Author: The Gazette
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Gazette to cohost mayoral runoff debate April 30
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With the May 16 runoff election for Colorado Springs mayor approaching fast, The Gazette is cohosting a televised debate between candidates Yemi Mobolade and Wayne Williams on April 30. The Gazette is teaming up with KOAA News 5, the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC and El Pomar Foundation’s Forum for Civic Advancement as hosts of…
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Colorado ranks No. 32 in CDC’s recommended vaccine shots for youngest children
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Treating diseases that vaccines could have prevented cost Colorado $13 billion over two years, according to a new report. From 2020 to 2021, Colorado saw 420,000 hospitalizations and emergency department visits for “vaccine-preventable diseases,” such as like measles, flu and whooping cough, according to the report from Children’s Hospital Colorado and Immunize Colorado. New CU…
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U.S. Northern Command’s top general answers questions about suspected Chinese spy balloon
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U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, based in Colorado Springs as commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, took questions last week at the Pentagon about the suspected Chinese spy balloon that Northern Command shot down off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. The…
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Half of Coloradans rate highways unsafe, state troopers score high
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Half of Coloradans rate the state’s highways unsafe, even as they gave relatively high marks to Colorado State Patrol troopers for professionalism. A significant majority also said state patrol officers treated them with respect. These were among the highlights of the 2022 Colorado State Patrol Public Opinion Survey, which questioned more than 2,000 people – many…
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Governor orders flags lowered to honor National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. In proclamation from the governor reads: On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we honor the memories of the 2,403 service members and civilians whose lives were cut short on that tragic December morning. We…
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Club Q resources and benefit events: How to help and how to give help
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Resources are available to anyone having difficulty dealing with the Club Q shootings or just wanting someone to listen and talk. Also, there are events scheduled in support of the nightclub victims. ? GoFundMe has 12 verified GoFundMe appeals, including some for specific families, at www.gofundme.com/c/act/colorado-springs-club-q-shooting. ? Good Judy Garage in Denver, an LGBTQ+ business, raised $25,000 in two…
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Advocates call for Club Q donations to be distributed entirely to victims
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Survivors of mass shootings are calling for nonprofit organizations such as the Colorado Healing Fund to distribute all of the money raised in the aftermath of the Club Q attack to victims and families of the shooting. Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers have touted the Colorado Healing Fund as the best…
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Additional vigils scheduled today after Club Q mass shooting
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Vigils continue to be scheduled around Colorado Springs after Saturday’s late-night mass shooting at Club Q that left five dead and 18 injured. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers told multiple media sources that one customer wrangled the gun away from the shooter and hit him with it. A lone suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, was…
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Gov. Polis orders flags flown half-staff after Colorado Springs Club Q shooting
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ordered flags to be lowered at half-staff on all public buildings statewide from sunrise Monday morning until sunset on Nov. 26 to honor and remember victims. Polis said his administration will also be flying the Pride flag at the state Capitol for the next five days. Polis, who is gay, called…
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History of mass shootings in Colorado
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The shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, sadly, is far from the first mass shooting in Colorado. In fact, the shooting comes just a week before the anniversary of the Planning Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs in 2015 that left three dead. Police say five people are dead and 18 injured after the LGBTQ+ nightclub…
