Submit your photos to The Gazette’s Labor Day Lift Off Photo Contest
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If you’re one to pull out your camera when you see a hot air balloon in the bright sky, listen up. The Gazette and Mayfield Counseling Centers are hosting The Official Labor Day Lift Off Photo Contest.
Upload your photos from the Labor Day Lift Off for a chance to win a hot air balloon ride courtesy of Labor Day Lift Off, Rainbow Riders, The Colorado Springs Sports Corp. and Hot Apple Productions. The contest is open through Sept. 13. For more info and to submit your photos, visit gazette.com/laborday.
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Colleen Barry
colleen.barry@associatedpress.com
Updated 7 hours ago
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sage.kelley@denvergazette.com
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ali.swenson@associatedpress.com
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Michele L. Price
michele.l..price@associatedpress.com
Updated 12 hours ago
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Colorado, some Coloradans make appearances in the Epstein Files
RACHAEL WRIGHT Special to The Gazette
rachael-wright-special-to-the-gazette@denvergazette.com
Updated 12 hours ago
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John Moore
john.moore@denvergazette.com
Updated 6 hours ago
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John Moore
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Michael Braithwaite
michael.braithwaite@gazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
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Michael Braithwaite
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In a meeting Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn calls ‘illegal,’ Republicans vote to demand her resignation
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
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The freest man in Colorado history | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
vince-bzdek@denvergazette.com
Updated 22 hours ago
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tom-cronin-bob-loevy@gazette.com
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