Reservoirs trail, Palmer Lake
At the height of the pandemic last year, leaders in the town of Palmer Lake temporarily closed a massively popular trail. A similar move was made south at the Manitou Incline (the closure lasted five months before online reservations were instituted). And leaders in similarly small Green Mountain Falls to the west raised concerns, too, about hiking masses.
The stated worry was the potential spread of COVID-19. But the virus underscored previous tension in these geographically confined hamlets on the Front Range.
A certain trail in Palmer Lake has been subject to overcrowding in the summer, a result of droves from the state’s two largest cities in either direction. The secret has long been out in Colorado Springs and Denver: the trail skirting a pair of reservoirs is a must-hike.
Arizona Daily Star
Police have released a description of the vehicle that struck two pedestrians, one fatally, on a sidewalk in the 1300 block of West Ajo Way on Dec. 11.
The name of the woman who was killed was also released by police. She was identified as Heidi Mabel Hammonds, 62.
The vehicle involved is a pearl white 2011 Lincoln MKX, which is missing the passenger s side mirror, Tucson police said Thursday, Dec. 17, in a news release.
Officers were sent to Ajo Way just west of South Valley Road at about 9 p.m. Friday for two women who had been struck by a vehicle. One woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was taken to Banner-University Medical Center with serious injuries.
Arizona Daily Star
Police have released a description of the vehicle that struck two pedestrians, one fatally, on a sidewalk in the 1300 block of West Ajo Way on Dec. 11.
The name of the woman who was killed was also released by police. She was identified as Heidi Mabel Hammonds, 62.
The vehicle involved is a pearl white 2011 Lincoln MKX, which is missing the passenger s side mirror, Tucson police said Thursday, Dec. 17, in a news release.
Officers were sent to Ajo Way just west of South Valley Road at about 9 p.m. Friday for two women who had been struck by a vehicle. One woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was taken to Banner-University Medical Center with serious injuries.