Author: STEPHANIE EARLS

A deadly force we can’t see or fully comprehend is threatening us, our loved ones and life as we know it. No one knows how to defeat it, when it will end, or how bad things will get. Biologically speaking, a fear response makes perfect sense. “Anytime someone perceives a risk to themselves or that…

In the wake of a series of sex abuse revelations, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has agreed to provide an annual budget to help support its council of volunteers who serve as the main advocates for athletes’ rights and concerns. Under the deal announced last week, the Colorado Springs-based USOPC will allocate $525,000 this…

During the lucid moments, when she was out of meds and walking the streets of Colorado Springs for days and nights on end, too afraid to sleep, Cait Pfeifer would often ponder the seemingly random domino fall that brought her down. Born to a solidly middle-class family, she’d had a healthy childhood and “incredible, loving…