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John Freyer is a man on a mission, riding his bike filled to the brim with Naloxone, a drug that can be used to reverse an opioid overdose, through the pouring rain Sunday afternoon.

In the final days before Tuesdays mayoral runoff election in Colorado Springs, candidates Wayne Williams and Yemi Mobolade have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively, with the largest donations coming from local businesses, trade associations, political action committees and private donors.

Mayoral candidate Wayne Williams has raised more money than Yemi Mobolade in the mayoral runoff election, to be decided May 16, but Mobolade drew money from eight times as many

John Freyer with the Free Naloxone Bike (Photo by Steven Casanova) It’s hard to miss John Freyer as he rides through the city on a teal electric-assist bicycle. His destination? Teaching Richmonders how to save lives. On the front of his bike, inside a wooden crate, are dozens of boxes of Narcan, a brand of naloxone, a lifesaving opioid reversal medication that can be easily administered as a nasal spray. Freyer, an associate professor of cross-disciplinary media at VCU Arts, gives out the...

Tom Bannard knows what it’s like to recover from alcohol and drug problems on a college or university campus that offers more temptation than support. Five years after becoming coordinator of Rams in Recovery, Bannard has built the collegiate recovery program at Virginia Commonwealth University into a model and a mentor for other Virginia colleges and universities, public and private. “We are kind of a flagship,” said Bannard, 36, who relied on a similar program, Hoos in Recovery...