Author: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival takes over Cañon City this weekend
The Arkansas River begins its almost 1,500-mile journey to the Mississippi with a wild ride, dropping some 4,600 feet – in 120 miles – from headwaters near Leadville to feed Fremont County’s famed whitewater corridor through the Royal Gorge. By the time the waters arrive in Cañon City about a dozen miles to the east,…
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Historic Colorado Springs church taps former resident as new pastor
The Rev. Tim McConnell grew up in Colorado Springs and graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in 1991. He recalls visits to his mom’s workplace on East Woodmen Road when he was a teenager, at a time when that teeming thoroughfare marked the city’s “distant outskirts.” “You’d look north and there was nothing,” McConnell said.…
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Breakfast isn’t the pillar it was once, and maybe should be again
The name says a lot: Break-the-fast. And despite what you might have heard or read about its effectiveness for those on a weight-loss track, most diet and nutrition experts maintain that skipping the first meal of the day is a good way to compromise both short- and long-term health goals. “The breakfast debate is just…
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Public event explores impact of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism in Colorado Springs
You don’t have to be an investigative reporter to know modern times have been tough on print journalism. The tech revolution ushered in unprecedented – and, in some cases, insurmountable – challenges as the ways in which readers get their news continue to evolve. The mission and role of a newspaper, both in concept and…
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Colorado Springs priest leaves behind thriving congregation
The Rev. Paul Wicker shepherds a diverse flock at Holy Apostles Catholic Church, where the 2,500 member families include those with roots in Samoa, the Philippines, Germany and Portugal, among other nations. The parishioners are artists, singers, architects and landscapers; settled and struggling; new to town and longtime residents. The vibrant tapestry they create is…
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For 20 years, couple has officiated weddings with a personal touch at The White Rose Chapel
Marriage has been good for the Revs. Linda and Earl Heflinger, and they like to think they’ve given back in kind. Since the early 1990s, the Heflingers have performed more than 2,500 unions at their remodeled cottage on West Colorado Avenue, and at destinations around the Front Range and nationwide. June may be wedding season…
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Former ‘Bachelor’ and fiancee to host rose ceremony, greet fans, at Castle Rock outlets
Reality TV’s most eligible single guy is off the market, but “Bachelor” star Ben Higgins is still handing out long-stemmed roses – this time with fiancee Lauren Bushnell at his side. After uniting during Season 20 of the hit ABC series earlier this year, Higgins and Bushnell moved to Denver to begin the next phase…
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Note to self, from skin: Wear more sunscreen
Ken Landau thought he was doing a decent job protecting his skin. The voice of Colorado College men’s hockey spent most workdays in a world where sun’s a kind of Kryptonite, and when he played outside, he did as advised, avoiding peak hours and wearing sunscreen. It wasn’t enough for the 56-year-old Aurora resident, whose…
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Forget Fluffy; Luna is in
The new R-rated kitten comedy “Keanu” has lots of things that real-world scenarios do not – and one that many do: a pet with a person name. According to Rover.com, a nationwide network connecting dog and cat pet sitters and walkers, more of today’s feline “pet parents” in America are eschewing old-school descriptive names, such…
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For 50th Super Bowl, Colorado College professor said NFL ‘had to go Arabic’
It’s out with the ancient and in with the Arabic for Super Bowl 50. The NFL saw the giant “L” looming well ahead of time and announced in 2014 that it would deviate from the time-honored Roman numeral tradition for this year’s big game. “It was intuitively clear that they couldn’t make anything out of…