Author: Debbie Kelley; The Gazette
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Colorado schools should prepare for possibility of not reopening in the fall, Polis says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Schools should “prepare for the possibility” of not returning to in-person instruction until January 2021, Gov. Jared Polis told Colorado’s 178 public school district superintendents on a statewide conference call Tuesday, Colorado Springs School District…
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Cot-style hospital overflow site opens in Colorado mountain town amid COVID-19 outbreak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former hardware store in Woodland Park has become the Pikes Peak region’s first “surge site” that will be used for a potential overflow of hospital patients in Teller County. “The curve has not yet…
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86-year-old Coloradan recalls life on COVID-19-infected cruise ship
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Having her temperature taken several times a day for a few weeks wasn’t as annoying as it sounds for cruise passenger Beth Mohseni. “It broke the silence,” the 86-year-old Colorado Springs resident said. The practice…
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Despite poor graduation rates, Colorado ranks high among “most-educated” states
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is the third most-educated state in the nation, according to personal finance website WalletHub, which on Monday released its rankings of “2020’s Most and Least Educated States in America.” Colorado has the nation’s highest…
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Natural spring west of Colorado Springs still flowing as volunteers try to save historic site
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An April 1 cutoff date set last year to cap a natural spring on the road to Cripple Creek has come and gone, and the free water is still flowing. For now. The deadline has…
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The Creepiest Legends of Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Desperation Mona,” as historic Colorado Springs investor Spencer Penrose and others have called her, always appears at the same time — dusk — and in the same place — mile marker 13 — on the…
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Rural well closure postponed following hard fought fight
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A free artesian well at Gillette Flats near Cripple Creek will stay open until April to give thousands of users time to find alternative water sources, the state Division of Natural Resources announced Monday. Instead…
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Residents fight hard to keep crucial well open in rural Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Natural spring water that flows free for the taking off the side of the road at Gillette Flats outside the small mountain towns of Cripple Creek and Victor won’t be shut off without a fight.…
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Crews fight Wilkerson fire near Lake George
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About 45 firefighters continue to work on a wildfire that started Saturday afternoon in Park County, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Editor’s Note: This is the most recent released information about the fire, which…