October 29, 2007
Ghouls In Running Shoes - The 13th Annual Emma Crawford Memorial Coffin Races
October 29, 2007 7:16 AM
From fleet-footed hillbillies to fat Elvi, there was a plethora of the paranormal in Manitou Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007.
And that's the way they like it.
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October 11, 2007
Local News Round-Up for October 11, 2007
October 11, 2007 6:02 PM
Memorial Hospital Says It's Not At Fault in Family Deaths
Overdose Victim Was Set to Testify Against Pueblo City Schools
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August 20, 2007
Colorado News Round-up, Aug. 20, 2007
August 20, 2007 6:20 PM
The number of Court-approved wiretaps are rising dramatically in Colorado, resulting in more drug arrests but raising privacy concerns.
Forest Service contractors have begun thinning stands of ponderosa pine in a 200-acre tract of the Rio Grande National Forest to reduce fire danger and improve big-game habitat.
Tom Tancredo says the parents of the New Jersey schoolyard slaying victims should sue the city for negligence.
No institution of higher learning in Colorado has made the Princeton Review's annual list of top 10 party schools for 2008, but the U.S. Air Force Academy ranks number 7 on it's list of schools that are, "stone, cold sober."
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August 1, 2007
New Life Church Nominates New Leader
August 1, 2007 5:09 PM
The evangelical megachurch in Colorado Springs has spent the last eight months looking for a replacement for Ted Haggard, who was dismissed in November after admitting to buying drugs and having a questionable relationship with a male prostitute.
New Life claims a membership of more than 10,000 people. Its pastoral selection committee has chosen Brady Boyd to take over as senior pastor. Boyd is currently an associate senior pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. An email to New Life members from the head of its selection committee says Boyd has strong leadership gifts, significant experience and training in senior pastoral ministry, and a passion for teaching the Scriptures. The email describes him as "a man of character, proven experience, and good reputation."
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July 11, 2007
Noel Black Interviews Mike Jones
July 11, 2007 4:20 PM
Photo: Noel Black
The man who brought down New Life Church's Pastor Ted Haggard is visiting Colorado Springs to promote his new book. It's called, I Had to Say Something: The Art of Ted Haggard's Downfall. It's author, Mike Jones, has received a frostry reception at Colorado Springs bookstores. Both major national chains here declined to host Jones for signings. Independent bookseller Richard Skorman publicly announced that he wouldn't even sell the book, which he considers poorly written. The gay community has stepped in to show Jones their support and Jones appeared at DJs bar for a signing last Sunday where Noel Black caught up with him.
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June 28, 2007
Vail Hosts Conference on Endocrine Disruptors in Drinking Water
June 28, 2007 2:00 PM
Scientists from across the country came to Colorado this week to discuss the latest research on emerging contaminants found in water. The compounds show up in minute traces and their effect on humans is unclear, but recent studies indicate they're disrupting fish and frog populations. Bente Birkeland reports from Vail.
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May 31, 2007
Gov. Signs Mental Health Parity Bill
May 31, 2007 1:02 PM
Governor Ritter has signed a new law that expands health care coverage for people with mental illnesses such as depression and post traumatic stress disorder. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
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May 30, 2007
TB Patient Coming to Denver
May 30, 2007 6:43 PM
The man with a highly drug-resistant form of tuberculosis who American health authorities put under quarantine after he took two transatlantic flights is coming to Denver for treatment. Bente Birkeland has more.
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May 29, 2007
New Life: Attendance, Giving Remain Down
May 29, 2007 3:48 PM
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"The Root of All Evil?" Part 1. It's been 7 months since Pastor Ted Haggard was removed as the leader of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. This after he admitted to receiving massages and buying methamphetamine from a gay male prostitute in Denver over a period of years.
Prior to Haggard's departure, New Life claimed a congregation of 14,000 members. A new email from the church to its members now says that attendance remains down 20 to 25 percent, or by 2,800 to 3,500 members. Giving, the church says, remains 8 to 10 percent below pre-scandal levels.
New Life has yet to replace Haggard, but church leaders say they now have four finalists for the job, including Ross Parsely, who is currently a pastor at the church. The candidates will be interviewed in June.
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May 25, 2007
Gaps in Mental Care Persist for Ft. Carson Soldiers
May 25, 2007 2:35 PM
Photo: Daniel Zwerdling, NPRSix months ago, an NPR investigation found that leaders at Fort Carson, Colo., were punishing some soldiers who returned from war with serious mental health problems - and were preventing them from getting the treatment they needed. In some cases, officers kicked the soldiers out of the Army.
Those stories sparked ongoing investigations of the post, including one by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and another by Pentagon officials.
Early this year, commanders at Fort Carson responded by launching what they described as an important new program: They required every leader, from sergeants up to generals, to attend a training course on how to spot and help soldiers who potentially have post-traumatic stress disorder. Officials say more than 2,200 leaders have taken the course so far, most of them early this year.
But during a recent return trip to Fort Carson to see whether conditions for troubled soldiers had improved, the most significant changes appeared to be rhetorical.
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May 16, 2007
Congressional Delegation Visits Carson, Investigates Mental Health
May 16, 2007 5:43 PM
Soldiers and Army families unhappy with the mental health treatment Ft. Carson provides had a chance to sound off to Congress this week. A bipartisan group of nine U.S. senators and congressmen sent a team of their staffers to Ft. Carson Monday for two days of fact-finding about mental health problems being reported at the base. Carson has come under fire in the media following allegations by soldiers that leaders there mistreat troops with Post Traumatic Sttress disorder, or PTSD.
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May 1, 2007
Allard, Salazar: Broaden Army PTSD Investigation
May 1, 2007 7:07 PM
Colorado's senators are calling for a broader investigation of mental health issues at Ft. Carson. Republican Wayne Allard and Democrat Ken Salazar wrote to the head of the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, today to urge that the investigation the agency is already conducting at Ft. Carson be broadened to recommend fixes that can be implemented by Congress or the Department of Defense.
That's a change of tune for Allard, who yesterday told KRCC that he didn't necessarily think such an investigation was necessary:
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April 9, 2007
Sheriff: Drug Overdose Kills Inmate at El Paso County Jail
April 9, 2007 4:29 PM
An apparent drug overdose killed an inmate at the El Paso County jail on Sunday.
The sheriff's office reports that 34-year-old Dustin Elbert was found dead at about 5:00 yesterday afternoon by a deputy conducting formal welfare checks. The deputy administered CPR until medical help arrived, and an ambulance was summoned. Ambulance staff declared him dead about 10 minutes after he was discovered to be unresponsive.
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April 5, 2007
Energy Company Opens "Man Camp" to Combat Drug and Alcohol Abuse
April 5, 2007 5:17 PM
Energy companies are drilling around the clock in western Colorado. But just as the price of natural gas continues to soar, it appears that drug and alcohol abuse among the industry's workforce is climbing as well. Now, one of the region's largest gas drilling companies has started housing some of its employees at the drill rigs themselves, to keep tabs on them, and enforce strict, anti-substance abuse policies. Aspen Public Radio's Kirk Siegler visited a man camp near Parachute and filed this report.
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December 14, 2005
Methamphetamine: A Home Cooked Threat - Part IV (The High Cost of Cleanup)
December 14, 2005 2:49 PM
archivesMETHAMPHETAMINE: A HOME COOKED THREAT - PART IV (THE HIGH COST OF CLEANUP)
In the fourth installment of our five part series on methamphetamine, KUOW's Patricia Murphy looks into the costly endeavor of cleaning up meth's aftermath. [LISTEN] []
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Methamphetamine: A Home Cooked Threat - Part III (The Meth Mess)
December 14, 2005 11:44 AM
archivesMETHAMPHETAMINE: A HOME COOKED THREAT - PART III (THE METH MESS)
In the third of a five-part series on methamphetamine, Patricia Murphy of KUOW examines the environmental hazards caused by meth labs. [LISTEN] []
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December 2, 2005
Methamphetamine: A Home Cooked Threat - Part II (The Cooks)
December 2, 2005 2:04 PM
archivesMETHAMPHETAMINE: A HOME COOKED THREAT - PART II (THE COOKS)
This is the second of a five-part series on meth. Patricia Murphy of KUOW talks to a man formerly known as Pierce County's (Washington) most notorious meth cook. [LISTEN] []
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November 30, 2005
Methamphetamine: A Home Cooked Threat - Part I (Life after Meth)
November 30, 2005 5:03 PM
archivesMETHAMPHETAMINE: A HOME COOKED THREAT - PART I (LIFE AFTER METH)
In this first of a five-part series, Patricia Murphy of KUOW looks at how meth users are effected by the drug. [LISTEN] []
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November 7, 2005
Election Wrap-up
November 7, 2005 10:13 AM
archivesELECTION WRAP-UP
Eric Whitney reports on the marijuana-related ballot initiatives in Denver and Telluride. Stephen Raher explores what Referendum C's passage means for TABOR movements in other states. [LISTEN] []
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June 16, 2005
Pot on Public Lands
June 16, 2005 8:14 AM
archivesPOT ON PUBLIC LANDS
Adam Burke brings us the details on marijuana bring grown in California's public parks. [LISTEN] []
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Treatment and Recovery
June 16, 2005 8:13 AM
archivesTREATMENT AND RECOVERY
Jon Wilson examines the state of drug treatment services in Colorado, and how things might change in the near future. [LISTEN] []
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Rural Meth
June 16, 2005 8:11 AM
archivesRURAL METH
Stephen Raher talks to drug warriors and would-be legalizers about the drug that's getting all the headlines: crystal meth. [LISTEN] []
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