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Life: Travel Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

A long weekend is a good time to explore Colorado, a summer playground for natives, residents and visitors from around the world. This section is dedicated to many of the fun things this state has to offer. While by no means a comprehensive list that touches on every park, trail, fair,...

Colorado Springs man fires at home invaders

News: Local News Published: Fri, May 24, 2013

A Colorado Springs man fired gunshots and scared off three people who broke into his home early Friday morning, police said. Officers were called to a home in the 700 block of Tia Juana Street east of The Citadel mall shortly before 3 a.m. after the man reported the home invasion. According to...

Defense attorneys work to move focus away from Rowland in murder trial

News: Crime & Justice Published: Fri, May 24, 2013

Shackled on the witness stand, a formerly homeless Colorado Springs man endured slashing questioning Thursday in which he was accused by a defense attorney of committing a brutal murder. Anthony Loffredo, now an inmate at the Jefferson County jail, testified that although he was asked to carry...

Fort Carson welcomes 14 engineers home from Afghanistan

News Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

Fourteen Fort Carson soldiers returned to Colorado Springs Thursday afternoon after seven months spent improving and expanding American military instillations in Afghanistan. It was a short and smooth deployment for the soldiers of the 52nd Engineer Battalion's 40th Engineer Detachment. The...

Wasson Assistant Principal Stacy Bush hugs two of the last students to leave the school Thursday, May23, 2013, the final day of classes at Wasson High School, which closes at the end of the school year. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette

VIDEO: Wasson High School closes books on 54 years of history

News: Education Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

At first glance, Thursday seemed like a typical last day of school for the Thunderbirds of Wasson High. With finals under their belts, students emptied their lockers, hugged teachers, shed some tears, pledged to stay in touch and turned an eye toward summer break.

SIDE STREETS: Four-legged veteran was hero to many

News Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

Mitra Singh is planning a memorial service for a hero: her friend and companion Emir. For six years, Emir was in the Air Force and served four combat tours in Iraq. Emir won an award for being a key member of the security detail that protected President George W. Bush during his 2008 visit to...

Long-standing Territory Days festival on tap for weekend

News: Local News Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

Territory Days, one of Colorado Springs' largest and longest-standing street festivals is on tap this weekend, running 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, on Colorado Avenue between 23rd and 27th streets. This time-honored celebration commemorating the founding of...

Joey Truscelli, a former Formula One driver, has a new business "bottling" spring water and putting it in a reusable pouch. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (The Gazette/Jerilee Bennett)

Divide man enters bottled water business with innovative pouch

Business Published: Fri, May 24, 2013

The water is purported to be from an 18,000-year-old glacier sealed beneath the Rocky Mountains. But the most noticeable difference between Spring Loaded water and other bottled water brands is likely the 18-ounce container. Spring Loaded (www.springloadedh2o.com) is the newest business...

Ron Whitney mops the bathrooms as his dog Baby waits patiently on the golf cart while making morning cleaning rounds at Whiting Campground in Maple Canyon near Mapleton, Utah on Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Mark Johnston)

Campground hosts: Hard work, but still a dream job for many

Life Yesterday

PIKE NATIONAL FOREST - There are times, usually when it's been awhile since she had clean laundry or a proper shower, that Ruth Williams misses home. Then, she said, "When I get into the traffic, I think, 'Now I know why I live in the mountains.'" When the 73-year-old says "in the...

Some damage reported from 5.7 quake in N. Calif.

News: U.S. & World Updated: 1 hr ago

GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A sheriff says an earthquake in far northeastern California did not cause any injuries, but did cause moderate damages, including to a water tank. Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood says the magnitude-5.7 quake sent items tumbling from grocery store shelves and...

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

News: U.S. & World Updated: 4 hr ago

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization. Gay adults will remain barred from serving as...

Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

News Updated: 16 hr ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. In a lengthy...

Survey: Fewer Coloradans traveling this Memorial Day weekend

Life: Travel Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

The number of state residents traveling this Memorial Day weekend is expected to fall slightly from last year. A survey of travelers released Wednesday by AAA Colorado states about 600,000 Coloradans, or 11.7 percent of the state's population, are expected to travel 50 miles or more this...

Colorado killer's reprieve from Gov. Hickenlooper sharply criticized

News: Local News Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

DENVER - Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election. Hickenlooper on Wednesday granted an indefinite...

Sign marking site of 1959 Girl Scout Roundup safe from nearby construction

News: Local News Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

Within a few feet of the hard track where heavy machinery rumbles, a silent piece of history stands protected behind braided wire. Not many know what it stands for, this large, weathered wooden sign about 70 feet east of northbound Interstate 25 just up the road from InterQuest Parkway. Cars...

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