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Fatal stabbing at Springs Rescue Mission described by witness as ‘prison-style shanking’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A witness described the fatal stabbing at Springs Rescue Mission as a ‘prison-style shanking,’ according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Gazette. Rocky West, 33, is facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing Isaiah Curtis Plair, 25, Sunday afternoon at the shelter, which is…
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Stabbing death at Springs Rescue Mission leaves shelter ‘profoundly shaken’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One man is dead and another is in custody, according to police, after a stabbing that happened Sunday afternoon at Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter south of downtown. Rocky West, 33, is facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing Isaiah Curtis Plair, 25, at the…
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Springs Rescue Mission responds to homeless people’s public complaints about its shelter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In recent months, Colorado Springs City Councilors have heard repeated complaints from homeless people that Springs Rescue Mission, the city’s largest shelter, is inadequate and unfair. People have taken to the podium at meetings during public comment to criticize the food, which is based on…
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Colorado Springs shelters nearly 900 homeless people as temperatures continue to dive
Latest list of weather-related closings and delays Colorado Springs’ shelters and ad hoc warming centers accommodated nearly 900 homeless people who sought to escape Sunday night’s subzero temperatures. The 352 people that hundreds of Hope COS volunteers removed from outdoor camps and under bridges and transported to emergency overnight centers inside three local churches set…
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Colorado Springs shelters take in nearly 900 homeless as temperatures dive
Latest list of weather-related closings and delays Colorado Springs’ shelters and ad hoc warming centers accommodated nearly 900 homeless people who sought to escape Sunday night’s subzero temperatures. The 352 people that hundreds of Hope COS volunteers removed from outdoor camps and under bridges and transported to emergency overnight centers inside three local churches set…
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Colorado Springs Movers & Shakers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Reza Zaheri has been appointed chief information security officer for Colorado Springs-based software company Quantum Metric. He was the founder of 1:M Cyber Security, a Los Angeles security training company. He also had been director…
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Outbreak at homeless shelter in Colorado Springs leads to return of stricter practices
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After bringing back all 107 employees and 180 volunteers in June, Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter has a COVID-19 outbreak infecting 17 staff and clients. The most recent confirmed cases at Springs Rescue Mission were detected June 25, and the outbreak remains active, according to El…
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Annual Prism Awards honor three Colorado Springs recipients
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The catering arm of the Springs Rescue Mission, its manager and a downtown Colorado Springs retailer were named recipients of the fifth annual Prism Awards presented Thursday by the National Institute for Social Impact and…
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Springs Rescue Mission completes $18 million campus expansion with final phase of securing perimeter, adding one entry point
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denise Weinfenbach, one of 100 men and women in an addiction-recovery program at Springs Rescue Mission, likes the latest improvements at Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter and resource center. “It’s going to make it a lot safer,” she said about a new fence that surrounds…
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In Colorado Springs and around the world, coronavirus dominated headlines in 2020
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 2019 novel coronavirus creeped undetected into El Paso County in early 2020 — likely in February, though state officials speculate it could have arrived in the state as early as January — and began spreading unchecked for at least a month. On March 13, Gov.…