Colorado Springs Gazette
Tipping Point: The Colorado in Peril
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- Tipping Point: The Colorado in Peril
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- This special series from The Gazette explores the megadrought currently plaguing the Colorado River, which serves as the primary source of water for roughly 40 million people. This series examines how the drought and aftermath of recent wildfires are affecting farmers and ranchers, tourism, dams, tribal reservations, politics, conservation and average citizens. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - History
01:40 - Wildfires during megadrought
04:30 - Urban demands
07:15 - Agriculture
12:25 - Recreation
18:45 - Hydropower on Lake Powell
21:40 - Tribal water rights
26:40 - Where do we go from here?
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- Tipping Point: A Call for Change on the Colorado
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- One hundred years of the Colorado River Compact — the agreement that divides 15 million acre feet of water each year among the seven states of the Colorado River basin and Mexico — has wrecked on the shoals of climate change and 22 years of drought. It doesn't work anymore. What happens when the law of the river and the river no longer work together? (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- Tipping Point: Colorado River tribes fight for their water rights
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- 2 years ago
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- Some 10,000 households on the vast Navajo Nation, which covers 27,000 square miles in three states, are still without running water. Native American tribes hold some of the most senior water rights in the Colorado River Basin, but history has shown that having senior water rights and having water are two different realities. The tribes, including the Ute Mountain Utes in southwest Colorado are fighting to gain their rights, in some places successfully, as the basin struggles with an epic megadrought and new federal calls to conserve massive amounts of water next year. (Video by Skyler Ballard & Mary Shinn)
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- NEWS | Deputy Andrew Peery memorial service
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A memorial service for fallen El Paso County Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Peery was held Monday at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, followed by a law enforcement processional. Peery was killed after responding to a shooting on Sunday, Aug. 7, in Widefield. Two others died, according to authorities.
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- LIFE | Betty Ford Alpine Garden
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, located in Vail, is the world's highest botanical garden at an 8,200 feet altitude in the Rocky Mountains. (Video by Jon Mitchell)
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- Tipping Point: Lake Powell reaches record lows amid drought
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Drought on the Colorado River is threatening the ability of major dams, including Glen Canyon Dam at Page, Ariz., to produce hydropower, which comprises 54% of renewable energy production in the Southwest. The low levels on Lake Powell have also had a negative impact on recreation, complicating boat access. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- Tipping Point: Urban Demands on the Colorado River
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Urban areas in the West and water districts are working to conserve water from the Colorado River Basin as it continues to face its driest 22-year stretch in more than 100 years. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- Broncos training camp injuries over the past decade
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- 2 years ago
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- The Denver Broncos have had several key players who have been sidelined by serious injuries over the past decade. Here's a look at some of them (Gazette video by Brent Briggeman and Vinny Benedetto).
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- Tipping Point: Colorado River basin farms stunted by megadrought
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Farmers across the Colorado River Basin are facing an uncertain future in agriculture as the river’s watershed faces ongoing drought, rising irrigation costs, and conservation cutbacks. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- TRAILER | Tipping Point: The Colorado in Peril
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Colorado River is in the throes of a 22-year-old megadrought. What's at stake?
This special series from The Gazette explores the conditions currently plaguing the Colorado River, which serves as the primary source of water for roughly 40 million people.
In seven stories, the Gazette examines how the drought and aftermath of recent wildfires are affecting farmers and ranchers, tourism, dams, tribal reservations, politics, conservation and average citizens. Look for The Gazette’s series, “Tipping Point: The Colorado in Peril,” beginning July 17 and running Sundays through August in print and online at gazette.com.
(Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- Tipping Point: Colorado River strain casts shadow over recreation
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Blue Mesa Reservoir, Colorado's largest body of water, is at its lowest level ever. Plagued by drought and meager snowpack, the reservoir is not even 50% full. In an attempt to shore up Lake Powell and keep power-generating turbines turning, regulators pulled about 36,000 acre-feet from Blue Mesa last year, causing the closure of the marinas that the Loken family has made a living from since the 1980s. (Video by Parker Seibold, Skyler Ballard)
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- COLORADO CONVERSATIONS | Affordable & accessible child care: Colorado's workforce challenge
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The high cost of child care acts as a barrier for parents, particularly women, seeking to return to the workforce, exacerbating Colorado's labor shortage. In this panel, industry experts and policymakers explored ways to create better access to quality and affordable child care for working families. This forum is brought to you by Colorado Politics and The Denver Gazette in partnership with EPIC and Common Sense Institute.
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- HAPPY TRAILS | Vindicator Valley Trail in Victor
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Open to hikers, cyclists and equestrians, Vindicator Valley is among the Trails of Gold network in Victor, Colorado exploring the area's mining history and open to hikers, cyclists and equestrians. (Video: Seth Boster/The Gazette)
Read more: https://gazette.com/life/looping-through-relics-of-pikes-peak-past-this-trail-is-a-treasure-trove-of-history/article_8138f90e-fd7f-11ec-a1be-47526e23b9e6.html
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- HAPPY TRAILS | Turrell Trail to Skyspace
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- West of Colorado Springs, on a hillside overlooking the lake and gazebo at the heart of Green Mountain Falls, there’s a new, peculiar structure that the artist calls a Skyspace. (Video: Seth Boster/The Gazette)
Read more: https://gazette.com/life/happy-trails-in-mountains-west-of-colorado-springs-short-journey-to-euphoric-skyspace/article_4a577c00-fa3a-11ec-8d92-83c17d8ce599.html
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- Tipping Point: Fire on the Colorado River watershed
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Historic drought and low-runoff conditions have impacted the Colorado River Basin for several decades, robbing the area of moisture and priming the land for wildfires. In October of 2020, the East Troublesome spread through Grand County, devastating the drought-stricken terrain with a speed and ferocity no one in Colorado had seen before. As the fire grew, it threatened the most important river in the Southwest at its vital beginning in Rocky Mountain National Park. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- SCENES FROM | ‘Tube to Work Day’ returns to Boulder
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- After a multi-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Boulder's Tube To Work Day returned to Boulder Creek on Friday, July 15, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. (Video by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette)
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- COLORADO POLITICKING | A behind-the-scenes look at documenting Colorado's opioid epidemic
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- This week on Colorado Politicking, reporters Seth Klamann and Carol McKinley join host Pat Poblete to discuss their reporting process as they documented the story of the first time a Colorado jury convicted a man for killing another person with fentanyl pills, but more broadly set the scene for the beginning of Colorado's entry into the third, and worst, phase of the opioid epidemic.
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- Fentanyl Family: Inside Colorado's deadly overdose siege
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Starting in late 2016, Bruce Holder and his wife began smuggling thousands of fentanyl-laced pills over the border, through a quiet border station in Lukeville, Arizona. In the coming years, the family-turned-drug network would dominate the early fentanyl trade in western Colorado. Fentanyl has killed more than 1,600 Coloradans and tens of thousands of Americans in the past three years, becoming the worst drug overdose crisis in the state’s and nation’s history. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- COLORADO POLITICKING | Takeaways from Colorado's 2022 primary election
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- This week on Colorado Politicking, political correspondent Ernest Luning joins host Pat Poblete to discuss his takeaways in the aftermath of Colorado's 2022 primary election.
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- Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup parade: Team celebrates their third championship with Denver faithful
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hundreds of thousands of Colorado Avalanche fans filled the streets of downtown Denver on Thursday to celebrate the Avs' third Stanley Cup victory. Watch the highlights as fans crammed along downtown streets and Civic Center Park to see their victorious team.
Read more at the Denver Gazette: https://denvergazette.com/news/local/i-knew-i-had-to-be-at-this-stanley-cup-parade-draws-colorado-avalanche-fans/article_84408bbc-f8a2-11ec-9c87-db751e2781e3.html
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- ‘Significant’ rockfall hits Rocky Mountain National Park
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- According to officials at Rocky Mountain National Park, a "significant" rockfall has taken place in the park. The rockfall occurred in Upper Chaos Canyon on June 28 at about 4:30 PM, when several outcroppings on the south shoulder of the iconic Hallett Peak came tumbling down.
Read more: https://denvergazette.com/outdoors/significant-rockfall-takes-place-on-iconic-peak-in-rocky-mountain-national-park/article_52111093-f770-5f1f-bcd2-0b4a5063adfe.html
Video courtesy William Mondragon/williammondragon on Instagram
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- Colorado Primary Elections: Ex-gubernatorial chief of staff says GOP nominated their 'sanity slate'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Doug Friednash, an attorney with Brownstein and former chief of staff to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, tells Colorado Politics that state Republicans’ “sanity slate” prevailed, with Heidi Ganahl, Joe O’Dea and Pam Anderson poised to win their respective races.
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- Anti-SCOTUS protest in Denver draws huge crowd
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Just a few days removed of the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse the precedent on legal abortions set by Roe v. Wade, a large crowd gathered at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Monday to march down closed-off downtown streets with signs and chants in protest of the decision. Denver has seen multiple demonstrations since the ruling came down last Thursday.
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- Colorado Avalanche fans celebrate Stanley Cup victory in downtown Denver
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Colorado Avalanche won their third Stanley Cup on Sunday. Though victory came on the road in Tampa, there were plenty of celebrations in Colorado. Here are scenes from downtown Denver as fans took to the streets to celebrate. (Video: John Moore/Denver Gazette)
Read more of our coverage at denvergazette.com
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- SCENES FROM | 100th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Sights and sounds from the running of the 100th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 26, 2022.
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- Who's Who at the Zoo | Western Lowland Gorillas
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Meet Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s Western lowland gorillas. (Video by Jerilee Bennet/The Gazette)
Read more: https://gazette.com/life/gentle-quiet-quirky-characters-meet-the-western-lowland-gorilla-troop-at-cheyenne-mountain-zoo/article_aa304296-e668-11ec-9f98-07983848552c.html
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- 'Non-survivable' evacuation routes exist in Colorado’s most wildfire-prone areas
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- About a 45-minute drive west from downtown Denver, nestled in the shadow of Mount Evans, Evergreen flourishes as sits Evergreen, Colorado, one of the gems of the Rocky Mountains. But the town’s topography presents a lurking danger. The thick forests and steep valley walls are what wildfire experts call fuel and topography. The final piece of the Wildland Fire Behavior “triangle” is weather, and with hotter summers, long-term drought and sometimes fierce winds, Evergreen is one of the highest-risk areas of the state for wildfires.
Read more in Evan Wyloge’s report for The Gazette:
https://gazette.com/premium/colorado-wildfire-evacuation-egress-routes-could-cause-deadly-unsafe-traffic-jam-delays-for-cars-stuck-on-roads/article_8b1504e6-f2ca-11ec-ad74-3fab8fd0465f.html
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- Colorado Politics reacts to the reversal of Roe v Wade
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Luige del Puerto and Marianne Goodland react to Friday’s landmark Supreme Court ruling that will reverse Roe v Wade, thus likely ending abortion rights and access to women in many states. How will this affect future legislative efforts in Colorado?
More coverage at coloradopolitics.com
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- SCENES FROM | Pikes Peak Celtic Festival
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Scenes from this past weekend's Pikes Peak Celtic Festival in Colorado Springs.
More coverage at gazette.com.
Video by Parker Seibold/The Gazette
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- Ed Reinhardt and his father have much to be grateful for this Father's Day
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Former Colorado football standout tight end Ed Reinhardt has been brain-injured for two-thirds of his life, outliving most of the doctors who warned his family of the dismal odds: If he didn't die, he'd never leave the wheelchair, and might never communicate at all. But thanks to his father’s support and years of rehab, this is another Father’s Day the Ed Jr. and Sr. get to spend together.
Read more: https://denvergazette.com/premium/a-fathers-day-story-the-eds-and-their-long-journey-from-a-gridiron-tragedy/article_db66d3fa-eceb-11ec-889e-2f69986a7778.html
Video: Carol McKinley/Denver Gazette
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- A look inside Tattered Cover's first Colorado Springs location
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The iconic Tattered Cover, the state's largest independent bookstore, is set to open its first Colorado Springs location on Tuesday. CEO Kwame Spearman gives us an inside look at the new location. (Video: Jessica Snouwaert/The Gazette)
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- COLORADO POLITICKING | State Supreme Court ignored subpoena in scandal inquiry, report says
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- This week on Colorado Politicking, investigative reporter David Migoya joins host Pat Poblete to discuss his reporting on Colorado's judicial discipline commission probe into the alleged coverup of misconduct by judges, including the latest revelation that the Judicial Department – and by extension its Supreme Court – has refused to comply with a subpoena from the commission.
Follow more at coloradopolitics.com and denvergazette.com
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- Colorado Springs baker embraces hyper-realistic cake trend
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Amber Willis, owner and founder of Sweet Tooth Cakes, creates hyper-realistic cakes and other sweets, ranging from a bucket of Popeye’s chicken to a Subway sandwich that took two days. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- HAPPY TRAILS | Clear Spring Ranch Open Space
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Clear Spring Ranch Open Space is El Paso County’s third largest open space at 930 acres, but it’s not as well-known due to being on the county’s fringes. This linear, Fountain Creek-fed spread of cottonwoods and meadows finds itself almost as close to Pueblo as Colorado Springs.
Read more: https://gazette.com/life/happy-trails-you-might-find-yourself-alone-at-this-open-space-south-of-colorado-springs/article_f4f47e90-e1f5-11ec-9f5b-c7d0489f5c59.html
Video by: Seth Booster/The Gazette
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- Test-firing rocket engines at Ursa Major
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Denver Gazette was on-hand Friday in Berthoud, Colo., to watch as Ursa Major test-fired two rocket engines.
Read more:
https://denvergazette.com/news/rocket-engines-blasting-in-berthoud/article_fe78659c-e909-11ec-a1db-0f55cbf82bcb.html
Video by: Dennis Huspeni/Denver Gazette
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- Outdoor Retailers Summer show: Check out some of the coolest products on display
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- An estimated 550 retailers filled the Colorado Convention Center for this year’s Outdoor Retailers Summer show in Denver. Here are some of the coolest products we found at this year’s show.
Read more at our website:
https://denvergazette.com/news/business/farewell-appearance-outdoor-retailer-summer-show-opens/article_1b92c5c0-e84a-11ec-a831-d741f0d28d07.html
Video by Tim Hurst/Denver Gazette
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- Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: Ride along with Fred Veitch ahead of the 100th running
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is celebrating the 100th running up American's Mountain on Sunday, June 26. In the weeks leading up to the race, drivers enter the gate and make their way up the mountain at 4 a.m., for practice days that take place before it's open to the public. This year, The Gazette was invited to join Fred Veitch, a former racer and the PPIHC board chairman, for a ride-along to get a glimpse of the race from inside the car. (Video by Parker Seibold/The Gazette)
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- Bobby G Awards honor best of Colorado high school theater
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Schools from all over Colorado exited the stage as champions last week when the Bobby G awards spotlighted the best high school acting talent in the state. (Video: John Moore/Denver Gazette)
Read more:
https://denvergazette.com/arts-entertainment/bobby-g-awards-high-school-thespians-night-to-shine/article_c5390888-dd45-11ec-9117-33b5c831341f.html
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- HAPPY TRAILS | Colorado National Monument
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Colorado National Monument occupies the same plateau as Arches and Canyonlands national park — but here, the people are much fewer. And while the 23-mile point-to-point cruise on Rim Rock Drive is the most common way to experience the preserve from above, not to be missed is the spectacular venture below.
Read more: https://gazette.com/life/happy-trails-in-western-colorado-marvelous-tour-through-50-million-years-of-geology/article_cc67ef7e-dae4-11ec-804f-2332b9e19d88.html
Video: Seth Boster/The Gazette
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- Memorial Day at Fort Logan National Cemetary
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Scenes from the Memorial Day event at Fort Logan in Denver on May 30, 2022.
Video by David Cook for the Denver Gazette
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- Air Force cadets show their appreciation to Lt. Col. James Harvey
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- One of the last living Tuskegee Airmen, Colorado's Lt. Col. James Harvey, will serve as grand marshal at this year’s Memorial Day Parade in Washington D.C. Last month, Harvey, 98, received a warm reception and much appreciation from current and former Air Force Academy cadets in Colorado Springs.
Read more: https://gazette.com/tuskegee-airman-is-grand-marshal-for-d-c-memorial-day-parade/article_d2e9c9f4-d07a-11ec-8b28-13b80a560921.html
Video: Stephanie Earls/The Gazette
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- Colorado Springs woman embodies royal, forgotten queen
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Lynna LePage portrays Mary, Queen of Scots of the Highland Rockies. LePage has built a reputation for her sewing prowess. She fashions fantastic, heavily researched outfits for fellow festivalgoers and others. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs fentanyl bill into law
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping measure to address the state's runaway fentanyl crisis. Parts of the bill immediately became law upon the governor's signature; other parts take effect as late as Jan. 1, 2023.
Read the full report at coloradopolitics.com:
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/governor/gov-jared-polis-signs-fentanyl-bill-into-law/article_1c646b40-dc45-11ec-86e8-ffe7c4ebd604.html
Video: Tim Hurst/Denver Gazette
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- NEWS | 2022 U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Scenes from the U.S. Air Force Academy 2022 graduation ceremony, where nearly 1,000 cadets crossed the stage at Falcon Stadium Wednesday as part of the school's 64th graduating class. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- Thunderbirds take Olympic gold medalist Erin Jackson for an F-16 ride
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- 2 years ago
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- The Thunderbirds continued their tradition of inviting Olympic gold medalists to fly in an F-16 ahead of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s graduation. This year, that lucky athlete was speed-skating gold medalist Erin Jackson, who took to the skies from Peterson Space Force Base a day before the Class of 2022’s graduation.
Follow The Gazette’s coverage of the Air Force Academy Class of 2022’s graduation:
https://gazette.com/military/2022-air-force-academy-graduation-and-thunderbirds-air-show-live-video-and-updates/article_f58eb12e-dc26-11ec-95b3-7ff32c359ec8.html
Video: Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette
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- SCENES FROM | Colorado College Commencement 2022
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Sights and sounds from the commencement ceremony of Colorado College's class of 2022 in Ed Robson Arena on the CC campus, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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- Memory of Glenda Walls kept alive at Stratton Elementary
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Glenda Walls was a 10-year-old student at Stratton when she was killed in a car accident in 1961. Her classmates, including Mark Robbins, dedicated a tree outside the school that up until December of last year had flourished and served as a memorial for Walls. That tree blew down during a windstorm, but earlier this month, Robbins returned to plant and dedicate a brand new tree to his former classmate.
Read the full story at gazette.com:
https://gazette.com/news/tree-of-life-story-do-not-delete/article_e29e0e00-d22d-11ec-832e-33eb834f3ebb.html
Video: Stephanie Earls/The Gazette
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- Spring snowstorm catches Denver off guard
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A day after near-80-degree temperatures, a cold front with rain and snow hit much of Colorado, Including Denver. Travelers are being cautioned about road conditions, with the potential for more snow throughout the weekend. Up to 31 inches were expected near Rocky Mountain National Park. Already, several events have been canceled or rescheduled.
Read more at denvergazette.com
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- Take a tour of the SpringHill Suites-Element hotel in Colorado Springs
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Jim DiBiase, general partner of the SpringHill Suites-Element hotel opening in downtown Colorado Springs, and Linda Greenwell, the hotel’s director of sales, lead a video tour of the 261-room lodging, the largest new hotel to open in Colorado Springs since the 311-room Great Wolf Lodge opened in December 2016.
Read more: https://gazette.com/news/local/photos-new-marriott-property-in-colorado-springs/collection_e40665e6-d866-11ec-801c-1f2ae0f30eba.html
Video: Wayne Heilman/The Gazette
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- COLORADO POLITICKING | Fentanyl, abortion and more from a busy legislative session
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- With the Colorado legislative session adjourning, the team from Colorado Politics looks back on some of the hot-button issues the legislature has tackled so far in 2022. Coloradans saw a prolonged fight over how the state should combat the fentanyl crisis, a Democratic-led coalition affirming abortion rights and more during a news-filled, and plenty of political positioning from both sides of the aisle ahead of what’s sure to be a contentious election cycle later this year. On a special extended edition of Colorado Politicking, host Pat Poblete talks to Marianne Goodland, Luige Del Puerto, Seth Klamann and Hannah Metzger to gather their insights.