Tag: best of the month
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Colorado Springs opponent of physician-assisted suicide dies of cancer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kara Tippetts, a 38-year-old Colorado Springs woman who advocated against physician-assisted suicide, died of breast cancer on Sunday, a post on Tippetts’ blog “Mundane Faithfulness” announced. Tippetts published a book, “The Hardest Peace,” a memoir…
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Gazette travel: A taste of India
India is almost too much. A trek through the country offers an all-out assault on the senses, with overpowering smells, tastes and colors, and constant noise, congestion and chaos. Its beauty and people, though, make it a photographer’s dream – especially a photographer who prefers things over the top. I don’t normally track the number…
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Computer attack during standardized testing delays some exams in Colorado Springs school district
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At least one Colorado public school district’s computer system was hacked during new Common Core-aligned statewide testing. Colorado Springs School District 11, the Pikes Peak region’s largest public school district with about 28,400 students, experienced…
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Computer attack during standardized testing delays some exams in Colorado Springs school district
At least one Colorado public school district’s computer system was hacked during new Common Core-aligned statewide testing. Colorado Springs School District 11, the Pikes Peak region’s largest public school district with about 28,400 students, experienced what’s known as a denial of service attack on March 11, district officials confirmed Thursday. School districts in New Jersey…
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‘Basketball saved my life:’ Xavier Ford’s journey from Pikes Peak Park to the NCAA tourney
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The memory remains vividly burned in Xavier Ford’s mind. He’s sitting on the swings at Monterey Elementary School with his best friend, a couple of third-graders mapping out their futures. Isaiah Goss predicted for himself a career as a running back in the NFL. Then…
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‘Basketball saved my life:’ Xavier Ford’s journey from Pikes Peak Park to the NCAA tourney
The memory remains vividly burned in Xavier Ford’s mind. He’s sitting on the swings at Monterey Elementary School with his best friend, a couple of third-graders mapping out their futures. Isaiah Goss predicted for himself a career as a running back in the NFL. Then it was Ford’s turn. “I was like, ‘I promise you…
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Flying W chuck-wagon dinners to return to northwest Colorado Springs
The Flying W Ranch plans to rebuild on its old ranch site that was ravaged by the Waldo Canyon fire and once again serve its chuck-wagon dinners, Executive Director Aaron Winter said this week. The Flying W Ranch Foundation has not made a final offer to a contractor, but expects to break ground on a…
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Colorado escape rooms attract hundreds
All around the world, people are voluntarily getting locked up in rooms with family members, friends and co-workers, then spending an hour trying to get out. It’s not masochism. It’s entertainment. They’re called escape or puzzle rooms, and they’re trending across the U.S., including in Denver. They began to gain traction about four years ago…
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98-year old Eric Bransby will leave trail of murals across the country
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mural artist Eric Bransby hasn’t let anything deter him from his craft. The list of potential disruptions dates back decades: parents who didn’t support his artistic interest, being drafted into military service during World War II and an art culture that suddenly changed direction at…
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12 people eligible for ban from downtown Colorado Springs are homeless, documents show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police said enforcing downtown bans would be a tool to target criminal activity, not an effort to drive the homeless from the city’s core. But hundreds of pages of police records suggest otherwise.…