Author: The Gazette
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COLUMN: Trust, partnerships powered FBI’s field work in 2025
By Mark Michalek As the year comes to a close, Coloradans are reflecting on what has changed, what has endured and what still demands our attention. Public safety remains among the most important responsibilities of government. Violent crime, drug trafficking, child exploitation, fraud and cybercrime continue to threaten communities across our state. Meeting those challenges…
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GUEST COLUMN: Let’s be grateful for the gift of tax indexing
By Wil Armstrong Your biggest Christmas present of the year may be one you won’t even notice! The legendary 1981 Reagan tax cut — which ushered in a decade of prosperity — included a little-known provision called tax indexing. It put an end to inflation pushing Americans into higher tax brackets. Though it did not…
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COLUMN: Learn from the mistakes of legalized marijuana
By Greg Schaller Thirteen years after Colorado became one of the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana, the verdict is in: it has been a public policy failure of historic proportions. What began as a slick, well-funded campaign promising tax revenue for schools and the end of the black market has instead created new…
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GUEST COLUMN: Colorado’s ‘competency’ loophole imperils public safety
By Elizabeth Caven The evening the video of the brutal attack went viral, a wave of disbelief washed over Colorado: How could a man charged with attempted murder be free on the streets, not by bail or a plea deal, but because the law declared him unfit to stand trial and therefore not required to…
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GUEST COLUMN: Heed Colorado’s mistakes; don’t ‘reschedule’ pot
By Caroline Jordan When Coloradans voted to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012 with Amendment 64, I was 14 years old. As a freshman in high school, I was among the first generation of teens to experience the reality of legal weed. It put Colorado on the map as the place where Americans came to get…
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Town hall to tackle wolf reintroduction, rural economy
Agriculture and outdoor recreation are considered two of Colorado’s most important industries. The outdoor recreation industry contributes over $65.8 billion and 511,000 jobs to Colorado’s economy, while the agriculture industry generates $47 billion and 195,000 jobs annually, according to the most recent data. Yet as Colorado Politics’ recent Rural Reckoning series indicated, these two powerhouses…
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Space Command: Its history and background from Colorado Springs to Huntsville
Space Command is a combatant command established in 2019 that employs about 1,700 people from across the military services to provide deterrence in space and if necessary to defend U.S. space assets. It is separate from Space Force, the newest military branch. Sept. 1, 1982 Air Force Space Command is formed in Colorado Springs to…
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Davis Mortuary investigation: Polis asks for coroner’s resignation, declares disaster emergency
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO • Gov. Jared Polis on Friday called on Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to resign immediately amid a multi-agency criminal investigation that’s underway after state inspectors found “around 20” decomposing bodies hidden inside a private funeral home owned by Cotter during an annual inspection. Polis…
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Western Colorado wildfires update: Access to Blue Mesa Reservoir resumes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Officials on Monday announced that access to the west side of Blue Mesa Reservoir has resumed as crews continue to gain containment of the nearby South Rim fire at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison…
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El Paso County deputies fatally shoot man after responding to disturbance in Security-Widefield
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man was shot and killed by El Paso County deputies Saturday night after he allegedly grabbed and deployed a deputy’s Taser, prompting a struggle inside a home in the Lorson Ranch neighborhood, according to…