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NOREEN: Fort Carson shooting range opens
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Reader Walt Pleimann wanted to know, “Can you find out the status of the new gun range at Fort Carson?” Mr. Pleimann, the grand opening is today, as the first phase of the shooting range…
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NOREEN: Fort Carson shooting range opens
Reader Walt Pleimann wanted to know, “Can you find out the status of the new gun range at Fort Carson?” Mr. Pleimann, the grand opening is today, as the first phase of the shooting range is complete. As Gazette reporter Bob Stephens reported on his Jan. 3 blog, the range “consists of seven shooting ranges…
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NOREEN: Strength of Memorial yes vote is significant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tuesday’s landslide election linking Memorial Health System with University of Colorado Hospital marks the end of one long road and the beginning of another. The 83 percent majority in favor of Colorado Springs leasing Memorial…
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NOREEN: Strength of Memorial yes vote is significant
Tuesday’s landslide election linking Memorial Health System with University of Colorado Hospital marks the end of one long road and the beginning of another. The 83 percent majority in favor of Colorado Springs leasing Memorial to UCH wasn’t just a strong mandate, it was an important one. When you’re electing a local four-year office holder…
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NOREEN: Take 2 tax increases and call me in the morning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs doesn’t need a tax increase — it probably needs two of them. Tuesday Mayor Steve Bach and members of his management team explained a reorganization that, in part, required that six employees be…
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NOREEN: Take 2 tax increases and call me in the morning
Colorado Springs doesn’t need a tax increase — it probably needs two of them. Tuesday Mayor Steve Bach and members of his management team explained a reorganization that, in part, required that six employees be laid off. Chief of Staff Laura Neumann said that to streamline government and plan for future budgets, “you need to…
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NOREEN: Back-to-school supplies now include ammo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Handguns will be allowed at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs beginning Monday, but it’s not as if they’ll be making an appearance. CU officials are none-too enthusiastic about having to allow students with…
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NOREEN: Back-to-school supplies now include ammo
Handguns will be allowed at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs beginning Monday, but it’s not as if they’ll be making an appearance. CU officials are none-too enthusiastic about having to allow students with concealed-carry permits on campus, having lost a Colorado Supreme Court case over the issue in March. New rules announced this…
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NOREEN: Obesity is not a fat joke
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We’re fat. America is fat, Colorado is fat. There’s no getting around it. Well, maybe we can get around it but it takes longer than it should. Yes, fat jokes are unkind. Yet we certainly…
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NOREEN: Obesity is not a fat joke
We’re fat. America is fat, Colorado is fat. There’s no getting around it. Well, maybe we can get around it but it takes longer than it should. Yes, fat jokes are unkind. Yet we certainly need something to raise awareness that being obese is not OK — not because everyone needs to look sexy, but…