Author: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazette.com
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Climate change is punishing the Colorado River — and fueling devastating wildfires on the basin
LAKE GRANBY — On a Thursday afternoon in October, 2020, Jeff Stahla hit the road east, with a plan to meander his way home from the Western Slope to Loveland via scenic byways that flirt with the Colorado River for part of its twisting, tumbling journey down from headwaters high in Rocky Mountain National Park. The…
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Drought, warming, punish Colorado River, push megafires onto the basin
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Colorado’s last Tuskegee Airman is grand marshal for D.C. Memorial Day parade
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Lt. Col. James Harvey III — one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen — grew up in the Northeast’s industrial heartland in the 1920s and ’30s, living the “good life” in what felt like a colorblind world.…
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Colorado’s last Tuskegee Airman is grand marshal for D.C. Memorial Day parade
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. (Video: Stephanie Earls/The Gazette) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”:…
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For self-taught Colorado Springs artist, dragons are both art and therapy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sabra Overby began learning paper mache during the COVID-19 pandemic and now makes and sells hand-made dragons in her home studio in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “NEWS | Colorado Springs artist used pandemic lockdown to hone her…
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The oldest WWII veteran in Colorado? It could be Harold Nelson, who turns 107 this week.
Harold Nelson was 26 years old when he headed off to war, the first person in Nebraska drafted into the Army in 1941, said the Denver resident’s daughter, Carolee Soden. “He served four years in the infantry division and he was in the war zone for two years, living in a foxhole … with no…
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Small Brewery Sunday shines a light on local craft beer businesses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sandwiched in between Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday is Small Brewery Sunday. the Brewers Association The Brewers Association established Small Brewery Sunday in 2019 to encourage craft beer fans to remember their local beer-makers and sellers during the season of consumption that officially kicked…
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‘American Exile:’ Colorado brothers’ fight against deportation of US vets featured in new documentary
Manuel Valenzuela was born in Mexico and raised in the U.S., by a mother who made sure her children knew that because she was an American citizen they were, too. When Valenzuela enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1969, following his older brother, Valente, into combat overseas, his citizenship wasn’t an issue. The Vietnam War…
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Mom and son’s Sunday drive, with fake AK-style rifle, sends panic through Colorado Springs neighborhood
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police received multiple calls Sunday afternoon about a white van trolling the streets around Skyview Middle School, with the sunroof open and a boy “sticking up through” brandishing what appeared to be an…
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Simone Biles’ withdrawal from Olympic competition brings focus on athlete mental health
As the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Games loomed, Team USA gymnastics coach Sarah Jantzi talked about embracing a more nurturing training style, one that also included a focus on athletes’ psychological well-being. She didn’t pressure 18-year-old gymnast Grace McCallum to suck it up and keep going if she was exhausted or in pain, Jantzi told The New…