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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 […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJun 10, 20207:54 pmJune 11, 2020
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‘Street Medics’ Fight COVID-19 And Tend To Protesters’ Wounds

First seen in NPR for Kaiser Health News Amid clouds of choking tear gas, booming flash-bang grenades and other “riot control agents,” volunteer medics in Denver plunged into street protests in recent weeks to help […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJun 10, 20204:41 am
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Why All the Hate for We Are Love Denver?

First seen in Denver Westword As thousands of people started pouring into Denver’s streets on May 28 to protest police brutality and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, community members — some first-time organizers — […]

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