Author: Mark Reis
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VIDEO: Mid Games check-in with The Gazette’s Mark Reis
The Gazette’s Mark Reis gives his impressions at the halfway point of the Sochi Olympics from the gondola.
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Photos: Christmas Eve service
Photos from a Christmas Eve service at Woodmen Valley Chapel in Rockrimmon. Churches all over the world celebrated with Christmas Eve services and Woodmen Valley Chapel had ten services in all at their two Colorado Springs campuses. Photos by Mark Reis One of the Christmas Eve Services at Woodmen Valley Chapel Tuesday, December 24, 2013.…
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Rollover on I-25 slows morning traffic
Southbound traffic on Interstate 25 was disrupted for about an hour after a rollover just south of Garden of the Gods Road about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday. Colorado Springs Police officer Mike Jelmo said the driver of the car sideswiped another vehicle while traveling southbound on I-25, causing her to lose control and veer off the…
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Engine fire damages truck
Colorado Springs firefighters Steven Garcia and Steve Winters worked to extinguish a fire Tuesday that destroyed the engine compartment of a truck parked in a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs lot on North Nevada Avenue. The driver of the truck, Jeff Barham, had parked the Wheaton Van Lines moving truck and shut the engine…
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Former Broncos safety visits Springs camp
Former Denver Broncos safety Tyrone Braxton spoke with students at Mesa Ridge High School’s Grizzly Football Camp and Grizzly Youth Camp on Wednesday. Braxton talked to students about lessons he’s learned in life and football. “If you believe in yourself and you’re committed to what needs to be done, you’ll be successful,” he told the…
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Driver escapes crash without injury
Rick Clay, left, hugged his fiancee B.J. Zimmerman on Thursday after she walked away from her rolled Toyota van at the intersection of North Wahsatch Avenue and Monroe Street. “Get my bible and my angel out,” Zimmerman said, after her car was back on it’s wheels. She said the angel she keeps in her car…
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An alternative approach: Solar-powered car climbs Pikes Peak
A solar- and wind-powered car on a world tour made a stop Thursday to drive to the summit of Pikes Peak. Marc Muller and Svetlana Dougoud of Switzerland averaged 10 miles per hour on the trip up the Pikes Peak Highway to the summit. The drive was part of the ICARE Project, a 16-month effort…
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Boy accused of stabbing classmate apprehended
A 12-year-old boy was stabbed in the cheek and neck Tuesday afternoon just after middle and high school students were let off a bus near Palmer Lake Elementary School, officials said. Palmer Lake Police took another 12-year-old boy who they believe stabbed the victim into custody a couple of hours later, said Police Chief Kieth…