Author: Erin Prater
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Former Colorado internment camp nears national historic site designation after lone Republican senator concedes
A World War II-era internment site for Japanese Americans on Colorado’s eastern plains is one step closer to becoming a national historic site, after a lone Republican senator holding up the required legislation reached consensus Monday with a Colorado Democrat. The Amache National Historic Site Act — carried in the Senate by Colorado Democrats Sens.…
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Some Fort Carson troops placed on ‘increased readiness’ should Russia invade Ukraine: Pentagon
An undisclosed number of Fort Carson troops have been placed on “increased readiness” to deploy to Ukraine, should Russia invade, along with troops from at least nine other U.S. military installations, the Pentagon said Thursday. Among the 8,500 troops placed on prepare to deploy orders by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III are soldiers…
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Darryl Glenn, former councilman and El Paso County commissioner, launches campaign for Colorado Springs mayor
Election Watch l Colorado Springs Mayoral Candidate Darryl Glenn sits down with KOAA and The Gazette Darryl Glenn, a former Colorado Springs city councilman and El Paso County commissioner, has launched a “grassroots” campaign for Colorado Springs mayor, the retired Air Force officer announced Sunday. Entering the 2023 race during what he described as “historic…
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UPDATE: 2 teens fatally shot in southeast Colorado Springs identified; suspect arrested
The two teens found dead early Sunday at a southeast Colorado Springs apartment complex have been identified as Marcus Venezio-Hernandez and Nevean Tafoya, the city’s first and second homicide victims of the year, law enforcement said Thursday. Venezio-Hernandez, 13, and Tafoya, 15, lived in Pueblo, Colorado Springs Police Department public information officer Lt. James Sokolik…
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Man arrested on suspicion of Monday bar-fight murder in Colorado Springs
A man suspected of killing another man during a bar fight early Monday morning was arrested Tuesday and is expected to be charged with first degree murder, Colorado Springs police announced Thursday. Marco Barcelo, 25, was arrested without incident by the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force and booked into the El…
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Diagnostic odyssey: The lonely road walked by thousands of Coloradans with rare disorders
When Keegan Joines was born as a low-birthweight baby, his parents saw the rough start as a mere bump in the road. “He plumped up quickly and everything seemed fine,” said his mom, Susan Joines, an elementary school assistant and pediatric nurse by trade who lives in Castle Rock. But by the time he was…
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And so, we sail: Of diagnoses and demons on this diagnostic odyssey | Commentary
When I first read the phrase, I thought he was waxing poetic, striving to be both a doctor and a wordsmith — a Renaissance man, of sorts. “Cyrus’ hypotonia and congenital malformations have led his mother along a diagnostic odyssey for possible underlying genetic causes,” wrote a young doctor at a hospital in Utah, where…
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String of Sunday grass fires along I-25 ruled accidental by Colorado Springs Fire Department
A string of four grass fires along Interstate 25 on Sunday were ruled accidental, potentially caused by a vehicle with mechanical issues emitting sparks, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said. Four grass fires were ignited in rapid succession Sunday afternoon, all along I-25 in a northward direction. The first, at I-25 and Fillmore, was reported…
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String of Sunday grass fires along I-25 ruled accidental by Colorado Springs Fire Department
A string of four grass fires along Interstate 25 on Sunday were ruled accidental, potentially caused by a vehicle with mechanical issues emitting sparks, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said. Four grass fires were ignited in rapid succession Sunday afternoon, all along I-25 in a northward direction. The first, at I-25 and Fillmore, was reported…
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Cosmetic procedures in Colorado to halt under new public health order
Non-essential cosmetic procedures in Colorado must halt Monday under a public health order issued Sunday by the state health department. The order — which requires hospitals and surgery centers, including outpatient ones, to “immediately cease” cosmetic procedures that can be delayed up to six months without causing “harm to life, limb or function” — goes into effect…