ICYMI | Multiple Pride flag thefts reported in Colorado

PLUS | Colorado Springs Police Department mourns death of K9 Britta and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Thursday, June 13, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Multiple Pride flag thefts reported in Colorado]( For the past four years, Mike Horan has hung a Pride flag outside of his Lakewood home during the month of June. He's never had any issues until June 9, when two masked men came to his home and stole the flag. In the surveillance video, the men arrived around 3 a.m., removed the flag and then flipped off the camera. It appears they had already stolen another flag prior to arriving at Horan's home. [Read More]( [Revelry and romance, pirates and pixies: Colorado Renaissance Festival opens for 47th season]( Hear ye, hear ye: The Colorado Renaissance Festival will open this weekend in Larkspur for its 47th season. The immersive festival will transport visitors back to a 16th-century village, with more whimsy and less disease. Home to jugglers and jousters, fairies and fair maidens, aristocrats and artisans, the fest will be open on weekends through Aug. 6. [Read More]( [Broncos players swing for the fences to raise $120,000 for veteran mental health]( Colorado Rockies players weren't the ones hitting home runs at Coors Field on Wednesday. A collection of nine Denver Broncos players and eight Colorado Springs media members took up the plate for UCHealth's sixth-annual Healthy Swings home run derby on Wednesday, swinging for donations to help veterans with mental health. [Read More]( [Colorado Springs Police Department mourns death of K9 Britta]( The Colorado Springs Police Department is mourning the death of K9 officer Britta after she died over the weekend. Britta died Sunday after serving the community for 10 years with CSPD's EOD unit, according to an announcement from the department. [Read More]( [Survey is next step toward decision on e-bikes in Colorado Springs]( Colorado Springs parks officials are taking next steps toward a long-awaited decision on electric-powered bikes' legal fate on city-owned trails. A decision has been in limbo since 2021, when the city parks department announced allowing e-bikes on all trails where other bikes were allowed in what was to be a year-long review period. [Read More]( [Colorado Springs' Colin Prater shoots 79 in first round of U.S. Open]( Colin Prater is experiencing everything at the U.S. Open this week. After the Cheyenne Mountain golf coach and teacher played practice rounds with the likes of Sahith Theegala, Will Zalatoris, Colorado's Wyndham Clark, Jordan Spieth and Sam Burns early in the week, Prater played his U.S. Open first round on Thursday. [Read More]( [Motorcyclist accused of shooting victim on I-25 south of Colorado Springs]( Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office are investigating a shooting that occurred on Interstate 25, near the South Academy Boulevard exit Thursday morning. [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903