Author: STEPHANIE EARLS
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Club Q victim Raymond Green Vance: ‘Kind, selfless’ man was ready for next step in life
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Raymond Green Vance, 22, was at Club Q with his longtime girlfriend, her parents and a group of friends on Saturday night when a heavily armed gunman opened fire inside the Colorado Springs nightclub. Vance was one of five people killed in the brief but horrific shooting rampage that injured more than a dozen. “Raymond…
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Once a GOP gimme, race for Colorado Springs’ HD 16 has Dems feeling hopeful
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When Stephanie Vigil took her first swing at a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives two years ago, she realized she probably didn’t have enough of the home team on her side – yet. Like much of Colorado, House District 16’s biggest group of voters identified as “unaffiliated,” but HD 16 hadn’t sent a Democrat…
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107-year-old Harold Nelson, thought to be Colorado’s oldest WWII vet, receives Silver Star
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First Sargeant Harold Nelson, 107, of Aurora is awarded the Silver Star by Maj. Gen. Charles D. Costanza. Nelson is believed to be Colorado’s oldest World War II veteran and was given the award for “gallantry in action.” After decades spent fighting to receive the Silver Star Medal he earned for gallantry during combat in…
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Air Force Academy’s ‘Mom/dad’ controversy draws renewed attention to a modern, military-wide debate
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The “woke wars” that have been raging in U.S. culture for the past few years have now arrived full force in military academies, as evidenced by the recent controversy over a diversity and inclusion briefing at the Air Force Academy – and the academy’s defense of the program. Academy officials say such diversity training is…
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As Space Command relocation decision looms, Colorado lawmakers make final plea
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The Department of the Air Force hasn’t yet issued its final word on the location of U.S. Space Command headquarters – a decision that will determine whether the base remains at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs or moves to Huntsville, Ala. – but a decision is coming. ETA, fall 2022. Two recently completed federal…
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OK to say ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad?’ Air Force Academy says inclusive language controversy is overblown
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The U.S. Air Force Academy is pushing back after recent reports accusing it of overly “woke” policies that bar cadets from using “gender-specific terms” such as Mom or Dad, boyfriend or girlfriend. An informational slide on “inclusive language,” included as part of a recent employee diversity seminar, was intended to demonstrate how “respect for others…
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Drought, warming, punish Colorado River, push mega-fires onto the basin
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Historic drought and low-runoff conditions have impacted the Colorado River Basin for several decades, robbing the area of moisture and priming the land for wildfires. In October of 2020, the East Troublesome spread through Grand County, devastating the drought-stricken terrain with a speed and ferocity no one in Colorado had seen before. As the fire grew,…
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GAO final report on U.S. Space Command released: What’s next?
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Colorado lawmakers now have two federal reviews confirming “fundamental flaws” in the process that led to the awarding of U.S. Space Command to Alabama, and that the decision defied the recommendation of top military brass, who preferred the headquarters remain in Colorado Springs. They hope the findings, by the Government Accountability Office and the federal…
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GAO releases full report on U.S. Space Command relocation from Colorado Springs
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A Trump administration decision to uproot U.S. Space Command and move it to Alabama lacked credibility and transparency, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report released Thursday. The GAO findings confirm what congressional insiders who’d gotten an early look at the report told The Gazette in April – as well as exclusive reporting by the…
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Air Force Academy cadets who refused vaccine, and were denied waiver, could face expulsion
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After their requests for religion-based exemptions to a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate were denied by the U.S. Air Force Academy, more than a dozen of the school’s cadets remain in limbo and face “administrative separation,” an action that could effectively “fire” them from the military, add a letter of reprimand to their files, and –…