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Goats help Colorado Springs property owners with fire mitigation
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A herd of hungry firefighters is getting antsy in a trailer off Old Ranch Road in northern Colorado Springs. It’s mid-morning, and more than 40 goats are backed up to a 5-acre lot lush with weeds, grass, yucca and scrub oak – a scrumptious buffet for goats, but worrisome fire fuel for homeowners. Kimberly Jones,…
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Pikes Pick: New platform helps aspiring creators connect with professionals for advice
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This is for those among us who fantasize about a life in the spotlight. Protégé helps connect blossoming artists, athletes, creators and more with industry experts who can provide feedback and advice. Amateurs can select from the marketplace of professionals, such as DJ Khaled, Jason Alexander and Myah Marie, a songwriter for Britney Spears, then…
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Colorado Springs arts leader to head up Denver nonprofit
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Arts leader Daisy McGowan will leave her perch at the end of the year as director of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art to head up a Denver-based arts nonprofit. Beginning Jan. 3, she’ll act as executive director of Think 360 Arts for Learning, a 60-year-old organization that seeks to bring…
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Eating disorders in Colorado teens, young adults rose during pandemic
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As the pandemic enveloped the globe in 2020, Emma Warford used her newly acquired free time to laser in on a destructive hobby – scrutinizing her caloric intake. Over the course of the next year that obsession, coupled with stressful activities, such as taking advanced placement and college classes, having a job and extracurricular hobbies,…
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Colorado Springs native first woman to bomb ISIS from Navy’s Super Hornet
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Caroline Johnson remembers clearly the day she dropped bombs on ISIS. It was Aug. 9, 2014. She and her naval unit were at Mount Sinjar in Iraq when they detected two armored personnel carriers and a humvee shooting fireballs through a village, causing men, women and children to run for their lives. Overhead drones confirmed…
