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El Paso County Coroner warns of drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl
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A person who died in August in Colorado Springs is the first known instance in El Paso County of a case involving carfentanil without fentanyl, according to a news release by the county’s coroner. Carfentanil is a powerful synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals like elephants. The drug is 100 times more potent than…
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Election officials praise ballot scanner accuracy, El Paso County residents call for hand recounts
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Following disputed claims that El Paso County’s ballot tabulation equipment failed logic and accuracy testing ahead of recounts of four GOP primary election races, and amid two related lawsuits leveled at the county clerk and Colorado secretary of state, a handful of residents urged commissioners Tuesday to insist on hand recounts. But several Colorado election…
