Woodland Park City Council remembers late Mayor Val Carr
WOODLAND PARK • In its first regular meeting since his death, the City Council on Thursday honored the late Mayor Val Carr as a hardworking public servant who made a deep impact on the bedroom community a half-hour’s drive west from Colorado Springs. Carr, who stepped into his role as mayor last April, died Tuesday after a two-month battle with COVID-19. His death was a shock to the community, which just six months before bore the loss of former Mayor Neil Levy, who died in August of complications from kidney cancer. Levy was 66. After opening the meeting with a moment of silence to hono...