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Parker man indicted for taking $1.4 million in COVID-19 relief

Mar 27, 2024

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A Parker man faces a federal indictment for fraudulently obtaining funds through COVID-19 assistance programs over three years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado said on Wednesday. Tarek Kassem, 63, is accused of applying for, and receiving, more than $1.4 million in Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and more than $300,000 in Payroll Protection Program…

A Colorado veteran needed help. He ended up dead after the VA referred him to a nursing home

Oct 9, 2023

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Jenny Deam

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The terrible chain of events began three years ago in Grand Junction when the Veterans Health Administration made a questionable referral for an elderly veteran named Ernest Griffiths Jr. to enter a private-sector nursing home for his dementia care. It ended Feb. 25 with suspected…

Russia’s anti-satellite missile test draws condemnation from Colorado lawmakers

Nov 25, 2021

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David Bitton david.bitton@gazette.com

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Three Colorado lawmakers have voiced concern over Russia’s Nov. 15 anti-satellite missile test that endangered astronauts and created thousands of pieces of space debris the Colorado Springs-based U.S. Space Command is now responsible to track. Colorado Springs Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn and Democratic U.S. senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper — like many leaders throughout…

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Parker man indicted for taking $1.4 million in COVID-19 relief

A Colorado veteran needed help. He ended up dead after the VA referred him to a nursing home

Russia’s anti-satellite missile test draws condemnation from Colorado lawmakers