Author: Stephanie Earls
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Colorado Springs Christian bookstore sues state over ‘gender expression’ protections
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of a Christian bookstore in Colorado Springs is pushing back against recent legislation that expanded protections for LGBTQ+ people in the state. Signed into law in May by…
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A ‘big vibration’: American Airlines passenger recalls minutes leading up to plane engine catching fire at DIA
Two investigators with “expertise in commercial aircraft and power plants” were expected to be in Denver Friday, to begin looking into what caused the engine of an American Airlines plane to catch fire shortly after a precautionary landing early Thursday evening at Denver International Airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Once at DIA,…
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Downfall of an Ironman: Former USA Triathlon chief believes black mold led to devastating illness
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Steve Locke was a paragon of health and fitness, a career executive with the U.S. Olympic Committee who embraced athletics just as enthusiastically off the clock. “He’d be out there at the crack of dawn, riding his bike in Garden of the Gods,” said Locke’s…
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Beer sales were flat again, but Boulder-based Brewers Association finds reason for hope in 2025
Remember when an impromptu night out with dinner and drinks was a financially forgettable lark? The Brewers Association’s Bart Watson does, too. But things have changed. “We’ve all had that experience in the last few years, where you go out, you have a couple beers, you have a meal, you see the check, and your…
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Oral history: How a Colorado dentist’s discovery paved the way for nationwide water fluoridation
Soon after the turn of the 20th century, a dapper young dentist from the Boston area collected his degree from the University of Pennsylvania and turned his sights west. Dr. Frederick McKay opened a practice in Colorado Springs and began treating patients in 1901. The following spring, he addressed the 18 members of the newly…
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Popular restaurant and brewpub in historic Colorado church to prepare for a ‘rebirth’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A pop-up social enterprise that became a destination brewery and restaurant at the Carter Payne Chapel in Colorado Springs will soon close to the general public, under a rebranding owners say they hope will bring new energy and focus to the historic space. The restaurant…
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‘Hopperpocalypse: Colorado farmers say this year’s grasshopper infestation the worst in generations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the late 1930s, during the depths of The Great Depression and on the eve of a second world war, Colorado faced off against a domestic invader whose hordes reached biblical proportions. The scenes conjured up by news reports and legend are equal parts monster…
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Return to Nature purgatory: At least 989 families remain without answers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the days after her 33-year-old son, Zach, died in July, 2020, Heather DeWolf started taking a new route to and from work so she could slow-roll by the Colorado Springs funeral home that was handling his final arrangements. She knew the oldest of her…
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Motherhood wasn’t part of the mission for first Black female fighter pilot, until it was
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rochelle Kimbrell knew by fourth grade what she wanted to do with her life, and spent the next 15 years on a trail-blazing trajectory of singular purpose. For the first Black female fighter pilot in the history of the U.S. Air Force, becoming a mother…