Tag: Colorado Springs City Council
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Colorado leaders decry Hamas attack; candlelight vigil held in Denver Monday night
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Leaders around Colorado are decrying the actions of Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip and attacked Israel over the weekend, resulting in retaliation and a declaration of war. Rabbi Jay Sherwood, who leads Temple Shalom, the largest synagogue in Colorado Springs…
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De’Von Bailey lawsuit against city of Colorado Springs settled for nearly $3 million
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs City Council approved a $2.97 million settlement Tuesday in a civil lawsuit brought by the estate of De’Von Bailey, a 19-year-old Black man shot in the back four times by police in 2019. The suit names the city of Colorado Springs and…
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Air Force Academy Visitor Center, nonprofit hotel and conference center plan summer ground breaking
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Crews could break ground on the Air Force Academy Visitor’s Center and surrounding development this summer after steep increases in cost and significant delays driven by the coronavirus. “It’s been a complicated and a really difficult process, but we’re almost there,” said Bob Cope, economic…
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Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama…
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EDITORIAL: Paper or plastic? Environmental impact not as clear as politicians assert
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Restaurants and other businesses are scrambling to survive. We’re recovering from a record-breaking forest fire season and looking at more of the same. Suicide rates continue rising. Children are behind in school. We have a mental health crisis and a worsening transportation infrastructure problem. We’re…