Author: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Pueblo veteran to get proper burial after family goes on a mission: Coming Sunday
A Pueblo Air Force veteran, who died in New York and was buried last year as an “unclaimed” veteran, will be heading home for reinterment at Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs, according to the family of Alvin Pugh and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Pugh was 60 and living in the Bronx in…
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Return to Nature purgatory: At least 989 families remain without answers
In the days after her 33-year-old son, Zach, died in July, 2020, Heather DeWolf started taking a new route to and from work so she could slow-roll by the Colorado Springs funeral home that was handling his final arrangements. She knew the oldest of her three boys, an aspiring author and stand-up comic who favored…
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Motherhood wasn’t part of the mission for first Black female fighter pilot, until it was
Rochelle Kimbrell, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, is a mom to two teen boys. Being a mother, she says, is “way more challenging than being a fighter pilot.”
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Felipe’s 109 and Trails End Taproom team up at ‘Barr Station’ in Colorado Springs
A popular Colorado Springs destination for cyclists and craft beer fans that closed early this year is set to reopen Saturday, with a new partner, dual-concept and mouthful of a name that pretty much says it all. Felipe’s 109 and Trails End Taproom at Barr Station — aka “Barr Station” — is a marriage of…
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Goodwill hunting: ‘Competitive’ shoppers grapple for deals at massive outlet in Colorado Springs
Fans liken it fondly to indoor Dumpster-diving, a feeding frenzy for the starved of stuff and an addiction waiting to happen if it hasn’t already. Goodwill of Colorado’s Outlet Center is all those things and more — an end-of-the-line ecosystem and mortal reminder that when we shop ’til we drop, we leave a heck of…
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Colorado Springs vocational center gets major grant from nonprofit
Skills Academy Vocational Center of Colorado Springs has been awarded $840,000 from The Daniels Fund to support the creation of training and job opportunities for adults with disabilities. Over 80% of people who have intellectual disabilities face unemployment or underemployment, and many of those individuals spent their lives in poverty, said Daniels Fund president and…
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Return to Nature Funeral Home owners now face federal charges; Jon Hallford sports fast food t-shirt in court
DENVER — Return to Nature owners Jon and Carie Hallford were booked back into the El Paso County jail Sunday afternoon, this time facing federal fraud charges stemming from the discovery of nearly 200 bodies decomposing inside a funeral home the couple operated in rural Penrose, in October 2023. The 15 federal counts pile atop…
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El Paso County joins lawsuit against Colorado ‘sanctuary laws’
El Paso County leaders approved a resolution that adds legal teeth to what had been a largely symbolic local fight against state laws they say prioritize the rights of undocumented immigrants at the expense of community safety. In a unanimous decision, the Board of El Paso County Commissioners gave the go-ahead to join a Douglas…
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El Paso County joins lawsuit against Colorado ‘sanctuary laws’
El Paso County leaders on Tuesday approved a resolution that adds legal teeth to what had been a largely symbolic local fight against state laws they say prioritize the rights of undocumented immigrants at the expense of community safety. In a unanimous decision, the Board of El Paso County Commissioners gave the go-ahead to join…