Author: Stephanie Earls
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What’s next after Trump’s gender executive order? Colorado Springs counselor, Focus on the Family speak out
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Millions of Americans awoke last Tuesday to a nation that no longer recognizes their chosen identity on official documents. With the scrawl of a pen on his first day back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump made good on a campaign promise to roll back protections and social and policy advancements for transgender, nonbinary…
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‘Impossible to fully grieve:’ A year after the gruesome Return to Nature discovery, the pain remains
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By a shaded swoop of sidewalk in Colorado Springs’ Bear Creek Park, where the drone of nearby traffic disappears under the burble of brook and rustle of leaves, is a tranquil, unfinished, memorial honoring the victims of one of the most gruesome crimes ever to rock the American funeral industry. The small plaque affixed to the…
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‘It’s disgusting’: Nearly $1 billion judgment against Return to Nature Funeral Home a hollow victory
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A class-action lawsuit against the Return to Nature Funeral Home resulted in a judgment of nearly $1 billion, an attorney representing the victims confirmed Monday. The funeral home about 35 miles southwest of Colorado Springs came under a multi-agency investigation in October after reports of a complaint about a foul odor in the area. Investigators…
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Return to Nature purgatory: At least 989 families remain without answers
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In the days after her 33-year-old son, Zach, died in July, 2020, Heather DeWolf started taking a new route to and from work so she could slow-roll by the Colorado Springs funeral home that was handling his final arrangements. She knew the oldest of her three boys, an aspiring author and stand-up comic who favored…