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Deficit prompts changes at Girl Scouts' Sky High Ranch
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)With a budget deficit of more than $600,000 stalking the Girl Scouts of Colorado, summer programs at Sky High Ranch north of Woodland Park have changed. Girl Scouts spokeswoman Rachelle Trujillo said camping programs for individual scouts have been...Tags: Politics, Youth Organizations, Public Finance, Social Organizations
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Killing at Colorado Springs biker clubhouse leads to 21-year sentence
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)An Iraq War veteran-turned-motorcycle gang enforcer was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in prison in the slaying of an unarmed man who died in a hail of gunfire outside an outlaw motorcycle gang's Colorado Springs clubhouse. Christopher Mountjoy, a...Tags: Murder, Lawyers, Iraq, Bars and Clubs, Prosecution
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Burglars who hit home evacuated by wildfire get lengthy prison terms
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Two burglars who gained notoriety after their arrests on suspicion of looting the home of a pair of Waldo Canyon fire evacuees were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Wednesday. Shane Erik Garrett was sentenced to 48 years in prison, and Belinda...Tags: Crimes, Theft, Lawyers, Methamphetamine (drug), Prisons
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Prince Harry's visit puts global attention on Colorado Springs
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Britain's Prince Harry left Colorado Springs Sunday, but plenty of his friends and admirers stuck around to take in the sights and fun the area has to offer. And more could follow in the wake of worldwide exposure that came with the royal visit to the...Tags: Harry of Wales, International Travel, England, Travel, United Kingdom
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Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia tells Pikes Peak Community College grads 'Call your mother'
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)For the first time in seven years, Lt. Governor Joseph Garcia had a homecoming of sorts at Pikes Peak Community College. But it was also a farewell to a few hundred graduates. Garcia, who was president of the college from 2001 to 2006, delivered...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Government, Education, Executive Branch
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Rain doesn't quell wildfire concern in Pikes Peak region
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)It takes more than three days of rain to quell serious fire danger in El Paso County. And that was the crux of the U.S. Forest Service wildfire update for the Pikes Peak region, given by Regional Fire Operations Specialist Scott Sugg at the Monument...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Yoga, Government, Politics, Executive Branch
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SIDE STREETS: Honored and humbled to be part of Waldo Canyon museum exhibit
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Last week, I was humbled by an email I received. It came from Leah Davis Witherow, the curator of history at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. The museum is putting together an exhibit on the Waldo Canyon fire to correspond with the one-year...Tags: Museums, Tour Operations Industry, Arts and Culture, Animals
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The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Barry Noreen column
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)In the wake of the Waldo Canyon fire many are worried that heavy rains on the burn scar could result in serious flooding on the west side, especially in Pleasant Valley downstream of Garden of the Gods. Included on a list of proposed flood mitigation...Tags: Science and Technology
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Q&A: BBB's departing CEO will miss the people the most
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Carol Odell, CEO and executive director of the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado, retires on Friday, ending a more than 20-year career with the BBB. Odell started at the BBB in March 1992, serving as the director of member services, and was...Tags: Business, Corporate Officers, Small Businesses, Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Nearly half of 2012 aerial firefighting tanker requests went unfilled
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Forty-eight percent of the time that firefighters asked for air tanker support in their fight against wildfires across the United States last year, they didn't come. Those numbers included requests for the 11 large aerial tankers -- and this year...Tags: Mark Udall, Conservation, Wildfires, Media Industry, Steve King
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C-130 wing prepares for wildfire season
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)The C-130 firefighting unit at Peterson Air Force Base that dropped thousands of gallons of retardant ahead of the Waldo Canyon fire is training for the impending wildfire season while discussions center on how to allow its crews to respond faster to...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Government, Politics, Executive Branch
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Waldo Canyon fire eerily similar to Canadian blaze 10 years ago
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)The fire started with a lightning strike in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park, and burgeoned into a megafire that burned thousands of acres and 249 homes, and left this British Columbia town shaken but triumphant. Ten years ago, British Columbia's...Tags: Politics, Transportation Accidents, Wildfires, Lobbying, Air and Space Accidents
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