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The Fremont County Department of Transportation is alerting motorists that a portion of Central Avenue and Dozier Avenue on the northeast side of Cañon City will be closed this Wednesday and Thursday (May 9th & 10th) for maintenance.    Transportation Director Tony Adamic says crews will be cleaning the barrow ditches along Central and Dozier which require the streets to be closed between the intersection of Drake and Central to the intersection of Van Loo and Dozier.    Only local traffic will be allowed access between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Fremont County Sheriff Jim Beicker told the Board of Commissioners Tuesday that long awaited security improvements have been installed at the Fremont County Judicial Building.    Sheriff Beicker said the new video conferencing equipment has been installed in the first floor courtroom of the Judicial Building.   The Sheriff said the security enhancement means that inmates can remain within the secure section of the jail thereby saving time and money by not having more detention officers tied up with transporting inmates to court.

A proposed zone change for the Razor Ridge property next to the Skyline Drive entrance west of Cañon City will be considered by the Fremont County Planning Commission at their monthly meeting on May 1st.    Property owner Joseph Bower is seeking a zone change from Business to Rural Highway Business for the 17 acre parcel of property.    The zone change would allow Arkansas River Tours rafting to operate out of one of the buildings on the property.    Rafting operations are currently prohibited within Fremont County’s Business Zone.   In

The Fremont County Public Health Agency, Canon City Public Library, Penrose Community Library, the John C. Fremont Library in Florence, and Pediatric Associates of Cañon City are all promoting early reading by providing a free new book to every four-year-old in Fremont County as part of the statewide One Book 4 Colorado.   One Book 4 Colorado is a statewide initiative aiming to support family reading at home and instill a love of learning in Colorado youngsters.   “One Book 4 Colorado puts books in the hands of children and a joy of reading in their hearts,” said Lt.

After a process that began in the summer of 2011, the Fremont County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted to adopt a set of Rules and Regulations governing operations at the Fremont County Airport.   The Board conducted a public hearing at which one lessee at the airport spoke against the need for any regulations.    Told that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires airport operators to have rules in place, James McCallister told the commissioners that the airport operated fine for many years without demands from the FAA and could continue to do so.&nb

Warmer springtime weather has again raised concern about the spread of rabies.   Rabies started showing up in Colorado skunks more than two years ago and incidents of rabid animals have steadily moved westward.  In the past two weeks four cases of rabid skunks have been reported in the Pueblo area.

The Fremont County Board of Commissioners approved a contract at their March 27th regular meeting with a new firm to provide software and support services for all of Fremont County’s fiscal operations.   The contract with Tyler Technologies of Lubbock, Texas, is for new software operations for the County Finance Office, the County Assessor, County Treasurer, Public Trustee, and the County Clerk and Recorder.   The most significant change means an upgrade from old DOS technology to a Windows based system.    The county will pay $20,000 for the first year of

The Fremont County Commissioners approved the purchase of $45,000 worth of airport weather station components highlighting a brief agenda of business for the Board’s regular meeting.   After accepting a grant award from the Colorado Board of Aeronautics several weeks ago, the Board of Commissioners Tuesday approved the purchase of upgrade components to the Fremont County Airport’s automated weather observing system.   The purchase price totaled $45,332 with the Vaisala Company.