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Colorado's Highest Mountain Town13 Best Downhill Bike Parks in Colorado
Although they attract millions of visitors throughout the winter, many of Colorado’s ski resorts don’t just go idle when the snow melts each summer. Instead, many chairlifts remain open for bike and foot traffic to enjoy an easy trip up the mountain and downhill laps...
Colorado First State to Include Gender Affirming Care as Essential Health Care Benefit
Colorado became the first state to include gender-affirming care as an essential benefit in individual and small group health insurance plans which make up nearly a quarter of health care customers in the state.State officials announced their new plan under the...
Man makes first appearance after double slaying at Colorado Springs Elks, fleeing to Florida
A man accused of shooting and killing two people during a workplace meeting at a Colorado Springs Elks Lodge then fleeing to Florida made his first appearance in court Tuesday morning.Lamar Taylor, the suspected gunman in the September Elks Lodge shooting that left...
Colorado Springs veteran opens home to stranded Afghan woman
A stranger in Colorado inspired by a Denver Gazette story has agreed to give Fahemeh Amini a lifeline that could allow her escape from Afghanistan and shelter from Taliban death threats.Amini, a university administrator, sought to flee a new Afghan regime that has a...
Colorado Springs councilwoman cries foul with only 1 multicultural event funded from city tourism revenues
The city of Colorado Springs is planning to support one multicultural event out of about 40 events and tourism attractions planned for next year that received money this week — a disparity that Councilwoman Yolanda Avila says shows the city is not working hard enough...
Broadmoor area mansion in Colorado Springs sells for record $8 million
An heir to the Sinton Dairy fortune bought a Broadmoor neighborhood mansion Friday for a record $8 million, according to El Paso County land records.The 16,594-square-foot home two blocks from the 2,500-acre resort was sold by the founder and head of a Colorado...
Young Colorado Springs restaurant owner is a go-getter: From cannabis to tacos and now back to medicine
From pursuing a medical career to producing cannabis to opening four eateries and then going back to medicine, it’s been a wild ride over the past eight years for Michael Thompson.His plan was to be a surgeon. So how does it happen that, before age 40, he and his...
Judge rules MAGA-supporting Colorado election officials can’t work in upcoming election
In August, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced that the state was conducting an investigation into a “serious breach” of election security. Specifically being investigated was Mesa County’s election equipment after images of passwords and software...
Colorado tied for state with fewest shark attacks, Gov. Jared Polis boasts
October can be a spooky month, and one thing many people fear is a shark attack. Jaws in Colorado shouldn’t frighten you because the Centennial State has the best record of shark attacks in the United States, with a total of zero. Gov. Jared Polis shared the news of...