Woodland Park has become a testing ground for the Civics Alliance’s manifesto for whitewashing American history and demonizing teachers
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Posted inEducation
ACLU sues Colorado school district after former employee was forced to leave, banned over “harmless” comment
The lawsuit follows a tumultuous chapter for Woodland Park School District, which is overseen by a conservative board and has drawn national attention for spats over history curriculum
Posted inEquity
Tiny homes starting to be a big-deal solution for people priced out of Colorado’s housing market
New state law puts tiny homes on the same regulatory foundation as other manufactured housing, opening the door to let people live in them long term
Posted inCrime and Courts
Woodland Park man sentenced to 4 years in prison for assaulting U.S. Capitol police officer during Jan. 6 riot
Robert Gieswein is the latest Coloradan to be sentenced in the federal investigation of the Jan. 6 attacks
Posted inHealth, News
Colorado wants more mental health providers for Medicaid patients. But getting approved can take months.
Woodland Park psychologist Chris Estep spent decades helping foster children and Colorado prison inmates with mental health issues, so when he opened a private practice two years ago, he wanted to take patients on Medicaid across the eastern half of the state. He’s still waiting for permission after filing an application 14 months ago. Estep, […]
Posted inColoradans, Environment, Housing, News, Outdoors
Inside Colorado’s attempt to police the growing number of homeless camps in national forests
WOODLAND PARK — The campfire is smoldering and a dozen hamburger buns are scattered in the dirt along the edge of the campsite as Earl Huie approaches a 1984 Dodge pickup that he’s seen before. Huie, a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer, has already warned this camper that it’s illegal to live in the […]
Posted inBusiness, Coloradans, News, Technology
Software antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison
MADRID — John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax charges punishable by decades in prison, authorities said. The eccentric cryptocurrency promoter and tax opponent whose […]
Posted inColoradans, Crime and Courts, News
Someone claimed a driver ran a red light in a small Colorado town. That’s all it took to get a ticket.
Jake Turnbull managed to anger a local within minutes of driving his sporty Suzuki Sidekick into Woodland Park. Turnbull, 28 and living in Colorado Springs, was cruising through the picturesque small town on the north slope of Pikes Peak a few weeks back, his fiancée and pup along for the ride with plans for an […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: The election, the Capitol attack and Black Lives Matter come to a kindergarten classroom in rural Colorado
If you had driven 17 miles from Colorado Springs to my hometown of Woodland Park during the 2020 presidential election, the first thing you’d see would be a large Confederate flag. During the election, our county, Teller, was pronounced “Trump County” on a banner prominently displayed on private land and a truck would drive up […]
Posted inCOVID, Health, News, Politics and Government
Woodland Park mayor dies weeks after contracting COVID-19
COLORADO SPRINGS — The mayor of Woodland Park, a city northwest of Colorado Springs, has died weeks after being diagnosed with COVID-19, officials said. Woodland Park Mayor Pro Tem Hilary LaBarre said on Tuesday that Val Carr, who was less than a year into his mayoral term, had been battling the virus for about two […]