Author: Debbie Kelley, The Gazette
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Colorado Springs homeless family shelter to close half its beds as need surges
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The annual Point in Time headcount of El Paso County’s homeless population taken one frigid night in January showed a large and record-high jump in numbers this year, leading to the conclusion that the community needs more emergency shelter beds. But, facing a more than $1 million budget shortfall, one key provider says it has no choice but…
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Developer of affordable tiny homes for young adults in Colorado Springs needs help
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Stalled by the domino effect of delayed or no-show grants from state and federal coffers, the organization behind affordable tiny homes for low-wage essential workers and young adults exiting homelessness hopes the community will come through with donations. We Fortify, a nonprofit land developer and “social impact community builder” has launched a $6.2 million capital…
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More Colorado victims of alleged sexual abuse by Catholic clergy file compensation claims
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Sixteen more victims of alleged sexual abuse by priests in Colorado’s three Roman Catholic dioceses have come forward since the Oct. 23 release of an independent report detailing substantiated accounts of at least 166 children who were harmed by 43 priests, according to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Among those now seeking compensation is an…
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Polis gets schooled on Colorado Springs high school’s innovative education, new scholarship program
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COLORADO SPRINGS – As one of seven student ambassadors selected to show Gov. Jared Polis around Harrison High school Tuesday, senior Jarrett Morris wanted Colorado’s leader to know that the stereotypes about his school are false. “I want the governor to see even though we’re not on the prettiest side of Colorado Springs and we’re…
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Cripple Creek school board recall signifies need for change, members say
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Sometimes you can get by with replacing an alternator or a starter, but in the end, what the truck really needs is a new engine. Retired art teacher Mary Bielz says it’s an apt analogy for the Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1 board. With all five seats up for grabs on the Nov. 5 ballot,…
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DeGette: Now as 100 years ago, women raise their voices, Denver congresswoman says at college event
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While it might be hard for Colorado College students to imagine a time when American women couldn’t vote, serve in Congress, own property or become doctors, as was true in the 1800s, some remember the 2011 milestone when a ladies’ bathroom opened near the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Arielle Gordon, who will…
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Safe2Tell founder brings expertise in safety and security back to Colorado Springs schools
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A former Colorado Springs police officer who started a statewide hotline for reporting threats and unsafe conditions at school, at home and in the community has her boots back on the ground. Susan Payne, who founded Safe2Tell, which is now being replicated in other states, is working as Cheyenne Mountain School District 12’s first director of…
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Michelle Malkin, the conservative pundit of El Paso County, isn’t going silent
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The day the self-described “little brown woman with a big mouth” wakes up and no longer has anything to say is the day national political commentator Michelle Malkin will stop spouting her views. That day hasn’t come for 48-year-old Malkin, who moved from outside Washington, D.C., to the Colorado Springs area in 2008. “After 25…
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A Colorado school board calls for challenge to state’s new sex-ed law
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Monument’s school board is calling for an investigation into Colorado’s new sex-education law, claiming it violates the state constitution’s provisions protecting school districts’ rights of local control. A resolution the five-member Lewis-Palmer School District 38 board passed this week requests “that the Colorado Association of School Boards fully investigate a constitutional challenge to HB 19-1032…
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Betsy DeVos protest filled with vulgar signs, foul language in Colorado Springs, attendees say
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Children and adults holding vulgar signs, yelling obscenities and making nasty gestures Wednesday outside a private pro-school choice luncheon featuring U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos raised the ire of some who witnessed the demonstration. “I thought it was unbelievable,” said professor Josh Dunn, chairman of the political science department and director of the Center…
