Fountain Valley News - Your Hometown Community Newspaper

As this is our last issue, we wanted to provide a roundup of some developments - both commercial and residential - that may be on the horizon for the Fountain Valley region. Some... — Updated 12/30/2022

Residents of a Fountain home were displaced just days before Christmas after a fire damaged their residence. On Tuesday, Dec. 20, at approximately 6:47 p.m., the Fountain Fire... — Updated 12/28/2022

Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers is asking for assistance in locating the following individuals for whom felony arrest warrants have been issued: BRANDI LYNN BATES is a White... — Updated 1/25/2023

The suspect pictured here robbed the bank inside Safeway on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Fountain Police Department seeks the public's help in identifying him. Here... — Updated 12/28/2022

In October, 1958 Carl H. Wiese and Helen Kay Larson co-founded a small community newspaper, then known as Security Advertiser, serving the communities of Security, Widefield and... — Updated 12/28/2022

The newspaper recently received the Spirit of Fountain award from the city of Fountain in recognition for the paper's many decades of service to the community, and in light of the... — Updated 12/28/2022

I am a part of the Fountain Valley News family. I joined the family in 1988, after asking then FFCHS head football coach Mitch Johnson if there was anything I could do to help. He... — Updated 12/28/2022

BASKETBALL FOUNTAIN-FORT CARSON (FFCHS) GIRLS The Lady Trojans won 70-61 when they played against Democracy Prep Agassi Campus last Tuesday (Dec. 20), won 66-54 when they played... — Updated 12/28/2022

FFCHS Football players sign with their... — Updated 12/28/2022

As of now, for the first time in 50 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs is opening up enrollment in Veterans Affairs Life Insurance, aka VALife. Veterans who are age 80 or... — Updated 12/28/2022

PACIFIC OCEAN - U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Allen Kirkpatrick, from Colorado Springs, updates medical readiness reports aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on... — Updated 12/28/2022

SPC Austin Wines, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, was named Soldier of the Year, and Staff Sgt. Jesus Tapia, 68th... — Updated 12/28/2022

Over the years we have covered some of the Fountain Valley's happiest moments as well as its worst tragedies – and many things in between. Here we are highlighting some of those... — Updated 12/28/2022

In September this newspaper reported on the diminishing water level in the southern pond at Willow Springs Ponds, located west of Hwy. 85-87 and south of Mesa Ridge Parkway. Area... — Updated 12/28/2022

Hi folks, sometimes lines get crossed (there are many lines leading to these articles) and we might leave off a dog or offer one that, by print, has been adopted. So please check... — Updated 12/27/2022

Recently a concerned citizen came to the Fountain Valley News to report that the American Flag at the Fountain Valley Veterans Memorial has been flying without lighting at night... — Updated 12/28/2022

It is with great sorrow that I write this tribute to the Fountain Valley News. It breaks my heart that the paper is ceasing publication after being published every Wednesday for... — Updated 12/28/2022

On Aug. 24, 2021, John Williams of Come On In, Inc. presented the Fountain Valley News' staff with the President's Lifetime Achievement Award for their dedicated service to the... — Updated 12/28/2022

Thousands of our readers' beloved pets have been featured on our pages over the years, many of them as a guest weather pet for the weekly forecast section. There were a few more... — Updated 12/28/2022

Over the last several months, this newspaper has featured the adventures of Tyrone the Great Dane who helps his human deliver papers to local businesses each Wednesday. Later, his... — Updated 12/28/2022

Perhaps because it is so very personal to me (and our staff), I/we are feeling this deeper than most will. But I truly don't think many in our community fully realize what they are... — Updated 12/28/2022

Last week when the Fountain City Council presented the Fountain Valley News with a Spirit of Fountain award, I explained to members of the council and audience that I was not... — Updated 12/28/2022

Good day, everyone. I hope all enjoyed a great Christmas and that 2023 brings you a wonderful year. I want to take this last column to thank Fountain Valley News for all their... — Updated 12/28/2022

Here we are... The final episode. The finale'. And I have nothing, the words just are not flowing. How does one say goodbye? It hurts, and so we avoid doing it. In this case no one... — Updated 12/28/2022

The City of Fountain is hosting a free Christmas tree drop-off and disposal site at the Fountain Recycling Center from now until the end of January. Please remove all lights and... — Updated 12/28/2022

Watch local community leaders take the stage and strut their stuff to raise money for Fountain Valley Scholars at the second Thrift Fashion Show on Feb. 4, 2023. Funds go toward... — Updated 12/28/2022

In this final edition, I'd like to share some of my favorite wildlife photos that have been featured in this newspaper. My career at this newspaper began in 1994 when my husband... — Updated 12/28/2022

In Loving Memory of Louise Alyda Schutte Leechman January 30, 1922 - December 20, 2022 Louise Alyda Schutte Leechman died peacefully on the morning of December 20, 2022, with her... — Updated 12/27/2022

In Loving Memory of Norma Jean Owen March 12, 1937 - December 21, 2022 Norma Jean (Granger) Owen, 85, has gone to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Heaven on Dec. 21,... — Updated 12/27/2022

Staff and volunteers in Widefield School District 3 traveled throughout the district last week to collect toys that had been donated, including at Security Fire above and Security... — Updated 12/28/2022