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Pueblo police chief blames ‘soft-on-crime legislation’ for shootout that left three officers injured
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Pueblo police chief blames ‘soft-on-crime legislation’ for shootout that left three officers injured

By Sydney Isenberg | Denver7 PUEBLO, Colo. — The chief of the Pueblo Police Department blamed Colorado's "soft-on-crime legislation" for a shootout that left three of his officers injured and a suspect dead on Tuesday. Pueblo Police Chief Chris Noeller said his officers were searching for Billy Soto, 34, who was wanted for attempted murder in connection with a shooting at the Pueblo Village Apartments on Feb. 3. Noeller called Soto a "self-admitted MS-13 gang member" with an extensive criminal history, including 14 felony arrests. The police chief said most of those felony arrests were pleaded down to misdemeanors. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER7
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Mayor Mobolade asks White House to work with Colorado Springs during D.C. trip
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Mayor Mobolade asks White House to work with Colorado Springs during D.C. trip

By Brennen Kauffman  | Colorado Politics Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade met with White House staff earlier this month to make the case for Colorado Springs' strategic value to the administration. Mobolade was in Washington March 8-12 for the National League of Cities' annual Congressional City Conference, an event where thousands of city officials meet with federal staff and members of Congress. During the trip, Mobolade met with the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, the liaisons between President Donald Trump's White House staff and local governments nationwide. Mobolade had talked to the office in February and, while there last week, said he offered to have Colorado Springs serve as a sounding board and testing ground for national policies. READ THE FULL STORY A...
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Denver school district asks judge to dismiss lawsuit challenging school closures
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Denver school district asks judge to dismiss lawsuit challenging school closures

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette Denver Public Schools has asked a district court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parent group Mamas de DPS, which is seeking a temporary restraining order to halt the closures of seven schools at the end of the academic year. The district's attorneys have argued the parent group lacks standing. Mamas de DPS filed the lawsuit in Denver District Court in December. If the group prevails on its temporary restraining order, it would bar the district from shuttering any campuses while the lawsuit makes its way through the legal system. The district argument rests on whether, as taxpayers, the parents were directly and clearly harmed - thus having a standing to bring the case. READ FULL ARTICLE AT DENVERGAZETTE.COM
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Air Force Academy graduate pilots SpaceX mission to International Space Station, known as ‘focused’
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Air Force Academy graduate pilots SpaceX mission to International Space Station, known as ‘focused’

By O'Dell Isaac | Colorado Springs Gazette A Woodland Park High School and Air Force Academy alum is currently representing the Pikes Peak region in space. Air Force Maj. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers, a 2011 academy graduate, served as the pilot on a SpaceX capsule that launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, bound for the International Space Station. The capsule, which carried Ayers and three other astronauts, successfully docked into the ISS on Sunday. The mission was part of a NASA crew swap that allowed astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who had been on the orbiting space lab for nine months, to return home. Williams and Wilmore, both retired Navy test pilots, were scheduled to depart the ISS on Wednesday along with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russi...
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Hate or free speech? CMU students react to local Turning Point USA polls
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Hate or free speech? CMU students react to local Turning Point USA polls

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Few things stir debate on college campuses like politics—and at CMU, a student group’s whiteboard polls have done just that. Turning Point USA’s Colorado Mesa University chapter (TPUSA CMU) has sparked discussion after posting a series of provocative whiteboard poll questions in the university’s cafeteria.  Some students view the questions as open discussion starters, while others see them as hate speech meant to provoke. “Some of the questions pertaining to immigrants and other situations going on, you have to understand a lot of people are going through this personally,” CMU student Welam Agamba told KKCO 11 News. Founded by Charlie Kirk in 2012, TPUSA is known for challenging anti-American perspectives on colle...
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This should be the easiest City Council vote you’ve ever cast
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This should be the easiest City Council vote you’ve ever cast

By The Business Times Staff | The Business Times As we see it, the coming Grand Junction City Council election on April 8, 2025, provides some simple choices. Although in our fair city two problems tend to arise when it comes to our spring, City Council elections. The first is always most glaring and in the past few elections has probably caused the citizens the most problems. And that’s most folks registered to vote simply don’t vote in City Council elections, which lately has ended with a bunch of “do-gooder” progressives getting elected to our City Council. And while you can’t readily identify them by the (D) that should follow their names on the ballot – as City Council elections are “nonpartisan,” the second problem – you can tell them by the company they keep. After the p...
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City of Delta voters to decide on updated charter in special election
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City of Delta voters to decide on updated charter in special election

By Delta County Independent The City of Delta will hold a special election on April 1 for voters to decide on the adoption of a new city charter. This follows the 2024 election, in which citizens approved the formation of a Charter Commission to review and update the existing charter, which was originally adopted in 1950. The elected nine-member Delta Charter Commission, with guidance from the city attorney, city staff and community members, met extensively to assess necessary revisions, taking into account changes in state laws, the Colorado Constitution, and modern municipal governance practices. After thorough review, the commission determined that a full rewrite, rather than piecemeal amendments, was the most effective approach to streamlining and modernizing the city’s founda...
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Colorado building owners face $17 million per year fine under energy bill
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Colorado building owners face $17 million per year fine under energy bill

By Marissa Ventrelli | Colorado Politics A measure aimed at easing some of the near-term requirements from a 2021 law that seeks to reduce greenhouse emissions is facing opposition from the industry it claims to be assisting, with businesses noting the bill allows for tens of millions of dollars in fines. House Bill 1269, sponsored by Reps. Jenny Willford, D-Northglenn, and Alex Valdez, D-Denver, seeks to ease some of the requirements outlined in a 2021 law, which established the building performance program in the Colorado Energy Office. Under that bill, buildings over 50,000 square feet, which amounts to about 8,300 buildings statewide, are required to achieve a 7% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2026. After hearing from building owners who argued that the sta...
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Downtown Denver Partnership gets a $1.5 million boost, city settles another police liability claim
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Downtown Denver Partnership gets a $1.5 million boost, city settles another police liability claim

By Deborah Grigsby | Denver Gazette The Denver City Council approved a resolution Monday night, clearing the way for an additional cash infusion to provide “activation activities related to the reopening of the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver.”  Council Resolution 25-0191 amends a contract with the Downtown Denver Partnership, adding $1.5 million – for a new total of $1.9 million – for events and permanent installations that draw crowds, as well as increased safety and operations, according to city documents. The resolution, a late filing by City Council President Amanda Sandoval, conjured mixed reactions among some council members. At-Large Councilmember Sarah Parady called the resolution out, citing concerns with “the budget environment that we’re in and that we’re g...
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Spate of shootings in Colorado Springs results in 6 injuries — but no deaths
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Spate of shootings in Colorado Springs results in 6 injuries — but no deaths

By Natasha Lynn | Colorado Springs Gazette Eight shootings in the past seven days have been reported by Colorado Springs police. Six people were injured but no one died, according to information from police through Monday. No arrests were announced in any of the incidents. Here’s a recap of the shootings. Monday One man was hospitalized after a morning shooting in southwest Colorado Springs, police said. Police found the man shortly after 5:30 a.m. with a gunshot wound. A K-9 officer found a handgun police believe is associated with the shooting in the 900 block of Green Star Drive, near Eighth Street and Arcturus Drive. READ FULL ARTICLE AT THEGAZETTE.COM
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