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Articles by LJ DawsonAug 27, 20206:11 pmAugust 28, 2020
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Community Mural honors Conejos Neighborhood

First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Painting has begun on Colorado Springs’ newest mural on the Colorado Avenue I-25 underpass, highlighting the history of the Conejos neighborhood. It is the largest of the city’s […]

Articles by LJ DawsonAug 27, 20206:07 pmAugust 28, 2020
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District 11 technical and college preparatory schools carry past lessons into new year

First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Young people are increasingly turning toward options not offered in traditional classrooms, allowing them to explore hands-on trades and focused career paths long before graduation. Colorado Springs School District […]

Articles by LJ DawsonAug 26, 20208:55 pmAugust 28, 2020
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Gregg Deal nets Art on the Streets award

First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Gregg Deal of Peyton won $10,000 from the Art on the Streets program, a first-place award for his mural, “Take Back the Power.” Deal is an indigenous artist […]

Articles by LJ DawsonAug 19, 20203:09 pmJanuary 28, 2021
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Eviction notice

First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Mucking horse stables, finding yardwork, driving for Uber — 47-year-old Monument resident Jody Raye has spent the last five months in a desperate hustle to pay bills and hold […]

Articles by LJ DawsonAug 11, 20208:55 pmOctober 2, 2020
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20-year CSPD officer disciplined for “KILL EM ALL” comment

First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent A Colorado Springs Police Officer found to have commented “KILL EM ALL” and then “KILL THEM ALL” on a livestream of a June Black Lives Matter protest that […]

Articles by LJ DawsonAug 6, 20205:42 pmJanuary 25, 2021
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Servicios de La Raza provides rental assistance to undocumented community

First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy Maria, an undocumented Colorado resident who is a volunteer “promotora” or community health worker, lost all her income in March 2020. Barred from government COVID-19 assistance due to […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJul 29, 20208:55 pmAugust 28, 2020
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New high-tech Paralympic and Olympic museum opens to public

First Seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Colorado Springs is getting a fancy new museum full of technology and adaptive displays to celebrate Paralympians and Olympians of the past and future. Despite COVID-19 shrinking the […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJul 29, 20206:33 pmSeptember 2, 2020
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FROM BAILEY TO FLOYD

A YEAR LATER, DO BLACK LIVES MATTER HERE YET? First seen in The Colorado Springs Independent For De’Von Bailey’s closest friends, the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer in […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJul 15, 20206:42 pmJuly 29, 2020
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How to weed-whack through fake COVID-19 information

VIRAL VIRUS MISINFORMATION First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy Colorado Springs company Lead Stories is fighting the spread of misinformation on the internet. A reporter, a tech entrepreneur and a lawyer joined forces in 2015 to […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJul 15, 20206:26 pmJuly 29, 2020
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Businesses hope to force Nor’wood-controlled board to operate transparently

First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy Disgruntled business owners in northern Colorado Springs will get their chance in court July 30 to shake loose documents that could explain where millions of dollars in current […]

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