Author: Carol McKinley
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For some Marshall Fire victims, out-of-pocket costs are re-victimization
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The hits just keep coming for Sandy Quiller. The first “punch” landed Dec. 30, 2021, when the Marshall fire fueled by 100 mph wind gusts tore through dry open space grasses adjacent to her Superior townhome and destroyed it. Quiller’s was one of three unlucky buildings, out of 72 in her housing complex, which were…
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Denver Clarion Hotel to become transitional housing for homeless residents
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The horseshoe-shaped Clarion Hotel near the Denver Coliseum in Globeville haunted John Parvensky every time he drove by. It was the perfect place to build the next safe space for Denver’s homeless. “I’d been going up and down I-25 and I-70 and dreaming,” he said. “Wouldn’t it be a nice place to be able to…
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Southwest Airlines cancellation woes last another day Thursday going into holiday weekend
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Denver continued to be a the top of the list for Southwest Airlines cancellations with around 300 into and out of Denver International Airport Thursday. In a Thursday news release which expressed “our deepest apologies,” the company is promising that the backlog will lift by the holiday weekend. In an email, the troubled company said…
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Millions of Southwest passengers experience historic holiday travel debacle
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It’s being dubbed the Southwest Airlines 2022 Holiday Meltdown, and it’s on track to be the worst travel debacle in that industry’s history. The fallout promises to be astronomical, costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars and its reputation – now being known as the airline that left millions of chairs sitting empty at the…
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Club Q suspect celebrated dropped charges with visit to shooting range
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New footage shows Club Q shooter at shooting range day after previous felony case against him dropped When a kidnapping and felony menacing case against the alleged Club Q shooter was dismissed Aug. 11, the 22-year-old’s mother was elated. The next day, Laura Voepel took Anderson Aldrich to a Colorado Springs shooting range to celebrate. “He…
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‘Take my wheelchair,’ Club Q victim tells nurse upon leaving 22-day hospital stay
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Twenty-two days after being shot five times – including one bullet that zipped into and out of her neck – Charlene Slaugh stood up and offered her wheelchair to her favorite nurse. Being wheeled around is not her style. Slaugh, 35, was very nearly fatality No. 6 in Colorado Springs’ Club Q mass shooting Nov. 19.…
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Cause of Marshall fire still undetermined — nearly 1 year later
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New body cam footage shows chaotic moments evacuating path of Marshall Fire The cause of Colorado’s most destructive wildfire won’t be known until early next year, the Boulder County Sheriff announced in a news release Thursday. The Marshall fire tore through unincorporated Boulder County, Superior and Louisville the morning of Dec. 30, 2021, and was…
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Club Q survivors testify before U.S. House committee
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A bartender, the Club Q nightclub founder and a wounded survivor shared real-life horror stories from the Nov. 19 mass shooting in Colorado Springs with the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform Wednesday morning. The panel is investigating the surge of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and violence in America. Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ community has long struggled…
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Insight into the alleged Club Q shooter from his ‘only face-to-face friend’
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Xavier Kraus’ bizarre friendship with a future accused mass shooter started with the most neighborly cliché: a knock on his apartment door for a borrowed cup of sugar. Just over a year later, his life has become a nightmare of attorneys, FBI agents and reporters who are counting on the Colorado Springs resident to fill…
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FBI confirms Gazette report that it received tip in 2021 about Club Q suspect
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday confirmed the agency received information a day before authorities arrested the suspect in the Club Q shooting where five people died, for allegedly threatening family members in 2021. “As part of the assessment, the FBI coordinated with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, which arrested (Anderson) Aldrich on…