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Mayor John Suthers’ son-in-law suffers serious brain injury after Denver traffic crash
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Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers’ son-in-law was in critical condition Tuesday after a stolen vehicle fleeing Denver police struck the Uber he was riding in, killing its driver. Mark Karla, 45, was at Denver Health Medical Center with “serious brain injuries,” Suthers said, after a hit-and-run accident about 1 a.m. Sunday. Karla had attended a…
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Colorado Springs may ask residents to forgo TABOR refund to fix parks
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Chipping away at a $100 million parks maintenance backlog and repairing Colorado Springs’ roadways are among the highest priorities for the coming year, city officials said Wednesday. The conversation at a joint meeting headed by City Council members and Mayor John Suthers quickly turned to how to ask voters in November to allow the city…
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Colorado Springs mayor and at-large council members take oaths of office
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Right hands in the air and looking to the horizon, Colorado Springs’ mayor and two at-large council members reclaimed their offices Tuesday morning while a third council member was sworn in for the first time. “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s fitting that we meet today in front of one of our community’s most historic buildings,” Mayor…
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A Colorado county’s sheriff’s office opts to enforce immigration laws
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Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell is doubling down on efforts to enforce immigration laws as border crossings have become a hot issue in national politics. Mikesell has signed an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, that will allow two members of his staff to be trained to interrogate suspected undocumented migrants…
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Anti-immigration group sues Colorado Springs over mayor’s opposition to conference
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An anti-immigration group is suing Colorado Springs for $1 million, claiming the mayor’s public opposition violated its constitutional rights by leading to Cheyenne Mountain Resort canceling a planned three-day conference last year. VDARE argued in the lawsuit, filed last month in U.S. District Court in Denver, that the city violated its First Amendment rights of…
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Manitou Springs could add recreational marijuana shops
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Manitou Springs will explore whether to double the recreational pot shops it allows in town, the City Council decided Tuesday night. The Southern Colorado Cannabis Council asked city officials to increase the shop limit from two to four, and council members agreed to gauge whether residents support that idea. Jason Warf, executive director of the…
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City Council bans RVs from Colorado Springs streets
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A split City Council banned the parking of recreational vehicles on Colorado Springs streets Tuesday in an effort to unclog roadways and reduce waste dumped into waterways. The 4-to-3 vote came at the request of police, who say they often get complaints about parked RVs and trash and human waste that sometimes is near them.…
