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The April 6 city election installed three new City Council members, along with handing three incumbents a second term. But regarding policies, those new members seem to be cut from the same cloth as those they’re replacing, suggesting voters sought to maintain the status quo. For example, Dave Donelson won the northwest District 1 seat. The retired Army officer and physician assistant will replace Don Knight, who’s also a retired military officer. Knight endorsed Donelson as did Mayor...

Press-Republican Saranac Lake Middle School social studies teacher Dwight Stevenson is among the first group of people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at a state Department of Health-run vaccine clinic in Plattsburgh on Monday, Jan. 18. (Photo provided by Dwight Stevenson) PLATTSBURGH — A North Country Chamber of Commerce webinar gathered regional healthcare professionals Wednesday morning and the message was clear: Get the COVID vaccine ASAP. University of Vermont Health Network, Champl...

District 4 incumbent Yolanda Avilla, right, celebrates with her daughter Dulce Garcia Tuesday, April 6, 2021, during a watch party at the Club Tilt & Grill after early results showed Avilla leading Colorado Springs City Council candidate Regina English. Garcia and her family from Hunnington Beach, Calif., surprised Avilla Saturday to spend the weekend and election day with her. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Christian Murdock/The Gazette Chancey Bush Chancey Bush

Early results released by the city clerks office showed Henjum had garnered 5,302 votes — 37.6% of ballots — in the most competitive race of the evening and was likely to be elected to represent Colorado Springs’ central sector. It was one of six district races on the ballot that could determine the direction of council for the next four years. Jill Gaebler, first elected to represent the district in 2013 and re-elected to a second term in 2017, is term-limited and cannot run again. "I w...

District 4 incumbent Yolanda Avilla, right, celebrates with her daughter Dulce Garcia Tuesday, April 6, 2021, during a watch party at the Club Tilt & Grill after early results showed Avilla leading Colorado Springs City Council candidate Regina English. Garcia and her family from Hunnington Beach, Calif., surprised Avilla Saturday to spend the weekend and election day with her. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Christian Murdock/The Gazette Chancey Bush Chancey Bush Chancey Bush

The decision to scale back the amount of parkland developers must dedicate to the city might be reshaped by the next city council, which will be seated following the April 6 city election. Given that six of nine spots will be decided by the election, a new council may set aside that decision, which lowered required acreage from 7.5 acres per 1,000 residents in a new development to 5.5 acres. On Feb. 9, Councilors Jill Gaebler, Dave Geislinger, Mike O’Malley, Tom Strand and Wayne Williams v...

Matt Zelenok — District 5, central Colorado Springs Zelenok, 34 and owner of Springs Preferred Realty, grew up in Colorado Springs and would bring a scientific background to council as a biochemistry major who founded a company that built equipment and provided research and development support to the U.S. Energy Departments Sandia National Laboratories. When the contract ended he moved into real estate. Zelenok would prioritize introducing modern technology to increase traffic flow and effici...

They’re certainly not as sexy as presidential elections, but the truth is, local elections provide the greatest opportunity for your vote to make an impact. Instead of being one in 160 million, your voice and choice are amplified; it’s one among several thousand. The city of Colorado Springs should announce the winners of six Council seats and the outcome of one ballot issue after polls close on Election Day, April 6. Ballots will be mailed March 12, so be on the lookout.  As in th...

The AASCs choices: District 2 — Councilor Dave Geislinger District 3 — Council President Richard Skorman District 4 — Councilor Yolanda Avila District 5 — Karlie Van Arnam District 6 — Mike OMalley Four of those six also won endorsements from the About its selections, the Apartment Association said in a release: "AASC supports candidates with goals and a clear vision of how to address the many challenging issues facing Colorado Springs. Our leadership feels it is impor...

Good Day Atlanta viewer information: March 2, 2021 By FOX 5 Digital Team Published  The two-minute video features Georgia youth discussing their superpower that makes them special. ATLANTA - Georgia youth: "Dyslexia is my Superpower!":  They say necessity is the mother of all invention. And in the case of a Facebook video getting a lot of views these days, a local mother needed to send a message. "Dyslexias very misunderstood, and I wanted to write something that would help people understan...