Author: garrison wells garrison.wells@gazette.com
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New Colorado Springs interchange is part of national move to new design
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gilbert Chlewicki is a transportation superstar. Which means almost nothing, unless you are in a city where there is a diverging diamond interchange – part of a new wave of ways to get around a…
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Suthers to Pikes Peak grads: Be a good ancestor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About 350 students who took part in Pikes Peak Community College’s graduation ceremonies Saturday were sent off with a pair of messages: Become good ancestors and meet change head-on. “This goal of becoming a good…
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Police: Colorado Springs shoplifter scratched, sprayed store worker
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A woman spotted shoplifting from a Wal-Mart store Saturday punched, scratched and then sprayed a loss prevention officer in the face with pepper spray before fleeing with a friend in a Toyota Echo, police say.…
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Cure for I-25/Fillmore interchange is on the way
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Fillmore Street/I-25 interchange got a $2 million gift. That gift guarantees the $13 million highway project will be fully funded. “It was originally an $11 million project,” said Jason Wilkinson, spokesman for the Pikes…
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Renowned inventor gives tips to innovators while being honored in Manitou Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eat just one meal a day, deprive yourself of oxygen underwater and ingest a brain food concoction of your own creation and you, too, might someday lay claim to being one of the world’s top…
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Colorado Springs plans to build more roundabouts, instead of traffic lights, at intersectoins
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Roundabouts, the circular intersection islands that replace stop signs and stoplights, are lauded by traffic engineers because they cost less and are safer than intersections with signal lights. And it’s a good thing drivers have…
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Cinco de Mayo a chance for Colorado Springs residents to celebrate heritage with food, music, cars
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jose Soto put the finishing touches on his 1963 Chevrolet Impala convertible, the mirrors placed so viewers could see the car’s under carriage. A little thing, perhaps, but critical if he was going to win…
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Black Forest fire lesson is mitigation works – when everyone does it
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the major lessons from the Black Forest fire was that mitigation worked. A good example was Cathedral Pines, where the upscale community, including the developer, worked to mitigate wildfire risk. It paid off,…
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Ramblin’ Man: Orange cones – traffic nuisance or moneymaker?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wealth, as wealthy folks know, depends upon trends and smart investing. Rich folk know to look to trends that suggest where money is headed and, more important, where it can be made. Trends at the…
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RAMBLIN’ MAN: You’ve been warned – don’t drive high
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Used to be the mantra was don’t drink and drive. So pass? As of Jan. 1, don’t smoke and drive became the driver safety buzzwords in Colorado and Washington. We’re not talking about cigarettes. Nor…