The voices ricochet through the skating rink like sharp knives.
“OLY! OLY! OLY!” Pause. “OLY! OLY! OLY!”
Then three points hit the Olympia, Wash., scoreboard, but not for...Full story
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City releases names, titles and salaries of city workers
PERRY SWANSON AND DANIEL CHACÓN
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Gazette has modified the city-employee payroll database so that full names have been truncated to first-name initial, and last name. Read an explanation here.
The payroll office at Colorado Springs city government stays... Full story
CITY FINANCES: This is the first story in The Gazette’s six-day examination of Colorado Springs finances. Stories through Friday this week will examine spending on public safety, parks, road paving, transit and the government’s... Full story
One police officer overslept and missed court. He never testified, and a child abuse suspect went free.
Another drew his pistol and fired at a hawk flying near the Sand Creek police station after a bird attacked his supervisor.
A third lashed out... Full story
After coming home from Iraq, 21-year-old medic Bruce Bastien was driving with his Army buddy Louis Bressler, 24, when they spotted a woman walking to work on a Colorado Springs street.
Bressler swerved and hit the woman with the car, according to... Full story
LONDON — For more than a decade, he had prepared for that moment.Lt. Cmdr. Craig Jones climbed the staircase into the captain’s cabin, with its porthole overlooking the sea and its matched pictures of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of... Full story
Nations that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in their armed forces, as compiled by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara:
AustraliaAustriaBelgiumBritainCanadaCzech... Full story
In Colorado Springs, the cops police themselves - and it's no different with most other departments across the country.
But some communities see a fundamental problem with that approach: Without an outside body overseeing the process, how can... Full story
It took nearly a year for the U.S. Olympic Committee to decide to keep its longtime headquarters in Colorado Springs, but the organization eventually inked a $53 million agreement and incentives package with city officials and local developer LandCo... Full story
On March 26, 2007, the Episcopal congregation that met at 631 N. Tejon St. split when its vestry voted to leave the national body and align with the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, or CANA. The CANA parish continued to worship in Grace... Full story
A few hundred mark the anniversary of the death of the founder of Colorado Springs
R. SCOTT RAPPOLD
"Under the pines that he loved so well, and in a grave covered with blossoms and bits of green, dropped one by one by mourning friends, the ashes of General William Jackson Palmer were yesterday laid at rest in Evergreen cemetery." "Almost severe... Full story