The Gazette Top 10: Teen suicide rate improving in El Paso County, State Debate protests still causing a stir, Garden of the Gods photo fee sparks anger, and much, much, more...

[open] Read today's top 10 from The Gazette. Featuring stories on funding state roads, Mental Health in Colorado, and Fightin' Joe Biden. [Unsubscribe]( For nearly 150 years, The Gazette has played a vital role in the health and prosperity of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. As Colorado’s largest news team, we help our customers understand the people, places, issues and events that affect the quality of life in our market and our state. We invite you to join the nearly 1 million readers each month who turn to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gazette for the latest news, information, analysis and perspective. --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow our yearlong series of stories about Colorado's broken mental health care system. A team of Gazette journalists investigating the gaps in care for children, for veterans, for the community at large. We focus on solutions that might come as state officials and community leaders sharpen their focus on what for many is a vicious cycle of despair and ruin. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Image]( [El Paso County teen suicide rate improving; new task force to host prevention conference]( With two years of data showing a decline in teen suicides in El Paso County from a historic high in 2016, public health officials are hopeful the new numbers signify a positive trend. [Read more]( [Image]( [Last week's protests at State of the State still causing a stir in Colorado]( As of Tuesday none of the 38 arrested been charged, according to Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, who advocated against any charges for those protesters. [Read more]( [Image]( [EDITORIAL: The left's war on energy will devastate rural Colorado]( “Learn to program.” That’s the Democratic Party’s new rendition of “let them eat cake,” the prescription for 18th-century French peasants who had no bread. [Read more]( [Image]( [Stabbing suspect told victims he was Jesus, rubbed spit in shape of cross on their foreheads]( Victims of a stabbing spree early Monday say their attacker asked if they believed in Jesus Christ, then licked his finger and used his saliva to make a cross on his potential targets’ foreheads before continuing his rampage. [Read more]( [Image]( [Possible Garden of the Gods photo fee sparks anger, confusion]( Colorado Springs might require wedding and portrait photographers and videographers to pay $500 annually to take images of clients at Garden of the Gods, parks officials said Tuesday. [Read more]( Must Read from the Colorado Springs Gazette [Colorado marijuana users could use pot without fear of losing jobs with proposed bill]( [COLUMN: A toxic political eclipse starts to end]( [Lawsuit alleges false arrest, excessive force after man 'flips bird' at Colorado Springs officer]( [Colorado College President Jill Tiefenthaler leaving for National Geographic]( ['Do you love God?' asks assailant in Colorado Springs stabbing spree that wounds 8]( Like what you're reading? />Why not subscribe? [Full Digital Access - Now 46% Off]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Colorado Springs Gazette 30 E Pikes Peak Ave Ste 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Ph. 1-866-632-NEWS ©2020, All Rights Reserved [Unsubscribe](