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Outgoing El Paso County commissioner Stan VanderWerf reflects on tenure
Stan VanderWerf has stepped down this year into an uncertain future from the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners. He served two four-year terms on the board, the most allowed. He came to the board with military career experience, having served in the Air Force in various roles. His tenure was marked by the…
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Outgoing El Paso County commissioners Stan VanderWerf, Longinos Gonzalez reflect on tenure
Two long-serving politicians are stepping down this year into uncertain futures from the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners. Republicans Stan VanderWerf and Longinos Gonzalez have each served two four-year terms on the board, the most allowed. Their successors, both Republicans elected in November, will be sworn in on Jan. 14. Both came to…
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The rise and fall of former Mobolade booster Derrick Bernard Jr., and his radio station, The Slide
There was a time — just last year, in fact — when Derrick Bernard Jr. was by all appearances a respected community activist and rap artist in Colorado Springs. But in November he was convicted of first-degree murder, and separately indicted in federal court for a hate crime hoax. In the federal indictment, the 35-year-old Black man,…
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Republicans in the lead for El Paso County commissioner races
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners will likely stay red this year, with Republicans taking the lead against Democrats in each of three open elections. All three Republican candidates are leading against Democrats in early unofficial results. In District 3, Republican Bill Wysong has 54.02% of the vote to Democrat Naomi Lopez at…
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Republicans in the lead for El Paso County commissioner races
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners likely will stay red this year, with Republicans taking the lead against Democrats in each of three open elections. All three Republican candidates are leading against Democrats in early unofficial results. In District 3, Republican Bill Wysong has 54.02% of the vote to Democrat Naomi Lopez at…
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Colorado Springs-area school board leaders campaign against local marijuana measures
Elected officials from across the Colorado Springs region are lending their voices to a campaign opposing recreational marijuana sales in the city. On Sunday, an unknown number of El Paso County voters received a mass text message from Colorado Springs School District 11 Board President Parth Melpakam calling for their vote on a pair of…
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El Paso County approves first plan of rail spur, industrial mega site
The El Paso County Commission unanimously approved on Tuesday the first plan presented in a multi-million dollar industrial project spearheaded by the international Edw. C. Levy Company on the southwest side of Fort Carson. Questions remain on how the project will be implemented, as stakeholders will soon need to negotiate responsibilities for providing services to…
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Needle-exchange program in Colorado Springs stirs controversy, raises questions among public officials
Pueblo City Council’s decision earlier this week to ban syringe distribution to injection-drug users in its city limits prompted an El Paso County commissioner to check into the issue. What Commissioner Longinos Gonzalez Jr. found is that a needle-exchange program has been operating in Colorado Springs for nearly three years. And he believes there has…
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After over a decade of requests, county to fix Colorado Centre Metro District’s crumbling roads
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some of the roads inside the Parkview subdivision, built in the early 1980s in the Colorado Centre Metropolitan District just east of Colorado Springs, look made more of tar than pavement after decades of patch repairs. Thanks to resident complaints and an eight-figure federal grant,…