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- MICHELLE KARAS michelle.karas@pikespeaknewspapers.com
Even a global pandemic can't stop Pikes Peak region residents and entrepreneurs from thinking creatively to find new ways to help others.
- VAL CARR
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of an occasional column by Woodland Park Mayor Val Carr. This column and future columns are not i…
- DAVE MARSTON
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Editor's note: This column has been updated to reflect that Aspen Journalism received three (not six) years of funding from the Walton Family …
- CASSIDY ENGLISH
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With colder weather and the uncertainty of COVID-19 restrictions, you might be looking for new hobbies to de-stress. One of my favorite relaxi…
- Woodland Park School District RE-2 Board of Education
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With the recent thorough evaluation and difficult decision regarding the viability of the Merit Academy charter school application, the Board …
- JOE LAFLEUR
The Canada Jay, formerly known as the Gray Jay, also goes by the name Camp Robber. They have learned to hang out around humans in hopes of sca…
- CARROL HARVEY
Jim Pfaff’s guest column “Scoundrels always react to those who expose their duplicity” that appeared in the Jan. 6, 2021 edition of the Pikes …
- 'ASTA BOWEN
I have to admit, I almost feel sorry for old 2020. It’s been catching a lot of hate these days, and not without cause. Of course, the year we …
- MICHELLE KARAS michelle.karas@pikespeaknewspapers.com
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America was born of rebellion.
- MICHELLE KARAS michelle.karas@pikespeaknewspapers.com
There’s so much information constantly churning out about COVID-19 that it’s hard to keep up, even for a news-addict like me.
- NATE WILSON
As a follow up to an article I wrote two months ago about the importance of cardiovascular training, I wanted to give information on the impor…
- GAYLE GROSS
Did you know that engaging in the arts is a way to improve well-being?
- JIM PFAFF
My actions on City Council disgust a small number of people in Woodland Park. It disgusts them so much, a small cadre of current and former go…
- RICHARD ALLEE
We are not at war with the Americans. I checked it out. Our petty disputes over contrived differences would seem so small should we turn our h…
- Warner Strausbaugh | warner.strausbaugh@gazette.com
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The year from hell is over. While an arbitrary four-digit number won’t fix the problems of the world, it does feel especially symbolic this time.
- MICHELLE KARAS michelle.karas@pikespeaknewspapers.com
Soon it will be a new year ... finally, thankfully. And there’s just one word I have for 2020: Gratitude.
- RON FITCH
Our family at UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital would like to wish everyone the happiest of holidays, along with sincere hopes for a healt…
- PEPPER TRAIL
In Oregon, the Klamath Basin wildlife refuges have fallen into their winter silence now. The huge, clamorous flocks of geese that fill the sky…
- STACIE PINDERHUGHES
As COVID-19 cases climb again around the country, people may be considering skipping visits to the doctor to reduce risk of exposure to the vi…
- By MICHELLE KARAS michelle.karas@pikespeaknewspapers.com
Again this week I’m lending this space to readers who shared some holiday traditions or memories with us. It was so nice to hear from everyone…
- MEL MCFARLAND
If you have worked on the summit of Pikes Peak, you probably know Betty. Maybe not, but most of the workers up there had to deal with her. Int…
- DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER
As the rest of the West rushes to meet increasingly ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions, one state is moving in exactly the opposite di…
- PJ MUSILLI
What will you remember about this past year? Most people I talk to often only highlight the bad about 2020. I would encourage you to take some…