Author: Chhun Sun
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A look at Colorado Springs during the 1918 flu pandemic through Gazette front pages, other historic documents
What was it like living in Colorado Springs during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic? Back then, news didn’t travel as fast. You couldn’t simply look at a handheld device to get the latest information. Back then, many people relied on newspapers. This was certainly the case in the Pikes Peak region, where they looked at…
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USA wrestling releases recommendations on how to ‘Return to the Mat’
As America continues to make its shift back to normalcy from the COVID-19 pandemic, USA Wrestling released Friday a “how to” guide to returning to the mat. The document is an effort by the organization to help assist local wrestling communities with the decision to resume wrestling activity. With the help of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic…
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BEST AND BRIGHTEST: A sense of community shaped outstanding scholar
This is the 18th of a series of 20 profiles of The Gazette’s Best and Brightest Class of 2020. Max Lantz’s achievements include being named a National Merit Scholar finalist and a Presidential Scholar candidate while boasting a 4.42 GPA, but the Lewis-Palmer High senior’s most defining moment has little to do with education. At…
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Best and Brightest: Despite transitions, student has succeeded
This is the 14th of a series of 20 profiles of The Gazette’s Best and Brightest Class of 2020. Parmida Mahdavi’s path to being a standout student at Air Academy High School was not a typical one. She and her family immigrated to the United States from Iran. When peers caught wind of her upbringing,…
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Face masks during 1918 flu pandemic? Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum has proof
Editor’s note: The story has been updated to reflect the Loomis family photo was taken in La Jolla, Calif., not Colorado Springs. In a black-and-white photograph, two barefooted children standing in the dirt road are wearing face masks. It was taken more than 100 years ago. On Monday, the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Facebook page…
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Best and Brightest: Student’s analytical thinking puts things in perspective
This is the seventh in a series of profiles of The Gazette’s Best and Brightest Class of 2020. Trevor Gard remembers the color of the wall, the number of light bulbs above his head and the nerves he felt coursing through his body. His hosts didn’t speak English. But in his limited Spanish, he was…
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Two Saturday morning structure fires in Colorado Springs under investigation
Two fires that erupted Saturday morning in Colorado Springs are under investigation, police said. Both fires took place in an unoccupied or abandoned structure with no injuries reported. Just before 3 a.m. Saturday, officers were called to 555 Cougar Bluff Point near Broadmoor Bluffs on the city’s south side to assist the Colorado Springs Fire…
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Friday Faceoff: Substitute ‘sports’ during the coronavirus pandemic
Brandon Buchmeier’s take: Substitute ‘sports’ have sticking potential In our current sports desert, we are all seeing mirages. Desperate for water, we are finding things to quench our thirst such as H-O-R-S-E games and video game tournaments and races. Are these things pathetic attempts at satiating our hunger for competition, to fill the void football,…
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Sunny skies, warm weather expected during Air Force graduation before chance of rain
Saturday’s forecast during the Air Force Academy graduation calls for mostly sunny skies with a high of 60 degrees, forecasters say. The weather will likely remain dry during the flyover of the Thunderbirds. Colorado Springs is forecast to see a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in…
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Free little libraries in Colorado Springs becoming source of entertainment, refuge more than ever
Those free little libraries sitting in front of houses are becoming more than just cute, colorful fixtures in neighborhoods across Colorado Springs. They’re becoming a go-to spot to pick up something to read or drop off a can of green beans for those who might need it during the coronavirus pandemic. Heather Briggs and her…