Author: Abigail Censky, The Gazette

COLORADO SPRINGS – There was no empty chair on the stage at Saturday’s “empty chair” Town Hall for Our Lives. Instead, lifesize cardboard cutouts of Rep. Doug Lamborn and Sen. Cory Gardner were propped behind the eight panelists. Colorado State House Rep. Larry Liston, Republican, was the only elected official there; the other seven panelists…

Seated across from “Old Crow,” the P-51 Mustang fighter he flew in World War II, retired Air Force Col. Clarence “Bud” Anderson on Saturday accepted Congress’ official recognition on behalf of the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs. Anderson, 96, who flew 116 combat missions escorting heavy bombers during the war,…

Arming teachers, as suggested by President Donald Trump and the gun-rights lobbyist National Rifle Association, isn’t new in the Pikes Peak region. The board of Hanover School District 28 in southeast El Paso County voted 3-2 more than a year ago to let teachers and other staff trained to handle firearms in stressful situations carry…