Tag: The Gazette
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Gazette editor Jim Trotter inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame
The Denver Press Club on Saturday will induct Denver Gazette and The Gazette in Colorado Springs Associate Editor Jim Trotter into its Hall of Fame. “Jim Trotter is being inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame because of what he has done across 50 years in newsrooms, and what he has given to…
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Colorado justices weigh broad definition of ‘criminal justice agency’ in open records lawsuit
‘I don’t know if you ask the average person on the street, “Is the Dental Board a criminal justice agency?” most people would say yes to that,” said Chief Justice Monica Márquez
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NORAD tracking Santa with a huge team of volunteers this Christmas Eve
If you and your family will be tracking Santa on Christmas Eve, you have Colorado Springs-based NORAD and its nearly 1,000 volunteers to thank. Every Christmas Eve NORAD, officially known as North American Aerospace Defense Command, puts together tools and pulls volunteers to help people around the world track Ol’ St. Nick as he does…
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President, CEO of Denver Gazette’s parent company named recipient of newspaper industry award
Chris Reen, president and CEO of Clarity Media Group, the Denver-based owner of The Gazette in Colorado Springs, The Denver Gazette, Colorado Politics and the Washington Examiner, has been honored with the 2022 Frank W. Mayborn Leadership Award from America’s Newspapers, a leading newspaper industry group. Reen was presented with the award Monday during America’s…
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EDITORIAL: Elect O’Dea and replace an ineffective Sen. Bennet
Colorado has the choice to elect a senator who will achieve positive change. Voters should elect self-made businessman Joe O’Dea, whose lifetime work has netted positive results. Replace a Washington insider who has achieved almost nothing in 13 years. By electing O’Dea, voters will replace a senator so ineffective he did not garner 1% support…
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EDITORIAL: Hope and pray for peace this Easter
Happy Easter! For most of the world’s 2.38 billion Christians, today marks the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. For millions of devout Christians, this day marks the end of 40 days of fasting, prayer and penance. For anyone, it can be a day to appreciate the leaf buds and spring flowers that mark the…
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EDITORIAL: Enforce the law that forbids school segregation
Imagine a public school teaching 5- and 6-year-olds to embrace Baptist doctrines and customs. The school contains three Baptist students. During “Baptist Lives Matter at School Week of Action,” teachers tell Baptist children to reject the traditions of Catholics and Jews, disrupt the families and communities of non-Baptists, and focus on developing “Baptist villages.” This…
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EDITORIAL: Gazette report shows need for Amendment 78
The wind blew a branch on the roof and caused a leak. Dad obtained emergency aid to fix it. He easily patched the damage and had a pile of cash left over. So, dad went to the bar. He yelled “drinks on me” and spent the balance on his friends. His wife was miffed, saying…
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Colorado nonprofit targeted with redistricting lobbying complaint helped draft others’ map proposals
Days after a formal complaint accused a secretly funded nonprofit organization of violating redistricting lobbying disclosure laws, a video recording obtained by The Gazette reveals the same group helped craft maps proposed by the prominent Colorado Farm Bureau, contradicting what the Farm Bureau’s president told the state’s redistricting commissioners. The Farm Bureau president Carlyle Currier…
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Denver Broncos’ ownership saga takes another twist with vacated trial
The fate of the Denver Broncos’ future ownership will not be decided in court, at least for now. According to multiple reports confirmed by The Gazette’s George Stoia, a trial set to start July 12 will not happen after a joint motion was filed Tuesday. The rationale for that decision remains unclear. Attorneys for both…