested with flies and maggots. (David Zalubowski / AP Photo, File)

Palma Romero, age 99, died June 20, 2024, at her home, North of Cotopaxi, where she had lived for 64 years. She was born March 25, 1925, in Withee, Wisconsin to David and Marjorie (Strain) Coen, but, she grew up in Finley, ND. She was the oldest of six children, brothers Doug, Lyle, Curtis, Allen, and sister Joyce. She enjoyed Colorado so much that she enrolled on Western State College in Gunnison, CO. She enjoyed skiing the “Big Hills” of Monarch and Crested Butte. She would eventually earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree and meet her future husband. She married Bob Romero in 1946 and they were married for 55 years. They arrived in Cotopaxi New Years Day in 1948 via the train so Bob could teach at the school. Palma worked for the Fremont County Department of Social Services for 30 years as a case worker and administrator. Palma enjoyed skiing, gardening, jeep rides, current events, the Broncos, the Nuggets, her grandchildren and writing stories about growing up in the Depression years in Finley, ND. Palma is survived by her children, Karen Reese (Paul), Rory Romero, her grandchildren, Jason and Gage Reese, Robert and Christina Romero, her great grandchildren, Brooklyn, Austin, and Noah. She is also survived by her sister, Joyce Benjamin of Verona, WI and brother Allen Coen of Fargo, ND and numerous nieces and nephews. Her memorial service will be July 15 at the Steeple Event Center, 701 Macon Ave., in Canon City, CO at 11:00. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to Cotopaxi Early Learning Center. Cotopaxi Consolidated School District P.O. Box 385 Cotopaxi, CO 81223 Attention: Amber.

Cañon City High School has served as a Fremont County focal point for decades and is also home to many remarkable teachers and administrators who want nothing more than to lift future generations. No school can hope to achieve success without a strong hand at the helm and CCHS...

The survey on community pool options is open through Monday, July 15, 2024. Included on the survey page is a video explaining what the options are and the tax impacts of each option. Please look at all of the options carefully and determine what you believe is the best option for our community. There are three pool options and one no pool option to rank from one to four.

Join the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center for another wonderful and intriguing virtual genealogy program presented by Terri Meeks. If you had early 20th-century immigrant ancestors, they may have taken advantage of the social services offered by the Settlement House Movement. Join them to hear about those who served and those who were aided by these “homes”.

AA Meeting — Noon, Florissant Grange, 2009 County Road 31, Florissant; coloradospringsaa.org/locations/florissant-grange. Women’s Bible Study — 5-6:30 p.m., Cripple Creek Parks and Recreation, 128 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek; 719-689-3514, ccparksandrecreation.com. Aikido — 6-7 p.m., Cripple Creek Parks and Recreation, 128 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek; 719-689-3514,...

A city with a vibrant past and historical presence, Victor flashes its independent spirit in special celebrations. At nearly 10,000 feet above sea level, Victor does its own thing in many ways. Sure, history can be a source of pride for others — but in Victor, the past is present in the architecture, the off-the-beaten-path vibe.

This month, Victor will celebrate 130 years of mining heritage in the historic “City of Gold Mines.”. The annual Victor Gold Rush Days, July 19-21, is three-and-a-half days of games, music, food, activities and fun for the entire family. Ahead of the festivities on July 18, the event kicks off with a local talent show at Pinnacle Park Plaza at 6:30 pm.

A connection between art and economics is happening in the Colorado mountain town of Victor. “It's been a game changer. It's been awesome,”

Three seconds into his 200-foot-fall from a Cripple Creek bridge, Marty Adams was convinced he was going to die. As he plummeted 55 mph toward the rocky canyon roughly 40 feet below him, all the 27-year-old Arvada resident could do was brace for the impact. Then, his parachute inflated just enough to save his life.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - A new memorial now sits in Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs for all the families victimized by the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose. Those families say the bench that features a plaque brings them some long-needed relief. Over the course of the...

The headlines were the stuff of nightmares. One Colorado funeral home owner let the body of a woman decompose for two years in a hearse parked outside a house he rented, while hoarding the cremated remains of dozens of others inside. Last year, authorities discovered nearly 200 improperly stored bodies at another Colorado funeral home […] The post Mishandled bodies, mixed-up remains prompt tougher funeral home regulations appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.

The fireworks will be over, but the festivities in Westcliffe keep coming with the opening reception of a new art show at the Sangres Art Guild opening reception Saturday, July 6, 2024. The open-themed art show known as “July’s a Poppin’”, will be judged by nature-inspired artist Joseph Cawlfield and...