Woodmoor Public Safety logged 100 dispatches in July 2026, led by 22 animal complaints. The larger numbers are the routine ones: 1,277 business checks and 714 vacation checks, and 15 doors and windows found open.
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Monument’s First Touch-a-Truck Is Saturday Morning
The Monument Fire District, the Town of Monument and the Monument Police Department hold the area’s first Touch-a-Truck on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 9 a.m. to noon on Mitchell Avenue. Free, with a pancake breakfast served by IAFF Local 4319.
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Monument Breaks Ground on a Play Park Seven Years in the Making
Ground is broken at Second and Adams for the Heart of Monument Play Park, a universally accessible playground built by the town, the Kiwanis club and the church that donated the land. Phase One is funded; about $48,000 remains for Phase Two.
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School Starts Aug. 12 in D38, Aug. 11 at Monument Academy
Lewis-Palmer School District 38 opens to most students on Aug. 12, eighth graders on Aug. 13, and Monument Academy starts its youngest children on Aug. 11. Start dates, bell schedules, bus fees, meal prices and back-to-school events for 2026-27.
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The Independent Launches a Free Tri-Lakes Business Directory
Tri-Lakes Colorado lists 360 businesses in Monument, Palmer Lake and Woodmoor. Listings are free, every business gets its own indexable page, and owners can correct or remove theirs at no charge.
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Palmer Lake Board of Trustees, July 23, 2026: A Hearing Officer, a Clean Audit and a Bridge Already Gone
Palmer Lake’s board sent the removal of Trustee Roger Moseley to an outside hearing officer, accepted a clean 2025 audit and heard a bid to rebuild a bridge the town had already torn out.
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Arts Council Opens Free Palmer Lake Arts Fest at Centennial Park This Weekend
Palmer Lake Arts Fest is free and runs Friday through Sunday, July 24-26, at Centennial Park: nine bands, more than thirty artists, food trucks, a beer garden and a Saturday night star party.
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School Spotlight: Lewis-Palmer Middle School, the Bridge Every Ranger and Bear Crosses
School Spotlight is a Monument Independent series profiling the schools that serve Tri-Lakes families. Having walked through the four high schools, we drop down a level to the building almost every D38 student passes through on the way there: Lewis-Palmer Middle School, a compact two-year school in Woodmoor where the district’s future Rangers and Bears […]
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School Spotlight: The Classical Academy, the Charter You Have to Wait For
School Spotlight is a Monument Independent series profiling the schools that serve Tri-Lakes families — every D38 school, plus The Classical Academy, the D20 charter that many Monument students call home. We’ve done Lewis-Palmer, Palmer Ridge, and Monument Academy. Here is the one that isn’t even in our district: The Classical Academy, the highest-ranked high […]
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School Spotlight: Monument Academy, the Charter That Rebuilt Its High School
School Spotlight is a Monument Independent series profiling the schools that serve Tri-Lakes families — every D38 school, plus The Classical Academy, the D20 charter that many Monument students call home. We’ve done the two comprehensive high schools, Lewis-Palmer and Palmer Ridge. Here is the third door: Monument Academy, the classical charter that closed its […]