Teller County, CO, on May 29, 2018 –Teller County Board of County Commissioners have issued a Stage 2 Fire Ban effective today at 1500 hours. For further information on the Stage 2 Burn Ban, please read County Resolution 05-29-18 (20) which is posted on the Teller County Sheriff’s website: https://www.tellercountysheriff.com/ . The Teller County Sheriff’s Office will be enforcing the ban county wide through issuance of citations to violators. ### If you would like more inform

CBC News traveled to the state to get a look at the drug war happening there, and the lessons Canada could learn as it moves toward legalizing marijuana. Click here to view video.

Teller County, CO, on May 13, 2018 –On Sunday deputies with the Teller County Sheriff’s Office arrested Robert Eugene Barker, 40, after deputies contacted him on Gold Camp Road. Deputies determined that Barker was a convicted felon and that he was in possession of five guns, two pistols and three semi-automatic rifles. This arrest was not related to this past weekend’s shooting. Barker was booked into the Teller County Jail for Possession of Weapon by a Previous Offender. Rob

Teller County, CO, on May 12, 2018 –Teller County Sheriff’s Detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred on Forest Service Road 379 about a half mile off of Gold Camp Road. At approximately 2:49 pm, a man, 52-year-old Michael D. Fletcher of Colorado Springs, and his adult daughter were on the road collecting brass from spent shell casings when gunshots from an unknown location starting landing around them. The man and his daughter had taken cover behind their vehicle

Sheriff Jason Mikesell, Teller County Sheriff, is pleased to announce that Ms. Cheyenne Walinski is this year’s recipient of the County Sheriff’s of Colorado, CSOC, scholarship award for Teller County. CSOC, Colorado’s state sheriffs’ association, offered a total of 31 awards of $500 each this year to deserving high school and college students in Colorado to fund higher-level educational expenses for the 2018-2019 academic year. A citizens’ committee selected the winner for e