Author: by Jakob Rodgers, The Gazette
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Colorado city’s library hires social worker to help homeless visitors
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Alicia Kwande works in a Colorado Springs library, but she isn’t here to talk about overdue books. She doesn’t care if “Turtle,” the woman standing in front of her, is watching a movie, eating lunch or just relaxing in a chair inside the Penrose Library, whiling away the hours before she has to return to…
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Residents in 3 Colo. towns carry toxic chemicals, blood tests show
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Many Security, Widefield and Fountain residents have extremely high levels of toxic chemicals in their bodies compared with other Americans, apparently from drinking water contaminated by firefighting foam used for decades at Peterson Air Force Base, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Thursday. The Colorado School of Public Health and the Colorado School of Mines…
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Colorado Springs considers banning RVs from city streets, raising concerns among homeless advocates
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COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado Springs police want the City Council to send a message to people living in recreational vehicles parked across the city: find an RV park or leave town. At the request of police commanders, the council is considering banning RVs from being parked on any street in the city, lest their owners…
