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Commissioner addresses mistrust at townhall meetings

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:17:00 +0000

Newly sworn in El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn got an earful during three townhall style meetings Saturday as his new constituents complained about last year’s term limits measure.
Glenn also heard a lot about mistrust and how county…

Gray wolf that died was illegally poisoned

Colorado Springs Gazette — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:08:00 +0000

DENVER — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a gray wolf that strayed from the Yellowstone region into Colorado where it died in 2009 was illegally killed by the poison Compound 1080.
The agency is seeking the public’s help to pinpoint the…

Young baseball players score hits with their generosity

Colorado Springs Gazette — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:11:00 +0000

Spencer Frank, 9, could have been carving pumpkins, dreaming of candy and preparing for Halloween. Only a week away, the holiday taunted Spencer with its promises of sugar and sweets.
But Sunday, he said, was a “weird” day. Instead of…

NOREEN: Lies? During election season? Shocking

Colorado Springs Gazette — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:11:00 +0000

Have you ever told a lie?
You don’t have to answer this rhetorical question out loud. We all know the answer; we’ve all told lies.
On Monday, Colorado Springs City Councilman Sean Paige said the council should withdraw its resolution in…

High-end bike thieves strike again

Colorado Springs Gazette — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:16:00 +0000

Fatal motorcycle crash closes U.S. 24 near Cascade

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:41:00 +0000

All westbound lanes of U.S. 24 near Cascade were closed for several hours Friday night while Colorado state troopers investigate a crash that killed a motorcyclist.
The 39-year-old motorcyclist was eastbound on U.S. 24 about 8 p.m. when he lost…

NOREEN: Electronic policing? What could go wrong?

Colorado Springs Gazette — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:08:00 +0000

By a 5-4 vote Tuesday, the Colorado Springs City Council took a step toward resurrecting HAL, the Series 9000 computer from “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
Sometime in October, the city likely will begin issuing tickets for speeding and running red…

NOREEN: Uncle Wilber is us

Colorado Springs Gazette — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Colorado Springs is not going to have a water shortage this year.
The city’s reservoirs are 77 percent full, slightly better than average for this time of year. The snowpack in the Arkansas River Basin is about average. Avalanche danger is high….

‘Miracle on Tejon Street’ a blessing for the needy

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Susan Stanionis was a home care nurse until the day a terminally ill patient collapsed on her, causing a back injury that led to major surgery.
“Six screws and two rods,” she said.
Still sidelined from that injury two decades later, the…

Three men shot in post-Christmas fight

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:13:00 +0000

Three men were shot and wounded in a late-night, post-Christmas melee Saturday morning outside a bar near Hancock Expressway and Academy Boulevard.
Colorado Springs police said that at about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, a large group of people were…