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New El Paso County coroner taking a ‘behind the scenes’ role in contrast to predecessor

Approved, gazette.com, Local / February 3, 2025 / El Paso county

Dr. Emily Russell-Kinsley didn’t always want to be a forensic pathologist, but unlike most middle schoolers, she did know what the title meant. Growing up in an Oklahoma family of physicians, she was a grade-school fan of the popular series of crime novels by Patricia Cornwell following Virginia medical examiner Kay Scarpetta.

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Colorado Springs-based figure skaters befriended airline crash victims at Wichita camp

Approved, gazette.com, Local / February 1, 2025 / Air Traffic Control, Reagan National

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is small. The U.S. Figure Skating community, at its top levels, is even smaller.

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Disgraceful, discriminatory hiring — by CU

Approved, Commentary, gazette.com / January 31, 2025 / CU BOULDER, DEI, Discriminatory hiring

Colorado’s most prominent higher-ed institution, the University of Colorado system, has discreetly changed the name of the office that oversees its controversial “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs — i.e., institutionalized discrimination.

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Colorado Springs church vandalized for the fourth time in six months

Approved, gazette.com, Local / January 30, 2025 / Crime & Safety

Emily Bond’s first thought when she got to work on Tuesday morning was, “Oh, no! We have to get another banner. Again.”

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Federal workforce in Colorado receives resignation emails in Trump’s buyout plan

Approved, gazette.com, State / January 30, 2025 / Trump

Across Colorado, tens of thousands of employees received emails asking them to resign Tuesday, as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape the federal workforce that has received fierce pushback from unions.

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Whooping cough outbreak at Colorado Springs middle school confirmed by health department

Approved, gazette.com, Local / January 29, 2025 / Education, Public health

Jenkins Middle School families with children in the seventh grade received a notice from El Paso County Public Health this week confirming a whooping cough, or pertussis, outbreak.

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Four things to know about school choice enrollment in Colorado

Approved, gazette.com, State / January 28, 2025 / Education

Colorado families are able to attend any public school in the state for free, regardless of where they live through open enrollment.

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Sengenberger: Wannabe guv Jena Griswold stumbles into announcing

Approved, Commentary, gazette.com / January 27, 2025 / Commentary, Jimmy Sengenberger

Secretary of State Jena Griswold wants Colorado voters to make her governor. While the state’s top campaign finance cop hasn’t thrown a swanky launch party yet, she’s already announced her run — allegedly by breaking the very rules she’s supposed to enforce.

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Passenger traffic at Colorado Springs Airport reaches 25-year-high

Approved, gazette.com, Local / January 25, 2025 / Air Travel

The number of people traveling from Colorado Springs Airport reached sky-high levels in 2024 — the most in 25 years and eclipsing 2023 figures by 5%.

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In 2024, Denver International Airport hit 80 million passengers for first time

Approved, gazette.com, Local / January 24, 2025 / Denver International Airport

Former top Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist, Yvonne “Missy” Woods, turned herself into Jefferson County authorities on Wednesday and was booked into jail on a 102-count felony indictment, according to county sources and court documents.

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