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After GI's injury, painkillers "kept coming and coming"

The Army prescribed Percocet — 1,110 pills — for the pain Robey Covel endured after he injured himself at Fort Carson while training to become a Green Beret. For six months, the Percocet "kept coming and coming" after he went to a physician's ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  26 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Edward M. Kennedy

Lifted by victory, Lamborn looks to future

Doug Lamborn, right, shakes hands with 5th Congressional District rival Jeff Crank after Crank conceded Tuesday's election (. Karl Gehring, The Denver Post ) COLORADO SPRINGS — Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn cruised past two challengers Tuesday in ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  13 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Doug Lamborn,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate

Piñon takings "unlikely"

FORT CARSON — A top Army civilian said Friday that the Army will purchase land to expand Piñon Canyon only from "willing sellers" and that it is "very, very unlikely" that condemnation will be used for those purchases. Keith Eastin, assistant ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  19 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Ken Salazar,  Wayne Allard

Renewed hope for Ramsey detective

Detective Lou Smit came out of retirement for the Ramsey case. (Associated Press file photo ) COLORADO SPRINGS — Veteran homicide detective Lou Smit, who long maintained that an intruder killed JonBenet Ramsey, said a letter last week from Boulder DA ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  14 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Jonbenet Ramsey,  John Ramsey

U.S. Rep. Lamborn to petition onto ballot

COLORADO SPRINGS — U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has decided to petition onto the Republican primary ballot. Lamborn faces Jeff Crank and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn in the race for the 5th Congressional District. In a letter to friends and ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  23 Apr 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Doug Lamborn

Firefighters' service set; victims' fund in place

Crews repair the collapsed bridge on Colorado 96. (Chris McLean, The Pueblo Chieftain ) A joint memorial service is scheduled for the two Olney Springs volunteer firefighters who were killed Tuesday while responding to a fire in Ordway. The service ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  18 Apr 2008
Related Topics: John Schwartz

Fort Carson soldier died of drug overdose

COLORADO SPRINGS — A Fort Carson soldier who was sent back to Iraq after a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury died of a drug overdose, his widow said Monday. Shelby Barrett, the wife of Staff Sgt. Chad Barrett, 35, ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  8 Apr 2008

Springs' 911 callers give up

COLORADO SPRINGS — As many as 4,000 calls to 911 are "abandoned" each month in Colorado Springs because there are too few call-takers to answer, according to police Lt. Skip Arms. A call is considered abandoned when the caller hangs up before a ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  21 Mar 2008

Report details church shooting

probably related. About 12 hours before he opened fire with an assault rifle at New Life, Murray fatally shot Tiffany Johnson, 26, and Philip Crouse, 24, at the YWAM facility. during one of those talks had described in detail what happened at YWAM. ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  13 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Ronald Murray

More aim to carry guns

COLORADO SPRINGS — Applications for concealed-weapon permits have skyrocketed in Colorado, with the increase fueled by everything from heavily publicized mass shootings to routine renewals, according to the state's sheriffs. In 2007, 9,880 people ...

From ERIN EMERY, Denver Post,  12 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Virginia Tech,  Doug Davis

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