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Sex assaults on women at Air Force Academy increasing, Pentagon report says
The number of women who faced unwanted sexual contact jumped last year at the Air Force Academy, following a trend that included West Point and Annapolis. The jump was documented in a new Pentagon report released Thursday. For the academic year that ended in 2018, 15 percent of academy women reported unwanted sexual contact, up…
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I-25 ‘Gap’ construction hits snag
Drivers will have to brave construction zones in the Interstate 25 “Gap” between Monument and Castle Rock until 2022 instead of late 2021, state transportation officials said Tuesday. Widening of the roughly 18-mile stretch will take longer than expected due to unforeseen problems with aging pavement, said Tamara Rollison, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department…
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A Colorado county’s sheriff’s office opts to enforce immigration laws
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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Polis visits Colorado Springs to promote his No. 1 priority
Seventeen days into his new job, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis stopped by two Colorado Springs elementary schools Friday to promote one of his campaign promises and now his No. 1 priority: state funding for full-day kindergarten in public schools. Polis toured Trailblazer Elementary in Colorado Springs School District 11 and Cheyenne Elementary School in Cheyenne…
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Ex-Colorado city official accused of hurling knives at husband
A former Colorado Springs city councilwoman is accused of hurling knives at her husband of 22 years while screaming, “I wish you were dead, I want to kill you,” court documents show. Lisa Czelatdko, 48, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of second-degree assault and menacing, both felonies, and criminal mischief under $300 and menacing, both…
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Teller County residents rally to keep free artesian well from being closed by the state
TELLER COUNTY ? A grassroots effort to save a free artesian well off the side of the road at Gillette Flats from being closed by the state’s water division is becoming an official movement. A small group of Teller County residents met in Cripple Creek during Friday’s snowstorm and decided to form a nonprofit association,…
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Colorado’s craft brewers facing a dry spell because of the government shutdown
Paradox Beer Company on Thursday debuted its Maple Manhattan, a cocktail-inspired brew aged in maple wood barrels with maple syrup and Italian amarena cherries. But customers in the 17 other states to which the brewery ships its beers will have to wait to taste the new beer because of hangups related to the federal government…
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Advocates: Martin Luther King Jr. Day a time to reflect on state of civil rights
If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he might be at the U.S.-Mexico border. Or the civil rights icon might be urging politicians to reopen the federal government. “I think he would be just as active today as he was when he was assassinated,” said Stephany Rose Spaulding, an associate professor of women’s and…
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Colorado ‘Dreamer’ avoided jail, but not ICE’s long reach
Days after being spared prison for a deadly drunken-driving crash, a “Dreamer” – an undocumented immigrant brought to the U.S. as a child – was arrested Wednesday in Colorado Springs by federal immigration authorities intent on deporting him. Now, supporters of Oscar Guerrero-Olivares, 30, want to know why he became a target for U.S. Immigration…
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Colorado’s crucial spring runoff expected to be below average due to 2018 drought
Colorado’s spring runoff is expected to take a hit as the impacts of last year’s drought linger. A forecast published this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls for much-below-average – 50 percent to 70 percent – to below-average – 70 percent to 90 percent – spring runoff across most basins in Colorado.…