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PLUS | Cave of the winds tour not for the faint of heart, hotel occupancy rates dip and more. [View in Web Browser]( [Share with Friends]( Peak Evening Pulse [News]( [Sports]( [Opinion]( [Arts & Entertainment]( [Marksheffel Road would be top priority if voters approve sales-tax extension]( The road is expected to carry significant growth as thousands of houses go up in Banning Lewis Ranch, and it would be the top priority for construction if voters approve a sales-tax extension in November, officials said Wednesday. [Read More Here]( Follow us on social for news throughout the day! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Crime and local news [Woman allegedly assaults employees with hangers at Colorado Springs Halloween store]( [5-year probe of Pueblo gang activity highlights 2019 murder case]( [Bicyclist victim of hit and run in Colorado Springs]( More from the mountains in Colorado Unique Cave of the Winds tour for the adventurous, but not the claustrophobic [Read More]( Officials eye completion of 63-mile trail in Colorado mountains [Read More]( Colorado has a 'new' class 4 fourteener – and for good reason [Read More]( What else did we miss? More stories selected for you! [Colorado River water providers to ‘substantially expand’ conservation efforts]( The largest water providers from the states of the Colorado River basin Wednesday announced a commitment to "substantially expand existing efforts to conserve water, reduce demands and expand reuse and recycling of water supplies.” [>> Read More]( [Colorado Springs hotel occupancy rates dip in July from a year prior]( The July occupancy rate was 82.4%, down from 85% in July 2021. But it was still a major improvement from the 66% rate in July 2020, when the pandemic hammered the hospitality industry. For the first half of this year, the occupancy rate was 67.6%, up from 62.9% in the same period last year. [>> Read More]( This newsletter was curated by Emily Bejarano. Find all of our top stories updated around the clock at [gazette.com]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 To sign up for more of our newsletters or opt out of this one [Manage Email Preferences](