The Palmer Lake Historical Society was founded in 1956 to publish one town history. Seventy years on, it runs a museum. It celebrates on Oct. 15 in Palmer Lake.
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Atis Jurka Wants Palmer Lake Residents Heard First. Now He Is Running for Mayor.
A retired Army officer who has spent two years on Palmer Lake’s board, and cast its lone dissent on some of its biggest decisions, is asking voters to make him mayor. Atis Jurka’s campaign rests on the idea that residents should be heard before decisions are made and able to see how their money is […]
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The Palmer Lake .5K Returns October 18
The Palmer Lake .5K, a 546-yard run with a donut at the halfway mark and a beer or root beer at the finish, starts at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18.
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Tri-Lakes Home Sales: July 2026
Ninety-one Tri-Lakes homes changed hands in ordinary market sales in July, at a median price of $720,000, according to El Paso County Assessor records.
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Palmer Lake Sets Bear Workshop as Administrator Warns of Two-Year Cash Runway
Palmer Lake trustees will hold a special workshop on bears and trash, tentatively Oct. 12, after residents spoke Sept. 24. The town administrator also warned reserves could last about two years at current spending.
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Bears, Trash and a Town Hall: What to Know Before Palmer Lake’s Meeting Tonight
Palmer Lake bears and trash are not on tonight’s Board of Trustees agenda, but the subject is headed for public comment, with a state senator’s testimony and a staff memo asking the board to wait.
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Creek Week Comes to Monument and Palmer Lake
For nine days starting Saturday, Sept. 26, volunteers across the Fountain Creek watershed will pick litter out of its creeks, trails and open spaces. The watershed begins in the Tri-Lakes, and this year Monument has two public cleanups on the Santa Fe Trail and Palmer Lake has one crew at Glen Park, plus a noxious-weed […]
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Palmer Lake Candidate Forum Set for Saturday at the EcoSpa Annex
All twelve candidates on Palmer Lake’s November ballot — two for mayor, ten for trustee — have been invited to a public forum on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the EcoSpa Annex, 350 Highway 105. Each candidate gets a three-minute opening statement, all of them answer the same set of questions, […]
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A Robotics Room in Monument Became a Community Workshop in Palmer Lake
Monumental Impact began in 2020 because a home-based business could not host a high-school intern properly. Six years on it runs a workshop at 866 Highway 105 in Palmer Lake with a computer-controlled router, a ninety-watt laser and a rack of 3D printers, open on a monthly membership to teenagers through retirees. It marked its […]
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Palmer Lake Wine Festival Returns Sept. 12
The seventh Palmer Lake Wine Festival runs Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Palmer Lake Recreation Area, with tastings from 21 Colorado wine and mead makers and a portion of the proceeds for Tri-Lakes Cares.