Author: Joanna Bean
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Tuesday’s high school box scores
Box scores from Tuesday’s high school sports scene from around the Pikes Peak region BASKETBALL High school Boys’ state Class 5a Wednesday’s games, Round of 16 (27) Arapahoe at (11) Fort Collins, 6:30 p.m. (17) Vista Ridge at (1) Eaglecrest, 7 p.m. (15) Rampart at (2)ThunderRidge, 7 p.m. (10) Cherry Creek at (7) Chatfield, 7…
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Covering more tragedy in our community
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was exactly one week ago today that I got the phone call. I was running errands with my daughters, one home from college for Thanksgiving break, the other a high school student. The Gazette’s…
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Why we published the name of the gunman in the Colorado Springs shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Within hours of the first shots fired near downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, the questions began: who was the shooter and why wouldn’t police release his name? By afternoon, this much was known: a gunman…
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Gazette travel: Washington D.C. an ideal place to take teens during summer
The nation’s capital is overrun with strollers in summer. Families with young children navigate the Metro platforms, wind their way through Smithsonian museums and, laden with drinks and snacks, work their way along the National Mall. But Washington, D.C., is arguably a better destination for those with teens, not toddlers. Fresh off U.S. history classes…
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Springs mail processing center won’t close immediately
The U.S. Postal Service’s mail processing center in Colorado Springs will remain open until 2014, at least, even as the service moves ahead with plans to close dozens of other centers sooner. The Colorado Springs center, 3655 E. Fountain Blvd., employs 357 and is part of a second phase of planned closures of mail processing…
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Postal Service: No more overnight mail in Springs
The U.S. Postal Service will close its mail processing center in Colorado Springs, affecting 250 employees and meaning no more first-class overnight mail delivery in the city. A closing date for the center, 3655 E. Fountain Blvd., has not been set, but it will not be before May 15, said David Rupert, Postal Service spokesman…
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Mayor names four for Urban Renewal board
Mayor Steve Bach on Wednesday named his selections to fill four open positions on the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority Board. His selections, according to a press release, are: • David Neville, a Colorado Springs real estate attorney with Kraemer Kendall Benson Rupp Deen, LLC. Neville is a member of the Downtown Partnership of Colorado…
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Got an extra turkey? Agencies need donations for holiday
You’ve taken your dog, your daughter and your son to work. Friday, take a turkey. Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado and KLite 106.3FM have declared Friday as Take a Turkey to Work Day. The food bank hopes to collect 7,000 turkeys to distribute to the needy for Thanksgiving. The idea, said Shannon…
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FINAL COUNTDOWN: Colorado Springs election questions? We have answers
Tuesday is the last day to vote in what has been called the most important election in Colorado Springs. All ballots must be turned in by 7 p.m. Tuesday. A new mayor and seven new city council members will be picked in the all-mail election. It’s too late to send a ballot in the mail,…
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TOWN SQUARE: El Paso County commissioners to see 2011 budget today
El Paso County commissioners will get their first look at the county’s 2011 budget today. Budget Director Nicola Sapp will present the county’s preliminary 2011 budget and also five-year budget projections. She also will discuss projected impacts of three November ballot measures: Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101. Amendment 60 would cut school-related property…