Woodmoor Public Safety logged 87 dispatches in August 2026, plus 1,379 business checks and 540 vacation checks. Bears reached unsecured trash five times.
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The Water Under the Palmer Divide
The water in the Arapahoe aquifer beneath Monument fell as rain around the end of the last ice age. The U.S. Geological Survey dated it: a median of about 24,000 years, against 2,000 years for the shallower Dawson and more than 30,000 for the Denver below it. Those three stacked sandstone layers remain a primary, […]
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E-Bike Rules in the Tri-Lakes: What Parents Should Know
Colorado sets a floor with no age limit and almost no helmet requirement. What sits on top of it depends on whose land you are on.
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Woodmoor’s Musty Water and the Renewable-Water Project It Now Plans Alone
Woodmoor says an algal bloom caused musty-tasting water that still met all standards. With its Loop partners now gone, it plans a smaller project alone.
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A History of the Monument Police Department
From a marshal who was also the mayor and the fire chief, to a department planning around thirty-seven sworn officers: how Monument built its police force.
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A History of the Monument Fire Department
In December 1957 The Columbine Herald printed a set of instructions for reaching the Monument fire department. Call GR. 5-2454 during business hours. Call GR. 5-2350 after them, and the Simpson family across from the Higby store would turn in the alarm. If neither telephone answered, walk to the north side of the Simpson house, […]
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Woodmoor Public Safety’s July: 100 Calls and Nearly 2,000 Property Checks
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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Woodmoor, Explained: The Biggest Tri-Lakes Community That Isn’t a Town
Woodmoor isn’t a town. A plain-English guide to the Tri-Lakes community’s history, how it’s governed, and the districts that provide its water, fire and schools.