Tag: house
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Scrutiny aimed at redistricting commission’s maps over minority protections
Preliminary draft maps unveiled in June by the state’s legislative redistricting commission, if not adjusted, could violate federal civil rights laws, two state lawmakers said this week, by splitting minority communities in some parts of the state. At issue is the way state House and Senate districts are drawn in areas where Black and Hispanic…
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Denver landed MLB All-Star Game thanks to Polis’ and Hancock’s hustle
It was no accident that Denver’s Coors Field landed this summer’s All-Star Game after Major League Baseball pulled the event from Atlanta over recent changes to Georgia’s voting laws. But the feat had more to do with preparation and hustle — and possibly the Mile High City’s high, dry air — than the state’s election…
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LIFE | Local painter leaves legacy in home built into Garden of the Gods
Pat Musick’s childhood and now adult home sits directly on the boundary of Garden of the Gods, with the red rocks used as walls and offering a beautiful view of the park and Pikes Peak. Musick’s father, the painter Archie Musick, designed and built the home back in the 1950s with a goal of incorporating…
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Haunted History in Colorado Springs
Gazette reporter Jennifer Mulson learned during a conversation with her neighbor that a house two doors down from her own just west of downtown Colorado Springs was the site of a gruesome 1911 ax murder that claimed the lives of six people. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Living Green
For Jim and Stephanie Gagnepain, it’s their “little bermed house on the prairie.” (Video by Katie Klann)
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Helping the Hidden Homeless
Dream Centers and Mary’s Home are transforming two meth houses into new community gathering space in ten days to help the homeless population in Colorado Springs. The grand reveal and ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on October 15. (Katie Klann/The Gazette)