Author: Ellie Mulder, The Gazette
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New top general takes command at Colorado’s Fort Carson
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COLORADO SPRINGS – The new top general at Fort Carson said that in nearly 30 years in the Army, he has come to prioritize “continuing to learn at every level.” “People sometimes think as you continue through your career that you’ve mastered it all and you need to stop learning, but I can tell you, it…
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Marcy and Bruce Benson named National Western Stock Show’s 2020 Citizens of the West
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The National Western Stock Show has named Marcy and Bruce Benson its 2020 Citizens of the West. The award honors “community leaders who exemplify the spirit and determination of a western pioneer,” the stock show says. The first Citizen of the West award was given in 1978 to Robert “Red” Fenwick, a “cowboy reporter” who…
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Former Colorado Springs councilwoman’s charge of hurling knives at husband dropped
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Prosecutors dropped felony charges Tuesday against former Colorado Springs Councilwoman Lisa Czelatdko, saying they had “no reasonable likelihood” of proving that she hurled knives at her husband in their Broadmoor Bluffs home. “For eight months, Lisa has been living with this nightmare that has taken a toll on her and her children, emotionally, physically and…
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Some Latinos in Colorado feel unsafe, heartbroken in wake of El Paso shooting, ICE raids
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Last week’s massacre at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart and immigration raids in Mississippi have some Hispanics in Colorado feeling increasingly unsafe in the country they call home. “Certainly, the past week has put people on edge – and with good reason,” said Eric Pavri, an immigration attorney for the Catholic Charities of Central Colorado.…
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First Air Force Academy grads usher newest cadets into the Long Blue Line
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Members of the Air Force Academy’s Class of 1959 – its first graduating class – ushered the newest crop of cadets across the academy’s Challenge Bridge on Thursday in a symbolic passing from their civilian pasts to their military futures. The basic cadets, who marched back Wednesday from Jacks Valley, a 3,300-acre training area on…
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Fort Carson celebrates National Pride Month with LGBTQ soldiers
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Transgender Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik recently had to explain to her 7-year-old son why she spends so much time advocating for LGBTQ people in the military. “I got down on a knee and looked him in the eye and told him this: ‘Some people don’t think that people like me should exist. Some people don’t…
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Colorado ranked among 10 best states by U.S. News & World Report
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Colorado was named the 10th best state by U.S. News & World Report for the second year in a row, nabbing the No. 1 spot for its economy and the No. 8 spot for its infrastructure. Results were mixed in other categories, though. Colorado was deemed 31st in natural environment, 29th in crime/corrections and in…
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Sheriff: El Paso County prepared to challenge red-flag gun control bill
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El Paso County – home to Colorado Springs and more than 45,500 concealed-carry permits – plans to sue if a red-flag gun bill making its way through the Legislature becomes law, Sheriff Bill Elder said Thursday. The county commissioners will vote Tuesday on a resolution declaring the county a “Second Amendment preservation county.” Several other…
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Colorado sells $6 billion of pot in four years, adult usage tops national average
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Colorado adults’ use of marijuana now greatly exceeds the national average, and the state raked in more than $6 billion from pot products since 2014. The number of Colorado adults who said they used pot in the previous 30 days increased from 13.6 percent in 2016 to 15.5 percent in 2017, well above the national…
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Ex-Colorado city official accused of hurling knives at husband
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A former Colorado Springs city councilwoman is accused of hurling knives at her husband of 22 years while screaming, “I wish you were dead, I want to kill you,” court documents show. Lisa Czelatdko, 48, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of second-degree assault and menacing, both felonies, and criminal mischief under $300 and menacing, both…
