PM Update | ‘Critical’ funds come amid excitement, worry around local quarry

PLUS | VP candidates Vance and Walz meet + Top of the world with friends on the Colorado Trail [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [‘Critical’ funds come amid excitement, worry around Colorado Springs quarry]( Tuesday morning in the hills beyond Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs officials gathered to celebrate a promise of restoration. It was in celebration of a scar to be healed — and money to perhaps accomplish it. [Read More]( [MAP: 7 pumpkin patches around Colorado Springs to check out this fall]( With seven different pumpkin farms in the Colorado Springs area, families are sure to find the perfect gourd to take home and welcome the fall season. Here are the top seven pumpkin patches to check out: [Read More]( [Denver Broncos confounding Aaron Rodgers, opposing quarterbacks as sacks pile up]( Aaron Rodgers is known for his elite vision, but what came at him last Sunday was often a blur. In the Broncos’ 10-9 win at MetLife Stadium, the New York Jets quarterback was sacked five times. And Denver players barreled at him from all over the field. [Read More]( [The Latest: VP candidates Vance and Walz meet in last scheduled debate for 2024 tickets]( Barring a late addition to the schedule, Tuesday night's vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz could be the last debate of the 2024 campaign between the Republican and Democratic tickets. [Read More]( [Venezuelan gang members in Colorado terrorized each other in violent turf war, arrest records say]( Before they became national news, young Venezuelan gang members in Colorado were harassing each other at gunpoint, stealing cars to commit other crimes and crashing wherever they could find a bed, according to arrest documents obtained by The Denver Gazette. [Read More]( [Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory still in business after kickstarting herbal tea industry]( Claiming to have kickstarted the herbal tea industry in Colorado back in 1969, Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory in Boulder is going strong with 1.6 billion cups of tea served a year. Celestial Seasonings started when one of the founders, Mo Siegal, handpicked wild herbs from Colorado’s Rocky Mountains to use in the company’s very first cup of tea. [Read More]( [Colorado Trail: The top of the world and friends in weird places]( The trail leaving Breckenridge took us immediately uphill for miles, landing us atop a ridgeline that felt like the top of the world. The Tenmile Range stretched out before us and the jagged peaks surrounding Vail behind. [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