Author: ESTEBAN CANDELARIA
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El Paso County sheriff’s candidate decides to ‘step away gracefully,’ files for state House seat instead
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Karl Dent, who registered last year as a candidate in the running for El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder’s position in the 2022 election, withdrew from the race Wednesday and filed a campaign to represent Colorado House of Representatives District 21 instead. Dent said the reasons for his decision to “step away gracefully” from the…
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Federal judge tosses case against city of Colorado Springs, police department, District Attorney’s Office alleging rights violations
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit early this month filed by a Colorado Springs church alleging selective law enforcement and religious freedom violations by the city, its police department, the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, and officials and officers in those departments. In a ruling handed down Feb. 4, United States District Judge William Martínez…
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DA’s second-in-command among five resignations in January, 38 since beginning of 2021
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The Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office second-in-command, Assistant District Attorney Martha McKinney, resigned her position and was placed on administrative leave a year after she was named to the post. She was one of five attorneys who left the office last month following an exodus of 33 attorneys, or more than 37% of the office…
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Attorney general accuses Colorado Springs-based business of unlicensed "notario" legal services
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Colorado’s attorney general is seeking a court order to stop a Colorado Springs-based business from offering immigration and family legal services without being properly licensed, the office announced in a Thursday press release. In a complaint filed Thursday morning, attorneys for the attorney general’s office alleged that One Connection LLC, advertised in court records as…
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Colorado Department of Corrections halts in-person visitation over omicron, staffing concerns
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People incarcerated in a state correctional facility won’t be able to visit their families or friends in person for at least the next two weeks effective Tuesday, according to a announcement from the Colorado Department of Corrections. Due to the “highly contagious nature” of the omicron variant, along with staff shortages arising from COVID-19 and…
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Colorado’s jury selection process: Does ‘implicit’ bias create injustice?
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In 1985, James Batson, still smarting from a failed appeal in the Kentucky Supreme Court bidding to overturn burglary and stolen goods convictions, brought his case to the United States Supreme Court. He alleged that his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights had been violated by a Kentucky prosecutor. During the jury selection process, Batson and…
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El Paso County judge set to retire, leaving open seat on bench
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The search is on to fill the seat of an El Paso County judge set to retire, the Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission announced Monday. County judge Doug Miles, who served 11 years on the bench, is set to retire on Feb. 27, prompting a search for a new judge to fill his seat, the…
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Colorado Springs school district completes investigation into taped mask claims
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Teachers in a Colorado Springs school district told students to tape masks to their faces, according to results released Tuesday of an investigation by district staff. In a Monday night meeting with more than 75 members of families of students attending Chinook Trail Middle School, Academy District 20 staff announced that while teachers themselves had not taped masks…
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Masks required for everyone in residential care facilities, regardless of vaccinations
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Among a statewide surge in delta variant cases, as well as in an updated pandemic guidance throughout the state, the state health department again updated guidelines for residential care facilities on Tuesday. Now, staff, visitors, and residents will universally need to wear masks, regardless of their vaccination statuses, the Colorado Department of Public Health and…
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Amache national historic site bill passes U.S. House, heads to Senate
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Camp Amache, a Japanese American incarceration camp that imprisoned over 7,000 in southeast Colorado, took one step closer to becoming a national park Thursday. The Amache National Historic Site Act, a bipartisan effort to preserve and learn from the legacy of the notorious incarceration camp, was overwhelmingly passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on…
