Author: Ellie Mulder, The Gazette
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Colo. community fires town manager, reappoints town clerk
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MONUMENT – Town Manager Chris Lowe was fired Monday night in a unanimous vote by this north El Paso County town’s six trustees after they spent more than three hours in executive session. Lowe had been suspended in early February, placed on paid administrative leave for two weeks. But that suspension was extended for months…
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Colorado’s oldest daily newspaper being sold
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The Pueblo Chieftain, the oldest daily newspaper in Colorado, is being sold to GateHouse Media, “one of the largest publishers of locally based media in the United States,” says a Tuesday news release from Managing Editor Steve Henson. Terms of the agreement between Star-Journal Publishing Corp. of Pueblo and GateHouse were not disclosed, but the…
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Colorado Springs school district cancels classes in anticipation of teachers attending rally
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Colorado Springs School District 11 will be closed April 27 “in anticipation of high levels of teacher participation at a rally in Denver,” Superintendent Nicholas Gledich said in a statement. The cancellation of school is necessary because the district doesn’t have “enough substitute teachers or administrators to cover the projected number of teacher absences,” the statement…
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El Paso County declares disaster, urges state to take command of defiant, wind-fueled blaze
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El Paso County signed a disaster declaration Tuesday night and is urging the state to take command of a wind-fueled blaze that started along Interstate 25 in the southern part of the county, burned at least 10 structures, including homes, and prompted mandatory evacuations of about 300 residents and multiple rescues. The so-called 117 fire,…
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Colorado Springs-led group raising funds to try to buy The Denver Post
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COLORADO SPRINGS – A local group led by the owner of the Colorado Springs Independent and the Colorado Springs Business Journal is attempting to raise money to buy the beleaguered Denver Post, with investors pledging $10 million so far. John Weiss, the chairman of Together for Colorado Springs, confirmed his interest in putting together a…
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Colorado Springs debate pits conservative Brexit architect against former Mexican president
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COLORADO SPRINGS – The birthday cake presented to Nigel Farage on Tuesday night symbolized his chief political victory. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. BREXIT!” it said. One slice decorated with the British flag had been removed and said simply “LEAVE.” Farage, considered the architect of Brexit, debated former Mexican President Vicente Fox at the University of Colorado…
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El Paso County deputy’s widow: Faith keeps family going
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Just weeks before her husband was fatally shot in the line of duty, Rachael Flick said, they were talking about the New Year’s Eve slaying of Douglas County sheriff’s Deputy Zackari Parrish. “My heart hurt, but the reality of it is that you kind of go, ‘I can’t think about that – I can’t think…
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9News anchor Kim Christiansen, sports announcer Alan Roach aboard as DIA train voices
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Denver sports announcer Alan Roach will continue his decadelong reign as the voice of Denver International Airport’s train, joined by KUSA 9News anchor Kim Christiansen. More than 75,000 votes determined whose voice would best welcome travelers onto the train that serves its terminal and concourses, an airport news release says. Roach and former 9News anchor…
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Colorado No. 1 for economy, No. 10 overall, report says
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Colorado has the nation’s best economy, but it’s only the 10th-best state overall because of middling grades on crime and corrections, education, opportunity and fiscal stability, says a study released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report. The state’s first-place economy ranking was influenced by growth, employment and business environment. “It’s something that we, as…
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Call in Wednesday to ask questions, learn more about CDOT plan to the I-25 ‘Gap’ with toll lanes
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El Paso County residents can call in to a telephone town hall Wednesday night to ask about the widening of the Interstate 25 “Gap,” the Colorado Department of Transportation said. To hear an update on the project – which would widen the 18-mile stretch from Monument to Castle Rock from two to three lanes in…
