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Colorado Springs councilman joins call for independent probe into fatal police shooting
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Colorado Springs City Council chambers overflowed with De’Von Bailey supporters Tuesday demanding an independent investigation into the Aug. 3 fatal police shooting of the 19-year-old black man. Twenty-four residents, including Bailey’s family, church leaders, concerned parents and a student representative from Colorado College, stressed the need for an impartial third party to investigate the shooting…
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Conservative firebrand Gordon Klingenschmitt running for El Paso County commission
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Former state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt, a conservative firebrand, said Friday he hasn’t given up on politics despite a recent defeat. The Colorado Springs Republican said he will seek the District 2 seat on the five-member El Paso County commission in 2020. District 2 encompasses much of eastern Colorado Springs up to the edge of northeastern…
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Lamborn: $8M for space center at Peterson AFB could be diverted to build border wall
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About $8 million for a project at Peterson Air Force Base could be diverted to build President Donald Trump’s border wall that Congress has refused to appropriate money for. The money intended for Peterson is part of the $3.6 billion the Trump administration is taking from Pentagon construction budgets to build a wall along part…
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UCHealth launches $100M initiative to combat Colorado mental health crisis
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Aurora-based UCHealth today announced a sweeping, $100 million initiative to combat the state’s mental health crisis. A $25 million matching donation program could boost support to as much as $150 million, which will be used to embed mental health care professionals in primary care offices, build and expand tele-psychiatry and virtual care and ultimately complete…
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White House ceremony to establish US Space Command in Colorado
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U.S. Space Command will open for business Thursday with a White House ceremony, but a permanent home for the command, now in Colorado Springs, has yet to be announced. President Donald Trump is expected to announce the establishment of the command, which will oversee the efforts of all armed services in defending American satellites, planning…
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High levels of toxic chemicals found in water at Air Force Academy, officials say
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Groundwater at the Air Force Academy is contaminated with the same toxic chemicals polluting a southern El Paso County aquifer, expanding a problem that has cost tens of millions of dollars to address in the Pikes Peak region. Plans are underway to begin testing drinking water wells south of the academy in the Woodmen Valley…
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Colorado disbars ‘respected’ attorney Dennis Hartley over misdeeds
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Dennis Hartley reigned as a top attorney in Colorado Springs for years, defending Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and homegrown murderers including Timothy Nicholls, who killed his three children for an insurance payoff. But this week, the long legal career of Hartley, 77, ends without fanfare, the result of a rare disbarment after a laundry…
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Colorado Springs might require residents, businesses to get bear-resistant trash cans
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COLORADO SPRINGS ? A proposed ordinance that would require bear-resistant trash cans west of Interstate 25 will be discussed during two town halls this month with City Council members. The ordinance could have a financial effect on residents and businesses. But if waste receptacles already are kept in a secured area, the proposed ordinance would…
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Some Latinos in Colorado feel unsafe, heartbroken in wake of El Paso shooting, ICE raids
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Last week’s massacre at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart and immigration raids in Mississippi have some Hispanics in Colorado feeling increasingly unsafe in the country they call home. “Certainly, the past week has put people on edge – and with good reason,” said Eric Pavri, an immigration attorney for the Catholic Charities of Central Colorado.…
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Officials detail plans for Colorado Springs-area transportation projects
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Construction on an interchange at Powers Boulevard and Research Parkway could commence next fall if $40 million is allocated for the project, state transportation officials said Tuesday. The Colorado Department of Transportation has a long list of prospective road projects for rapidly growing El Paso County. But almost everyone agrees: A grade-separated interchange at Powers…
