Author: The Gazette
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GUEST COLUMN: Heed Colorado’s mistakes; don’t ‘reschedule’ pot
By Caroline Jordan When Coloradans voted to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012 with Amendment 64, I was 14 years old. As a freshman in high school, I was among the first generation of teens to experience the reality of legal weed. It put Colorado on the map as the place where Americans came to get…
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Lewis-Palmer D-38 students scheduled to return to class after potential threat
Classes are expected to resume in Lewis-Palmer District 38 on Wednesday, a day after all district schools were closed because of a potential threat. District 38 said on its website Tuesday that there was “no credible threat or elevated risk” moving ahead, and that it was safe for the schools to reopen. Officials said to…
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2 injured in car crash near Penrose Saturday
A 17-year-old was seriously injured when her vehicle crossed the center yellow line and collided with another vehicle at about 7 p.m. Saturday on Highway 115 near Penrose, according to Colorado State Patrol. The teen, who lives in Penrose, was rushed to a hospital via helicopter. The driver of the other vehicle, a 55-year-old woman…
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Colorado Springs firefighters respond to 2-alarm blaze Saturday
A two-alarm fire at a business that sells building materials sent plumes of smoke across Colorado Springs on Saturday. A pile of Styrofoam and other building materials caught fire at about 2:45 p.m. at Beacon Building Products in the 3100 block of Century Street on the city’s north side, Colorado Springs Fire Department officials said…
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Colorado Springs police: 2 people shot, wounded at car meetup Sunday
A man and juvenile who were shot during a car meetup on the city’s southeast side were recovering on Sunday, according to Colorado Springs police. Investigators had not arrested a suspect as of Sunday morning. Police believe that the victims were shot near Integration Loop and Peak Innovation Parkway, not far from Colorado Springs Airport.…
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Trump says he has ‘pardoned’ Tina Peters
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is “pardoning” Tina Peters, though that won’t free the former Colorado elections administrator because she was convicted under state laws of a security breach of her office’s voting equipment. Trump’s pardon power does not extend to state crimes like those for which Peters was convicted last year and…
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Colorado Springs police investigate stabbing Sunday
Colorado Springs police were investigating a stabbing that sent a man to the hospital Sunday. The man walked into the emergency room at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central at about 2 a.m. and said another man stabbed him at a nearby business, according to an online blotter entry. But he wasn’t able to help police identify a…
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UPDATE: Man arrested after allegedly firing 21 rounds inside Colorado Springs apartment; shelter-in-place lifted
A man was arrested following a roughly 2-hour standoff that prompted a shelter-in-place order in Colorado Springs Friday night. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., Colorado Springs police received a report of shots fired in the 4300 block of Montebello Drive, according to an online police report. While officers were en route, a second call to police…
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Voter Guide 2025: Important dates, information and more
The 2025 election in El Paso County is coming fast, and voters can prepare to see school board members, city council seats, county commissioners and mayoral candidates on their ballots, depending on where they live in the county. Ballots for the Nov. 4 election were mailed to voters on Oct. 10, according to the El…
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Movers & Shakers: Dan Fogarty
Dan Fogarty has joined the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region as director of physical therapy. Fogarty graduated from Shenandoah University in 1994 with a master’s degree in physical therapy; his post-graduate education includes hundreds of hours of clinical training in orthopedics, sports medicine and trigger-point dry needling. Before joining the YMCA, he was the…